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The once proud, internationally acclaimed MLEM
1987 - 2005 ...
Entrance from 1912 Cellhouse, inside Old Montana State Prison
Butte Policeman Joseph Freshman uniform and police call box, 1906.
Early history: Outlaw Sheriff Henry Plummer & Vigilantees 1863; first counties; Outlaw Kid Curry.
Montana Highway Patrol
Ruthann Schulze memorial Montana Law Enforcement uniform patch quilt
Uniforms Exhibit
American Legion highway fatalities "white cross" program
Weapons and paraphernalia of crimes
Police equipment
First lawman: Sheriff James Stuart, Gold Creek, 1962
First female sheriff: Ruth Garfield, 1921
John "Jeremiah Johnson" Johnston, Custer County Deputy Sheriff
Morgan Earp, Butte Policeman, 1879-1880
Montana Fish & Game Wardens
Great Falls Police Department
Northwest Mounted Police (today the Royal Canadian Mounted Police) est. in 1893 due to lawlessness of northern Montana, first foreign government to regularly patrol inside United States Territory.
