Arming School Police Officers • Statutory Scope of Trial Court’s Review

In re Petition of Gateway Sch. Dist. to Approve the Arming of Sch. Police Officers Pursuant to 24 P.S. §7-778, PICS Case No. 17-0247 (Pa. Commw. Feb. 15, 2017) Pellegrini, J. (12 pages).

The trial court’s authority in reviewing a school district’s petition to arm school police officers pursuant to §778 of the Pennsylvania School Code was limited to determining whether individuals proposed by the school district to be hired as armed school police officers possessed the required training and character. Order of the trial court vacated.