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.