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Smyrna has a new very good boy K-9 dog

This is Max. He appears to be a very good boy. He'll be helping Smyrna police find people they think are breaking laws.

Credit: Smyrna Police Department

Credit: Smyrna Police Department

This is Max. He appears to be a very good boy. He'll be helping Smyrna police find people they think are breaking laws.
By Ben Brasch
May 1, 2018

Smyrna’s newest police officer has three primary missions:

1. Identify illegal narcotics

2. Track humans

3. Continue being a very good boy

Max has become the city’s sole K-9 dog, the department announced Tuesday. He is a chocolate Labrador born in October 2016.

READ | Cops: Marietta K-9 finds drugs hidden in car stopped for bad tag

He succeeds Paco, who retired.

Max will be paired with officer Travis Seller, who has been on the force four years.  The city said Max being a friendly breed means he will also “play a vital part as a community relations tool.”

READ | Retired Cobb K-9 put down after 'immeasurable' impact to community

He got the name from students at Belmont Hills Elementary School who held a naming contest last fall when the department bought Max.

The cops are bringing Max to meet the students Tuesday and are throwing them a pizza party.

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