Anastasi v. Civil Service Commission

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

Deborah A. Anastasi (Appellant) appeals here from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County affirming the decision of the Civil Service Commission of Philadelphia (Commission) discharging Appellant from her position as a police officer due to a permanent and partial disability.

Appellant, a recent inductee in the Philadelphia police force, had been seeing a lay therapist prior to her appointment to the police force to explore problems she was experiencing in her personal relation*8ships. On July 23, 1982, Appellant threatened to commit suicide.1 At her…