Overview
- The memorial is scheduled for Dec. 3 at 11 a.m. in front of the Burbank Police and Fire Headquarters, and the public is invited to attend.
- A procession will travel from the Burbank Animal Shelter to the station, where Chief Rafael Quintero and Mayor Nikki Perez will deliver remarks.
- Spike was shot on Nov. 22 after locating a fleeing passenger from a traffic stop near the I‑5 Buena Vista on‑ramp and died at an emergency veterinarian.
- Police say they first used less‑lethal munitions before the suspect, 37‑year‑old Jose Domingo Ayala Alas, opened fire and struck patrol vehicles; officers returned fire, killing him and recovering a handgun.
- City officials plan to honor Spike on Burbank’s 2026 Rose Parade float, and the department notes the 4‑year‑old Belgian Malinois served about two years and had recently been certified as a narcotics dog.