New Museum Honors History of Texas Police Department

The Tyler (TX) Police Department is the subject of a new museum that opened to the public on Monday.

According to KLTV , the Tyler Police Department Historical Museum commemorates past and present officers with displays of badges, uniforms, photographs, replica patrol cars, and other equipment dating back to the 1930s.

Items on display were gathered from closets at the department and from homes of police and other members of the police department family.

The display is positioned within one of the public areas of the department's headquarters building.