Cheltenham Township v. Cheltenham Township Police Department

Opinion by

President Judge Bowman,

For two successive years, in 1971 and 1972, collective bargaining between Cheltenham Township in Montgomery County and its police officers was unsuccessful, requiring the issues in dispute to be submitted to binding arbitration as prescribed by the Act of June 24, 1968, P. L. 237, 43 P.S. §217.1 et seq. (Supp. 1973-1974), commonly referred to as Act No. 111. Portions *350of the 1971 award were challenged by the township, which are the subject of our opinion in Cheltenham Township v. Cheltenham Police Department, 8 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 360, 301 A. 2d 430 (1973).

Howe…