Museum of policing open day

The Museum of Policing in Cheshire is holding an Open Day at Arpley Street Police Station in Warrington on Saturday 1st August 2015.

The event, which is open from 10:30am to 4pm, will give visitors the opportunity to meet local officers and find out more about policing in the Warrington and Cheshire area.

Visitors will also be able to take a tour of the museum and discover what it was like to be behind bars in the Victorian era. There will be a host of artefacts to see including handcuffs and shackles, murder weapons and police equipment. There will also be host of police vehicles on display.

The Museum of Policing is run by a team of volunteers, who dedicate their free time for members of the public who would like to gain an insight to the history of policing.

The Museum is free to the public and educational groups by appointment, and contains some of the oldest police artefacts in the United Kingdom.

The Open Day is free to attend and will be a fun, family day out.
To volunteer for the Constabulary or for information on all the different ways you can get involved; www.cheshire.police.uk or email; Cheshire.Police.Volunteers@cheshire.pnn.police.uk