And curator and learned about the collections that will tell the story of Law Enforcement history. We are at the collections Storage Facility for the national Law Enforcement museum. We have about 17,000 objects we will use to tell the story of american Law Enforcement. The facility is climate controlled. We will make sure all of the objects stay safe until the opening day and we can put them on display. National Law Enforcement museum will be opening in Judiciary Square in washington d c, straight across the street from the national Law Enforcement officers memorial. It is an outgrowth of the Law Enforcement memorial. Beganrs ago, the memorial and from there, people realize there were more stories to tell. We wanted to tell about the lives of these officers, not the officers who died in the line of duty, but to talk a lot the officers and the work that they do. The idea that a national Law Enforcement museum began around 2000 with a congressionally authorized museum and the goal is to tell the story of american Law Enforcement, a wide ranging story that covers a lot of different parts of the history of the united dates. The museum is mostly underground, but it has two very beautiful glass pavilions. We are in historic Judiciary Square and we want to make sure we did not interfere with the historic nature of that square. Civilianscate, glass go down into the museum and the museum is trying to get at the experience of being a Law Enforcement officer. Through lots of gaining experiences in some way. You get to take on the role of a 911 operator dispatcher and find out what is happening behind the scenes when you pick up the phone and call 911. You can be a detective and learn about forensics and witnesses and interrogation and all the different aspects of being a detective and what that entails. We have an area called the judgment simulator. Taking that branching video system come a very sophisticated way that Law Enforcement officers train and use a real live officer trainer who can show the general public what it is like to be on the street and go through the simulator and get that true experience of what it is like to make a splitsecond decision of a Law Enforcement officer. We have an area called swat that is this twostory building that looks at the asian work a special weapons and tactics team should undergo. Exhibits isvorite this wonderful collection of objects and we want to use them to tell the public about why is this story relevant to them. One of the objects that we have is j edgar hoovers desk. The directorr was of the fbi here in washington dc longer than anyone can imagine from the 20s through the 70s. On lawan enormous impact enforcement, federal Law Enforcement, and the building up of federal Law Enforcement. We want to talk about that, who he was, how he transformed the get a sense to visitors hasow is this director who been dead now for many years, how does he still have an impact on the way we live our lives today . One of the main features in the place where we show off most of the artifacts is the history time capsule. That wideere we cover range of Law Enforcement history , going from the first officers during colonial times, we have a sheriffs writ from the 1700s to the wild west, talking about whats going on on the western frontier and how that involved Law Enforcement. We talk about u. S. Marshals and the other federal Law Enforcement agencies and how they have changed over time and when they came into existence. We have objects to talk about those things. A major event like 9 11 that had a huge impact on Law Enforcement and the development of the department of homeland security. The shifting of the fbi mission from being primarily focused on terrorism has had a major impact. It one of those times we want to talk about and we have a lot of objects that are very telling that remind you of those days and tell you about things and how they are transformed. The national Law Enforcement museum came into the edgar Hoover Foundation and he donated j they received it from edgar hoovers secondincommand at the fbi. The unique saying is the career and artifacts related to his career show who is more personal life. So we have photographs from his vacations. Some of the more relaxed side, some of the shots of him from home and his personal collection. Some of the things we have that are indicative of that, we have over here, we have one of the s from the debate team when he was in high school. As director, one of his egg things was the fbi image. He received gifts from people and agencies all over the world, so youll see all kinds of crazy gifts including this is one of our showstopping pieces, a gold plated tiger golf he received from thailand. Tusks withare ivory engraved on it which he got for his 70th birthday. Then you have a few things from throughout his career engravt which he got for here, we have a telephone that he received for his 35th year at the the i. As far as i know, when he got it, it sat on his desk throughout his career. Badge he received for his 20th anniversary with the department of justice. Hoover began working with the department of justice in 1917. This picture i got out as an indication of life. His two. Weure of have several things in the collection with likenesses of his dog, including some that are carved to look like them. He loved his two dogs. This is where we keep some of our textiles. Coat worn by big build every. He was a notoriously corrupt police chief. He was one of the tammany hall i dont know tammany hall guys. He would accept graft in order to get his way. Interestingly, after teddy i guess youin could say he went back the other direction. Capones bulletproof vest. Capone many people know already but he was the biggest gangster in chicago during prohibition. Elliott know send his untouchables were constantly big andup stills in small ways going after al capone. Enforcement law museum is home to the entire collection of evidence from the d. C. Sniper case. The snipers that terrorize the d. C. , maryland, and virginia areas in 2002. The great thing about national Law Enforcement museum having this collection is that it allows us to look at this case not in any sensational way but from the perspective of Law Enforcement and how evidence was collected to catch the criminals. This came to us from the Prince William county Police Department who was heavily involved in the case and housing the evidence until they gave it to us. This case was unique in that it so youtijurisdictional, had people from him or, Prince William county, basically ,verywhere around the d. C. Virginia and maryland area. Working to catch these terminals and working together so you will see behind me is the car. Sed by the snipers Lee Boyd Malvo was in the trunk and they would communicate and that is how they would drive around in a basically looking for people to kill. It is terrifying to think about and is terrifying still for around around at the time in this area. You can see the whole they carved out in the trunk so that he could poke the nose of the rifle through. What is interesting about the collection and why it may look different from what people would think or remember is that everything has been processed as evidenced out. , the dusting was done as part of that process. Another piece of evidence that we have is the infamous tarot the middle school crime scene. Time thehe first criminals tried to make contact with Law Enforcement was through this tarot card. For those of you who are members seeing it on the news, it may look different because it was process is evidence for fingerprints and different things. This evidence collection gives us insight into all the work needed to try to catch these guys. Rose of rose and surveillance cameras. A would kill at random, so you never knew how you were going to catch them. Theres footage from surveillance cameras and gas stations and stores you name it. Somebody had to sit and go through all of that footage. The same is true with tips from the general public. This case was very public because the shootings were so random, everyone was on alert and there were Daily Press Conferences so the public was calling in with tips to Law Enforcement to do their part to help out but at the same time, Law Enforcement had to do their job to keep up with those tips and follow the ones that were and weave their way through which ones were good and which ones were not. Having all of this evidence shows the amount of work needed on the part of Law Enforcement to catch the bad guys. The rifle, which we also have as part of the collection is currently on exhibit. Part of theifle was exhibit on modern day fbi. If you are interested in seeing that, you can check that out right now. The collection is very diverse. The history of Law Enforcement america was a country, from colonial times up until the present day. Thats everything from this to thingshe trade like there credentials and uniforms. To show what the Different Levels of Law Enforcement does and one thing we have a collection of his police blotters. Into any police station. Precincts, you can walk in and there will be a blotter on the desk to record all the comings and goings on of what is happening at the station. This one is from buffalo new york from 1925. Notice the beautiful handwriting. One example of early Law Enforcement tools is what you see here. These are some early counterfeiting detecting devices. These are both coins. Interestinglyoln, i think the day before he was assassinated established the secret service and when they were first established, they were asked with fighting counterfeiting. Counterfeiting after the civil war was a huge problem. Different storekeepers would have different devices like these on hand to detect counterfeit currency. This one act like a weight, so you would that the real coin, a real and not on one side and then the money you are given, you would put on the other side to make sure the weight was correct. A couple of highlights from the collection that will be in the museum, we have the derringer that belonged to pat garrett, a sheriff in new mexico. He was the officer who shot and killed billy the kid. Not with this gun, but this gun did belong to him. He was deputized as a u. S. Marshall, so this was his u. S. Marshals badge. Items thatve some belong to the first africanamerican sheriff elected in the south after reconstruction. The election was much thanks to the passage of the Voting Rights act of 19 65. That made it possible for a large number of African Americans to be able to vote. Example of how that changed things. He was elected sheriff in 1966 then was reelected for reelected four more times after that. These are a set of his sunglasses. Then his nameplate. Thingsone of the unique about sheriffs every now and then, you find a sheriff who is appointed but typically, they are elected by the people. Moving on, another collection highlight, we have eliot ness original credentials. He was the head of the group that became known as the untouchables during the prohibition era. Agent. A prohibition they were originally under the treasury department. Credentials from 1927. Eventually, the bureau of prohibition moved to the department of justice. Another object, this is a holster that and belong to Daniel Webster roberts, a wellknown texas ranger. It even says the company, his very own. This is a cold 1849 pocket revolver. The texas ranger star in there. Americanost of the public does not realize how important Law Enforcement is. Law enforcement is something you dont think about until you have an emergency or if you are one of those people who think about Law Enforcement only in connection with getting a traffic ticket. Law enforcement is something thats always present. Its always there to provide a secure, safe space and you know its working best when you are not aware of it. But it is an important part of who we are as a democracy. Tois essential for people realize the importance of Law Enforcement comedy establishment of the rule of law and how that protects us in our democracy and society. Law enforcement officers also have a wonderful story to tell. These are people who devote their lives to a very difficult job and it is one i think everyone would be interested in and understands. Law enforcement is responsive to the society which it protects. It is there truly to serve and protect. Sometimes individual officers fail and sometimes the system of criminal Justice Needs to better in order to preserve all of our Constitutional Rights of freedom and we want to talk about what that means, what Law Enforcement develop that we understanding of Law Enforcement, i think as a nation, we will have a much more deeper, nuanced appreciation of what Law Enforcement does and what its limitations are. Construction will continue on the national Law Enforcement museum until it 2018 opening in washington d c. If you would like more information, you can go to their website. A. Ht on q and ive never seen a case where the snowden case, so uncritically, journalists accepted so uncritically from a single source, edward snowden, who is in moscow, under the control of the russian government. Enormous damage. I dont even know if his supporters say he did no damage. They say he did enormous good. That is their view and maybe he did some good because he started a National Conversation and opened up a subject of interest i think where trump is certainly right is that this man has not faced justice and he deserves to face justice, whatever we decide it. Cspans qnight on and a
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