{"id":126,"date":"2018-11-26T12:45:57","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T12:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/winnipegpolicemuseum.ca\/about\/"},"modified":"2024-07-14T18:20:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T18:20:48","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/winnipegpolicemuseum.ca\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
The objectives and purposes of Winnipeg Police Museum and Historical Society are:<\/p>
Following the amalgamation of all police departments in the metropolitan area in 1974, two police officers, John “Jack” Templeman and Robert “Burt” Hutchison, were appointed as a “Historical Committee”. The two men set out to gather records and artifacts from all the former departments with the intent that someday a museum might be established. Unfortunately, since amalgamation began in 1972, the various police departments did not take history into account and destroyed most record and equipment. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
In 1986 a number of interested police officers got together to form a properly constituted museum board of directors. A Constitution and a set of By-Laws were drafted and approved and the museum was registered and incorporated in Manitoba.<\/p>
In 1994 a part-time Curator, Jack Templeman, was employed under the Board of Directors. Jack also served as the Historian for the Police Service and helped celebrate the 125th Anniversary of the Police Department in 1999 by publishing a book on the history of the department from 1874 to 1999\u00a0 “From Force to Service.”<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t