It is with great sadness we tell our community that our loyal police dog Justice passed away yesterday on November 18^th 2013 after suffering complications from a surgery. Justice recently retired from the Police Department after eleven years of outstanding service. Her partner and long-time handler Officer Craig Buhl was at her side when she passed. Justice has the distinction of being the first canine officer for the City of Coeur d’Alene. Justice received her name in 2002 from the 5^th grade students at Borah Elementary. We are very proud of her story that is a bit of “Rags to Riches” and we have told it often. Justice was saved from an animal shelter and she was donated to the Canine Training School at McNeil Island Correctional Facility in Steilacoom Washington to learn how to be a narcotics dog. Here is the story told by Justice herself through her handler Officer Buhl/Sgt. Christie Wood, Coeur d'Alene Police Department. More here.

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