The National Police Museum is situated underground, below the National Police Museum. To enter, you need to go in through the main gate of the memorial, and take the downward sloping ramp from just under the disc-shaped structure that stands atop the Hot Springs memorial.
The ramp, which forms the entrance to the museum, is lined on both sides by a time line of law-keeping in India: how concepts of law and justice developed, and how the role of the police evolved over time. From here, the ramp goes down to the basement level, where various aspects of the Indian police are on display. Among these are uniforms and equipment (including weapons and communications equipment); bands of the police; police contribution in sports, mountaineering, and so on; depictions of police in postage stamps, and so on. Large galleries are devoted to the paramilitary forces, to state police departments, and to policemen and women who have been martyred.
The best thing about this museum is that it shines the light on police departments and roles that often get overlooked, and which the average citizen usually doesn’t know of: such as peacekeeping, border security, search and rescue and assistance in disasters—all areas where most people think of only the armed forces as playing a role. In that sense, this well-organized, well-maintained museum fulfils an important task.