Commonwealth v. McPeak

I respectfully dissent from the opinion of the majority since I am convinced that the Philadelphia Police Officers were not authorized to arrest appellant in Cheltenham Township pursuant to the Statewide Municipal Police Jurisdiction Act (MPJA).1 Accordingly, I would find that the trial court erred in denying appellant’s motion to suppress the evidence seized as a result of the officers’ unauthorized actions.

The issue on appeal is whether the officers had the authority to arrest appellant in Chel-tenham Township. It is clear that Chelten-ham Township was outside the officers’ primary…