Acting Minister of Internal Affairs - Shalva Bedoidze, Deputy Ministers - Giorgi Butkhuzi and Aleksandre Darakhvelidze laid a wreath at the memorial of police officers who sacrificed their lives while serving motherland during the Russian-Georgian war.

In the courtyard of the Ministry, the memorial of policemen who fell for the unity of Georgia was decorated with flowers. Heads of various departments of the Agency paid tribute to the memory of heroes of August war 2008.

During the August war 2008, 14 employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and 5 employees of the Coast Guard were killed.