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Officer Tony Marsh protects a reintroduced lady's slipper orchid near Carnforth, Lancashire, in May 2010.
flowers

This British Orchid Is Under Guard in a Secret Location

The last wild lady's slipper in the U.K. is a target for thieves.
Reina Gattuso April 11, 2019
Sam Howe with one of his crime-clippings scrapbooks at police headquarters in city hall, 1908.
museums

The Scrapbooking Lawman Who Documented 19th-Century Colorado

Sam Howe filled his books with newspaper clippings about crime in Denver.
Felicia Brower April 10, 2019
Tokyo, Japan

Owl Police Box

This adorable birdlike police box is designed based on a play on words.
Monument to the Shootout.
Dexter, Iowa

Bonnie and Clyde Dexter Shootout Marker

The notorious couple camped at this site after a bloody shootout with police.
It's difficult to imagine, but this charming house was once a police station.
Gothenburg, Sweden

Old Police Station at Slottsskogen

The charming storybook building now houses a small police museum.
The bust of Fred Hampton.
Maywood, Illinois

Fred Hampton Pool

The young Black revolutionary was killed before getting to see a non-segregated pool in his hometown.
<em>Kitchen</em>, c. 1944–46.
31 days of halloween

The Grim Crime-Scene Dollhouses Made by the ‘Mother of Forensics’

They're perfectly to scale, and all based on real cases.
Anika Burgess October 6, 2017
A detail of Maarten Inghel's "The Invisible Route," a map of Antwerp's proliferating security cameras and how to avoid them.
maps

Mapping Antwerp's Last 'Invisible Route'

One man tried to find a surveillance camera-free path through his city, and it wasn't easy.
Cara Giaimo October 2, 2017
Oyster pirates illegally dredging under the cover of night.
pirates

The Notorious Oyster Pirates of Chesapeake Bay

They were the colorful villains in a conflict that lasted almost a century.
Kerry Wolfe September 28, 2017
Frederick Deeming death mask
Melbourne, Australia

Victoria Police Museum

Unusual finds in this shrine to local law enforcement include a 19th-century vampire-slaying kit.
London, England

Earl's Court Police Box

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.
That's "robot cop," not "robocop."
robots

Dubai Has Unveiled the First Robot Cop

I'd buy that for a dollar!
Eric Grundhauser May 24, 2017
The coat hook is said to be one of the questions for the London cab driver test known as "The Knowledge."
London, England

Metropolitan Police Coat Hook

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.
Chicago policeman Renault Robinson in 1970.
museums

Records Reveal Hidden History Between Black Chicago Residents and Police

Newly released documents from the Afro-American Patrolmen's League show what it was like in the '70s.
Tatiana Walk-Morris April 5, 2017
Permanently Closed
Seattle Metropolitan Police Museum
Seattle, Washington

Seattle Metropolitan Police Museum

The largest police museum in the western United States displays the evolution of crime-fighting Seattle.
One of the original terracotta warriors, fallen with time.
news

Chinese Police Destroy Fake Terracotta Army

They crushed the imposter soldiers to rubble.
Eric Grundhauser January 17, 2017
A wild resident of Gardner, Kansas.
police

Strange Creatures Appear On Kansas Police Cameras

Much scarier than mountain lions.
Cara Giaimo November 30, 2016
Part of the tunnel network.
tunnels

Found, Possibly: Hidden Tunnels That Were Escape Routes From Gay Bars in San Francisco

No one has actually seen them, though.
Sarah Laskow November 18, 2016