International Tourism Police Station and Police Museum
The tourist police station, located in Mattancherry (9 km from
Ernakulam), is the first of its kind in the country which makes the God's
own country more tourist friendly. The station offer various services
and facilities to the foreign travelers like clarifying their doubts on
passport and visa; registering complaints and grievances on lost passports
and expired visa; hiring taxis; booking for boating, etc. From here, tourists
can obtain route maps and brochures of different tourist destinations
in the State. Within the tourist police station premises, there is a Police
museum that exhibits police uniforms, combat weapons and armory, arranged
in chronological order right from the colonial period to the present day.