Correction:

In last week’s story “K9 unit request rejected due to budget concerns,” the Pilot incorrectly stated that this requested K9 unit would be the first K9 unit in the borough, but readers have pointed out that decades ago there was a K9 unit working with the local police. Archived copies of the Petersburg Pilot from around thirty years ago confirm that Petersburg Police Department did have a canine unit once before. Sam the drug dog was purchased in March 1992, paid for mostly by community donations. Sam worked with the Petersburg Police for around 4 years, until 1996, when former Petersburg polic...