Exhibit highlights history of Sulphur police

By The Associated Press

July 01, 2012

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SULPHUR — A new exhibit at the Brimstone Museum surveys the history of the Sulphur Police Department.

Centerpieces of the display include uniforms from the past and other memorabilia.

The exhibit will be open through the summer.

The display is “a celebration of the Sulphur Police Department throughout the years,” said museum creative director Eric Manuel.

Among the artifacts are badges from around the country, the department’s original McGruff the Crime Dog uniform and Ollie South, a puppet used by former Chief George Mullican in school demonstrations.

The Police Department’s Mel Estess, who helped gather many of the items, said some of the “neatest” are the patches worn over the years by Sulphur officers.

“People love to go museums and just look at history and see where we came from,” Estess said.

There are lie detectors, which Manuel said are in working order.

Also on display are photos of many of the town’s former police chiefs as well as a plaque commemorating the death of officer Elease J. Picard, who was killed in the line of duty in 1918.

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1) Comment by The_Host - 01/07/2012

When I think about the Sulphur Police I think about unwarranted traffic stops, illegal searches and property confiscation without arrest or any charges being made. Let's not forget this is the same place that was SO bad about doing these things Dateline NBC years ago had no problem documenting it themselves with a couple of passes through the area on I-10. It should be called the Porky Pig Police State Museum, that would be much more fitting. Is there a monument to Police Corruption someplace? If not there should be and Sulphur would be just as good as any other place to locate it.