Dog Memorial and Cemetery

The Dog Memorial and Cemetery for the dogs of the K-9 Squad constructed in the Kerala Police Academy was dedicated by the DGP & State Police Chief Sri.Loknath Behera IPS at 11.00 AM on 19th June 2021. The cemetery has been built near the retirement and rehabilitation Centre “Vishranthi” in the Academy. The discerning vision of Kerala Police to have a serene, peaceful, and dignified space for burial ceremonies and memory of the dog officers who died serving the people of Kerala through the K-9 Squad led to the construction of the cemetery.

There are ten tombs in the cemetery to enable multiple burials in the same pit, on a rotation basis. The tombs are arranged in a circular fashion and a table has been built in the middle for placing the dead body during the funeral ceremony. Each tomb is covered with granite stone slabs, and there is a board made of teak wood for engraving the names of the resting dogs and one cypress tree has been planted at the head of each tomb. The construction was entrusted to COSTFORD.  The land area of the Memorial and Cemetery is 10 cents and the cost for the construction is ten lakhs.