Borough of Lewistown v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board and Lewistown Police Association

APPEAL OF: PENNSYLVANIA LABOR RELATIONS BOARD (At No. 179 M.D. Appeal Dkt. 1996) APPEAL OF: LEWISTOWN POLICE ASSOCIATION, INTERVENOR (At No. 180 M.D. Appeal Dkt. 1996): ARGUED: October 20, 1997 OPINION With increasing frequency, boroughs, townships and other political subdivisions across our Commonwealth are banding together to provide police services through the formation of regional police departments. This case presents the issue of whether a borough, which forms a regional police department with two townships, commits an unfair labor practice by refusing to abide by an Act 1111 interest arbitration award which was not appealed, where the award relates to the borough's police pension fund. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the order of the Commonwealth Court.