Located in the downtown Justice Center, the
Cleveland Police Museum is a stroll through the
annals of true crime to the days when Eliot Ness
ruled the Cleveland police force and gangsters
ruled the streets. Exhibits include Murphy police
call boxes, introduced in Cleveland in 1887;
plaster death masks of the unidentified victims
of the "Torso Murderer," who left the dismembered
bodies...
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Within Police Headquarters at the Justice Center, you can pay a visit and not a fine, or admission. This small museum does not charge visitors to view its old photos, classic uniforms and confiscated objects. Artifacts include law enforcement equipment such as radios, lie detector machines and a jail cell dating from 1926. The museum's small rooms focus on themes: dogs, vehicles,...
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Although the Cleveland Police Historical Society & Museum displays include some death masks and disturbingly grisly photos of murder victims (most famously, of the Kingsbury Run or "Torso Murders," committed in the 1930s, and yet unsolved), most of the visitors are elementary aged children on school tours . So, don't be mislead by the gory details other guides may highlight; the museum is...
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I know I am bias, because my mother was one of the officers who helped redecorate the museum and it is so very cool. Hidden inside the Justice Center is a stroll down memory lane. There is a beautiful tribute to fallen heroes. This museum should be on every visitor's list.
Posted by Citysearch User
on April 21, 2009, (Edited June 11, 2005)