Memphis Police Museum, Memphis

Was walking up Beale St. on a fairly quiet night in Feb 04. Lo and behold, there was a police museum inside a storefront, which also served as a working precinct. Admission was free, and just inside the door, the on-duty seargent sat up behind a tall desk. Lots of cool, historical stuff to look at, and as I was perrusing the displays, officers were dragging handcuffed prisoners thru the museum area and into booking areas that were thru some doorways in the rear. That ambiance was priceless, for as one perused the criminals of the past, the latest criminals were brought thru the museum to be booked. Fast forward to Feb 09, the museum/precinct is gone. It was truley one of those great gems, you stumble into while looking for something else. I don't know if they moved the stuff to display somewhere else, but they'll never be able to re-create that amibiance!