East Stroudsburg Borough v. Harloe
East Stroudsburg Borough v. Harloe
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Edward M. Harloe, Assistant Police Chief of the Borough of East Stroudsburg, was dismissed by the Borough Council as a member of the Borough’s police force on charges of “neglect or violation of official duties and conduct unbecoming an officer.” He there
The sole question involved, as stated by the appellant, is whether “the evidence adduced at the hearing before the Police Civil Service Commission, and as supplemented by hearing before the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County [is] legally sufficient to warrant and sustain [the appellant’s] dismissal.”
Why anyone would think that an appellate court could possibly reject the finding that the appellant was guilty of the derelictions charged against him on a record such as the one before us is beyond our understanding. The record actually teems with evidence which fully supports the conclusion. In fact, the testimony of the appellant’s misconduct is so overwhelming that the court could not possibly have concluded otherwise than it did. As Judge Davis pointedly summarized in concluding his opinion: “Despite the severity of the penalty of dismissal each branch of the local government that has responsibility for the welfare and in
Order affirmed.
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