Hundreds of the most loyal and best-trained dogs in the state are employees of various law-enforcement agencies; local police, county sheriffs, and Highway Patrol.  The UC Davis Veterinary School provides medical support for them and a memorial to many of them is maintained near the main entrance to the five-building Veterinary School and Hospital.  It consists of a bronze statue of a German Shepard dog resting on a raised, star-shaped marble base replica of the typical officer's badge.  Plaques commemorating specific dogs have been placed on the base.