American Police Hall of Fame
American Police Hall of Fame
American Police Hall of Fame
4.5
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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America's first national museum and memorial dedicated to all police in Federal, State, County and Local Departments killed in the line of duty.
Duration: 1-2 hours
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GeorgiaDawg12
Lawrenceville, GA42 contributions
Jul 2021
A great museum dedicated to the men and women of Law Enforcement. I have previously read the reviews for the museum but never had time to stop and visit. I sure am glad I did this time. It's laid out very nicely, giving you some good history of law enforcement, tools of the trade used by them as well as the bad guys. Very informative. The museum is not huge but they do a great job of laying it out for you. The fallen officers memorial in the center is especially nice. Very well done. The layout is done in a circle so you can take your time and ensure you will miss nothing. The day we came, it was fairly early so we were the only ones there. As we were leaving, more were coming in. Staff was great and at only $13.00 per adult, I think the price was very reasonable. They do offer discounts but remember all the proceeds help keep this place going. Our visit took about 1 and 1/2 hours.
Written 18 July 2021
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Clint D
Nokomis, FL55 contributions
Aug 2022
Memorial was an honor to visit, Museum was interesting with highlights being criminal history and also how criminals were punished over the years. Never saw the locked chair used when a jail was not available. My wife & I also got the combo deal to shoot guns at the shooting center. Had a blast & Michael was very helpful & encouraging as we shot 9mm handguns at the targets. Fantastic time & very educational.
Written 18 August 2022
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Manjaman101
Jupiter, FL181 contributions
Sept 2020
A wonderful well done memorial to our fallen officers. The staff was very helpful in locating officers from home town.. See actual electric chair and gas chamber.. Worth spend a couple hours.
Written 4 October 2020
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Ricky H
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Jul 2024 • Solo
Nice range, have been going there for years, with exception to shooting my A/R 556, go to Pint and Pistol for that, Range employees at helpful, and outstanding! One exception on this review, in regards to FFL use someone else, recently after ordering a firearm I chose them as my FFL, weapon arrived at 1030, I was told I could not pick up for a few days or more, last time I ordered a AR 556 it arrive at us gunshot in Titusville at 10am, they called me to pick up at 2 pm that afternoon, they completed required federal paperwork ASAP, since I have a carry permit I was at home getting familiar with my new firearm same day they received it!! Awesome turnaround!
Written 31 July 2024
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Sean C
Orlando, FL34 contributions
Jul 2020 • Family
We enjoyed this place so very much. My wife’s Grandfather was an Orange County office killed one the line of duty, so this was a special place. The staff was friendly and the exhibits were informative and interesting. It kept my 12 and 6 year old very occupied for two hours. It’s an affordable family activity.
Written 25 July 2020
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Nick G
Chesterfield, UK151 contributions
Nov 2018 • Solo
This museum is very interesting, it has lots of Police cars and vehicles, some intresting exhibits and a large collection of firearms. There is a challenge at the heart of the museum and the collection is built around it. It is a very poignant and respectfully done, with lots of story's about fallen officers and memorials too them. I think it must be very comforting to there family's to have such a place paying tribute to there service. There is a gun range attached to the museum. If you shoot there you get a discount on museum entry but you must shoot first. Gun rental plus museum entry is $38 dollars including 50 rounds of 9mm ammunition. If you just wish to enter the museum its $13 for adults, $8 for kids, $2 for serving officers, $10 for senior citizens and serving military. They have some nice things for sale in the gift shop. I spent about 2 hours looking round the museum and shooting. Very nice place with friendly and helpful staff. If you want to shoot you will need ID, a passport is needed if your from outside the US.
Written 6 November 2018
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Paul B
Charters Towers, Australia145 contributions
Feb 2018 • Solo
As a serving police officer from Queensland, Australia I found this very interesting. It was also a very moving experience seeing the memorial to the 6000 officers who have lost their life in the line of duty since 1960.
Written 10 February 2018
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Stuart Donalfdson
Beith, UK14 contributions
Jul 2016 • Family
We have three teenage sons and as a surprise i wanted to take them for an experience they would never have back home. Having seen and read reviews on some of the other ranges I felt more confident that we would be looked after at the Police range. I called the range and spoke to Steve who is a very helpful guy and explained my wishes, "no problem come along and Paul will sort you out". Next day we turned up at 4pm and met Steve and Paul who were really friendly and explained the range rules. Then they selected some pistols and ammo before showing us into two lanes. Despite having never fired a pistol before the boys took to it like ducks to water and before long we were popping of clips left, right and centre. Paul is a hugely experienced special forces and Police veteran, he was so calm, funny engaging and informative that we felt really comfortable handling the weapons, Once he was comfortable with our weapon handling Paul left us to it, checking every now and then that we were all good. After an hour or so we asked if we could change weapons "No problem" said Steve, "What do you want?" It was at this point the boys' eyes lit up. There was a large armoury of handguns, machine guns and assault rifles. We ended up taking an assault rifle and spent the next hour and a half videoing and taking pictures of the boys firing with huge smiles on their faces. Then that we realised we had been in three hours, where had the time gone? As we handed over the guns i asked with baited breathe the cost.....£230 dollars, i couldn't believe how cheap it was compared to other ranges and the boy's smiles and memories were worth every dollar. What did we learn? Guns are obviously very dangerous and have to be respected and handled with care, the Police range was a fun, safe and welcoming enviroment with two great guys running the show. If you have teens this is a must do holiday stop and it's the one thing the boys always talk about with a new respect. We loved it and will return, having visited Kennedy, Busch, Universal and a selection of other great places, this was one of our favourite places, we will be back.
Written 6 August 2016
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Tari L
Pennsylvania1,856 contributions
I am so glad that I stumbled upon information on this hidden treasure. I had been to the Kennedy Space Center and had never even realized that right beside it was the police hall of fame. The museum is not small, but don't let that fool you. Contained within it's walls are lots of treasures. You can see several police vehicals, police armor, weapons, and lots of criminal history. There are mock cells, torchure/death devices, mock crime scenes and so much more. Kids can dress like a police officer, make a police badge and participate in other hands on exhibits. One of the most interesting things is a computer where you can create a picture of the "criminal" using various tools. We tried recreating ourselves which was pretty interesting. The center of the museum is a monument to all the fallen officers. We found the name of a friend on there which was sad and also comforting. If you have a chance to go, don't miss this treasure.
Written 4 July 2008
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chgolaw
Chicago, Illinois11 contributions
In September, 2006, I visited this Museum. I spent hours there and enjoyed every minute of it. I found the museum visitor friendly and well worth the trip.
There are many historical police artifacts throughout the exhibits.
Hundreds of police badges and thousands of police patches. I even found several very old police badges from my home town in Illinois.
In addition, this museum houses a very sombering memorial to the thousands of United States Police Officers that lost their lives in the line of duty.
I highly recommend this memorial and museum!
There are many historical police artifacts throughout the exhibits.
Hundreds of police badges and thousands of police patches. I even found several very old police badges from my home town in Illinois.
In addition, this museum houses a very sombering memorial to the thousands of United States Police Officers that lost their lives in the line of duty.
I highly recommend this memorial and museum!
Written 29 December 2006
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If travelling from the UK, what do I need to bring with me, just my passport or anything else?
Written 17 March 2019
Just passport which will have been stamped by immigration and allow you to use the gun range at the hall of
fame
Written 28 March 2019
How do you get WT stamped in your passport to use the firearms? From the u.k.
Written 31 December 2018
Yes the above response is correct. The ESTA is Us$14 which at the current rate of exchange is around £11. If you want a wider range of firearms try the Orlando Gun Club.
Written 31 December 2018
Adults: $13.00
Children (Ages 4 - 12): $8.00
Military & Senior Citizens: $10.00
Law Enforcement Officers: $2.00
Family Survivors: FREE
If your a serving officer take your ID. We’re from the UK and they accepted ours as well. But I gave the rest in donation as such a wonderful place
Written 17 July 2018
sorry, we only visited the museum
Written 5 March 2017
penguin711
West Greenwich, Rhode Island
Do you have all of the names posted for the Silver Star awardees.
Written 9 December 2016
if the silver star is given after death in the line of duty they will be their the hall is for all who gave the ultimate in the line of duty if they are still living it would be tough to list all who are enforcement officers and still alive or in active service the hall could not hold all it sounds cold to say it but only the people who gave the ultimate are their and their are thousands of names i have a uncle their on the wall which they list them by state the names are then in alaphabical order under each state and their is much more to see their also their is a gun range and u can rent guns and even a machine gun if ever shot one it is wild try it and their is vehicles,motorcycles trucks , and different types of devices used by law enforcement alot to see
Written 11 December 2016
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