According to a Hartford Courant article, the State Police recently unveiled a memorial honoring 80 years of service by State Police dogs. The memorial is located outside the state Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection building in Middletown and was funded through private donations.
The memorial shows a trooper kneeling and hugging a dog and has the inscription, “Dedicated to past, present and future canines of the Connecticut State Police. Their loyalty courage and sacrifice will never be forgotten."
The State Police began using police dogs in 1934, trained them to detect drugs in the 1970s, and became the first police department to train an entire team of detecting dogs in the 1980s.
