The Commonwealth Court has ruled that an Allegheny County trial judge didn’t have the authority to deny a school’s request that its police officers be armed with guns.
Additionally, the court held that trial judges do not have the authority to dictate the hiring of school police officers or their duties, nor to decide whether those officers will be armed. The court’s function is only to vet potential officers, Commonwealth Court Senior Judge Dan Pellegrini wrote in a Feb. 15 opinion.
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