Police related websites and museums
Below, is a link to a list of websites that could help with researching your police family and the heritage of police forces around the world.
Here you will find websites on police museums, police historical associations and other resources. Most sites are updated regularly and will benefit from further visits.
Should you know of a police related website that isn’t listed or if any link doesn’t work, please email newsletter.policehistorysociety@gmail.com. Thank you.
Australia
Canada
Ontario Provincial Police Museum, Canada
RCMP Heritage Centre, Regina, Saskatchewan
Rotary Museum of Police and Corrections, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
Winnipeg Police Museum - Facebook
Cyprus
Finland
Germany
German Police History Society / Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Polizeigeschichte e.V.:
India - National Police Museum
Ireland & Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Museum of Police Service
Royal Irish Constabulary Forum
Royal Irish Constabulary – Robert Curtis – History of
United Kingdom
Aviation Public Safety Association
Aviation and Police News – Police Aviation News
Bow Street Runners – Historic UK
Braintree & Uttlesford Police 1840 - 1940.
Brampton Museum Collections, Newcastle
Brighton - Old Police Cells Museum
British Association of Women Police
British Transport Police History Group
Cambridge Borough Police - 1865
Cambridgeshire Police History Notes March 1837 to May 1838
Clifford Elmer Books - True crime bookseller
Crime and Punishment Collections Network (CaP) (partially funded through PHS grant)
Devon and Cornwall Police Collection
Devonport Dockyard Police Museum
Friends of the Metropolitan Police Heritage Charity
Gateshead Borough Police (1836-1968)
Gloucestershire Police Archives
Greater Manchester Police Museum
Hampshire Constabulary History Society
Hampshire Police & Fire Heritage Trust
International Centre for the History of Crime, Policing and Justice
International Police Association, Section UK
Last Chance to Read' Digital Collections
Lanarkshire Police Historical Society
Lincolnshire Constabulary - 'Lincs to the past'
Lutterworth Police Station and Magistrate's Court
Mango Books - True Crime and Police History bookseller
Manx National Heritage - police
Metropolitan and City Police Orphans Fund
Metropolitan Police Heritage Centre - Facebook page
Metropolitan Police History Society
Metropolitan Police Historic Vehicles Collection (Facebook page)
Metropolitan Women Police Association
National Archives - start here
National Association of Retired Police Officers
National Emergency Services Museum - Sheffield
National Justice Museum - Nottingham
National Police Officers Roll of Honour
Newarke Houses Museum - Leicester
Newcastle Museum and Art Gallery
North East Police History Society
Northamptonshire Archives Service.
Northern Constabulary Historical Display (Facebook page)
Orders and Medals Research Society
People's Collection Wales (police)
Police Federation of England & Wales
Police Insignia Collectors Association
Police Memorabilia Collectors Club
Police Superintendents’ Association
Potteries Museum and Art Gallery
Ripon Prison and Police Museum
Rotherham County Borough Police
Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum
South Wales Police Heritage Centre
South West Police Heritage Trust
St Fagans: National History Museum
St George's House, Northern Police Orphanage
The Southern Provincial Police Orphanage
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery
Wales - a virtual museum of Police in Wales via Facebook
Waltham Abbey Police Historical Collection
West Midlands Police Museum - Birmingham
Wiltshire Police - can also be found here
Wiltshire Police - can be found here
Netherlands
New Zealand
Rhodesia
United Kingdom Branch of the Regimental Association
Rome
Scotland
Lanarkshire Police Historical Society
Retired Police Officers’ Association Scotland
Scotland Yard
Association of ex-CID Officers of the Metropolitan Police
Singapore
Singapore Police Force - Police Heritage Centre
Sweden
United States
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Cincinnati Police Historical Society Museum
Cleveland Police Historical Society Museum
Maryland State Police Museum, Pikesville
National Law Enforcement Museum, Washington, DC
Old Police Stories - Pensacola
San Diego County Sheriff's Museum
Seattle Metropolitan Police Museum
Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum