CRANSTON – A police dog that died Saturday will be honored with a procession this afternoon before he's laid to rest.
K-9 Zeus will be brought to the Cranston Police Headquarters, 5 Garfield Ave., one final time, where police officers and civilian personnel will line the curb as a dispatcher makes Zeus's final radio call.
After that, Zeus will be brought to Final Gift Pet Memorial Center, 2 Daniels Way, for a walk-through and final salute, the Police Department said in a Facebook post.
The procession will start at 1:30 p.m. from the from the Greenwich Valley Veterinary Clinic, 725 Quaker Lane, West Warwick. It should arrive at Cranston Police Headquarters at about 1:45 p.m.
The motorcade will include Cranston police K-9 units along with K-9 units from other police departments. The public is encouraged to line the route or join the department in front of police headquarters, the police said.
