Macomb County Sheriff’s Office K-9 deputy Koda, a 19-month-old Belgian Malinois, stands with excitement at the Nov. 25 Macomb Township Board of Trustees meeting.

Photo by Dean Vaglia

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — A new deputy has joined the substation in Macomb Township, and he is looking to sniff out crime.

Deputy Koda, a 19-month-old Belgian Malinois, was recently introduced as part of the Macomb County Sheriff’s Office patrol team and was welcomed at the Nov. 25 Macomb Township Board of Trustees meeting. Koda is paired with deputy Aaron Schmittler — who has been with the office since 2011 — and was added alongside Vader, a German shepherd that works out of Washington Township.

Bringing Koda into the township has been a long time coming.

“We met with (Cmdr. Jason Abro) about nine months ago to

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