[3] It also displays a collection of over 2000 international police insignia and uniforms.

[4] The Society had helped establish the Strathclyde Police Museum, but as this collection was not open to the public, it decided to open a museum that was free for the public in 2002 so that it could share the history of the city and country's first police force.

This history is shared via various artifacts that detail the people and events that contributed to the creation and development of the police force, such as official government documentation, newspaper articles, images, photographs and fictional texts, as well as police related objects such as uniforms, weapons and other objects.

[5] The museum also contains a large collection of over 2000 items of police insignia, headgear and uniform from around the world.

[6] Part of this collection was donated to the museum by one of its curators, Alastair Dinsmor, who is currently the chairman of the Glasgow Police Heritage Society.