Keith Guthrie v. Borough Wilkinsburg

The court found as a fact, based upon substantial evidence introduced at trial, that there was, and had been for a long period
of time, a Detective Division within the Wilkinsburg Police Department and that the de facto positions of detective and detective
lieutenant were recognized by department officials and certain other Borough officials. However, the court also found that
there were no de jure positions of detective or detective lieutenant within the department because such positions had not
been officially established by Borough ordinance enacted by council. These findings of the court are not in dispute.