Fuller v. Borough of Waynesburg

Opinion by

Judge Doyle,

Michael J. Fuller (Appellant) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Greene County which affirmed the action of the Waynesburg Borough Civil Service Commission dismissing Appellant from his position as police officer.

Appellant’s dismissal arose out of an incident in which his superior, Lieutenant Clark, overheard a con*363versation among Appellant, another officer, and a non-member of the police force. .Clark believed that the conversation involved statements critical of the police department, in violation of a departmental regulation which stated:

No member…