Los Angeles Police Museum

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Hector Guerra Crim 101 11/21/2012 My visit to the Los Angeles Police Museum was fascinating. This museum is actually occupying the former Higland Park police station, which was decommisioned in 1983 when the LAPD moved their northeast division headquarters a couple of miles away to glassell park. This building was built in 1946 this station has been there for quite some time now. This old police staton was designated a historic cutlural monoument by the city of Los Angeles in 1984, and it is on the national register of historic places as well. I really enjoyed viewing all their displays, they had many interesting artifacts and stories. This building is the perfect home for the police museum, their goal is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret the history of the LAPD. These exhibits range from a big variety of impressive photographs, uniforms, badges, weapons, police vehicles, and various artifacts that were associated and confiscated from several high profile crimes in the Los Angels area. As I arrived to the musuem I couldnt wait to go in. This museum has so much to view in such a small place that it is incredible. I ended up spending about 1 hour and half just exploring and looking at their collections. The first floor was a bit confusing to get around but loved it all. From taking a mug shot, to being inside one of the intmate cells, the intmate cells were the real thing, they had the actual matress intmates would sleep on they had the little sink they used and the toilet that was fitted into such a compact space, I wouldnt be able to imagine myself sleepin in those beds, and i specially cant imagine my self been stuck in that cell for hrs, months, years. Another great collection that I was astonished by was the collection of locks and handcuffs, wow, I never imagined that so many diffrent handcuffs have been manufactured, diffrent size, shape,

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