ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Two Allentown police officers' whistleblower lawsuit against the police department is set to have its day in court despite being thrown out last month.

Lawyers for the Allentown Police Department and the officers suing it are due in court on the morning of New Year's Eve.

A Lehigh County judge on Oct. 21 dismissed the litigation filed by Allentown police officers Randy Fey and David Howells III.

But the court vacated that dismissal and scheduled a hearing for 10 a.m. Dec. 31. The officers’ attorney, Dennis Charles, asked for reconsideration after arguing the lawsuit was dismissed over a “technicality” and not its merits.

Charles told LehighValleyNews.com the suit was dismissed after one of his electronic legal filings was rejected because it was missing a signature.

Fey and Howells, through their suit, allege they faced retaliation from police officials after making numerous attempts to report widespread criminal activity within the Allentown Police Department’s Vice and Intelligence Unit.

The whistleblower lawsuit details one alleged theft at the center of recently filed felony charges against a former Allentown Vice officer.

Fey alleges he was removed from the Vice unit in 2020 and in 2023 after reporting his colleagues, while Howells was transferred out of the unit in October 2023 and demoted to patrolman, the Allentown Police Department’s lowest rank.

More than a dozen Allentown police officials, including current Chief Charles Roca and three former...

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