Christie Wood news release: The Coeur d’Alene Police Department is pleased to introduce our new police dog Maxx. He is a 15 month old German Shepherd from Belgium. He is from a registered blood line and came fully micro-chipped, tattooed and has a perfect health rating. Maxx was purchased in Belgium for the Coeur d’Alene Police Department by Rick Farley with Alabama Canine. Once Maxx got his international passport he was shipped to Alabama where Rick Farley trained him for approximately 4 months on drug detection work. Maxx arrived in Spokane on 9/22/07 and was picked up by his current handler Detective Eric Paull. Maxx lives with Detective Paull and is also by his side the majority of their off duty time.

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