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|name= American Police Hall of Fame & Museum
|image= Titusville Police HoF Museum01.jpg
|imagesize=
|map_type= Florida
|coordinates = {{coord|28.52609|-80.78373|display=inline}}
|established= 1960
|location= 6350 Horizon Drive<br />Titusville, Florida
|type= Law Enforcement, Memorial, Hall of Fame<ref name="MuseumsUSA"/>
|visitors=
|director= Barry Shepherd<ref name="aphf.org">aphf.org</ref>
|curator=
|publictransit=
|website= [http://www.aphf.org/ American Police Hall of Fame & Museum]
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The '''American Police Hall of Fame & Museum''' is located at 6350 Horizon Drive just south of [[Titusville, Florida|Titusville]], [[Florida]], adjacent to the [[Astronaut Hall of Fame]].  It houses [[Law enforcement agency|law enforcement]] exhibits, a [[memorial]] and a [[Hall of Fame]].<ref name="MuseumsUSA">MuseumsUSA. [http://www.museumsusa.org/museums/info/1160203 "American Police Hall of Fame & Museum Titusville, Florida"], ''MuseumsUSA website'', 2007.  Retrieved on October 25, 2007.</ref> It is the nation's first national [[police]] [[museum]] and a [[memorial]] dedicated to [[Law enforcement agency|law enforcement]] officers killed in the line of duty.<ref name="APHFM: About">{{citation|title=American Police Hall of Fame & Museum: About |publisher=ARTINFO |year=2008 |url=http://www.artinfo.com/galleryguide/21450/7968/about/american-police-museum--hall-of-fame-titusville/ |accessdate=2008-07-25 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
The museum was founded in 1960 in [[North Port, Florida]] by Gerald Arenberg. He was a police officer injured in the line of duty by a drunk driver in 1955.  It was his dream to build a memorial to honor all law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, those that paid the ultimate sacrifice to keep the peace, to protect, and to serve. The museum was moved from North Port to the former FBI building in [[Miami, Florida]] in 1990. This building had 3 floors, housing the museum on the first 2 floors and the administration offices on the 3rd floor. By 2000 this facility became too small to house the growing number of exhibits, as well as the growing number of names in the
memorial. In 2001, building began on the museum in Titusville.  This facility opened in May, 2003.  The [[Space Coast]] area was chosen because of its  proximity to the [[Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex]], the [[United States Astronaut Hall of Fame]], and [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.afp-cc.org/aphfvolunteerapplication.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-07-09 |archive-date=2017-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429030441/http://afp-cc.org/aphfvolunteerapplication.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The museum is supported and maintained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.<ref>[http://www.nacoponline.org/aboutus.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308043211/http://www.nacoponline.org/aboutus.html |date=2017-03-08 }}</ref> U.S. National Police Surgeon Linval K. Fleetwood MD, nominated by Chief Arenberg and appointed by U.S. President Bill Clinton, served the mission of the Hall of Fame & Museum from 1996 to 2007 by advising Congress about police issues, performing ceremonies for officers killed in the line of duty, and providing counseling for the families of those officers.
==References==
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==External links==
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;Websites
*[http://www.aphf.org/ American Police Hall of Fame & Museum] official website
*[http://www.nbbd.com/aphf/index.html American Police Hall of Fame & Museum]. Museum information from [http://www.nbbd.com/ DISCOVER North Brevard Florida website].
*[http://www.museumsusa.org/museums/info/1160203 American Police Hall of Fame & Museum Titusville, Florida]. Museum Info webpage from [http://www.museumsusa.org/members/help/200504 MuseumUSA.org].
*[http://www.nacoponline.org National Association of Chiefs of Police]. Museum Info from [http://www.nacoponline.org/aboutus.html About Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308043211/http://www.nacoponline.org/aboutus.html |date=2017-03-08 }}.
;Web articles
*[http://www.roadsideamerica.com/sights/sightstory.php?tip_AttrId=%3D14390 ''American Police Hall of Fame and Museum'' by RoadsideAmerica.com]
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