ORDER

AND NOW, this 31st day of March, 1998, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The Motion to Consolidate this Petition for Allowance of Appeal with Pennsylvania State Police v. Pennsylvania State Troopers’ Association (Trooper Rodney Smith), No. 645 M.D. Alloc. Dkt. 1997, - *806Pa. -, 708 A.2d 805 (1998) is also GRANTED.