JEANNETTE MAYOR ORDERS K-9 OFFICER TO BR BROUGHT BACK TO SERVICE

Jeannette’s Mayor has ordered that K-9 police officer Diesel be brought back to service.  The Trib reports that after the city closed the K-9 unit in July over cost concerns, Diesel was sent to a kennel that has cost the city $30 a day, and he was going to be moved to another kennel when Mayor Curtis Antoniak stepped in.  Antoniak said an already stretched city budget and questions about the police dog program’s cost-to-benefit ratio contributed to the end of the unit, despite residents pleading with city council to rethink the decision earlier this month.  Diesel’s partner Sgt. James Phillips, will retrieve Diesel today.