A Suffolk County police museum is getting a new look for a
big milestone.
The renovation was done for the 60th anniversary, which was in
2020.
The Suffolk County Police History Museum will only open to the public on Monday but News
12’s Danielle Campbell got a sneak peek.
Suffolk County Police Department Commissioner Stuart Cameron helped lead
efforts to add new exhibits to the museum.
“I wanted to update it and I wanted to make it more technologically advanced,”
Cameron says. “We put some flat panel TVs in here, which allows us to change
the displays easily and show more things.”
He says some new exhibits have never before been seen by the public.
It also has
displays that honoring certain officers.
Retired Detective Dennis
Delaney is one of just four Suffolk County officers to be given the medal of
honor
Delaney raced over with Officer Anthony Pierri to a domestic violence scene
where two officers were shot in 1971.
Officer Robert Staab was injured in the attack, and officer George Frees was killed.
“We did what we had to do, and we’re very fortunate that it turned out OK for
Bob Stabb and unfortunately we lost George Frees,” Delaney says.
The weapon from the Amityville murders is just one
of the new displays.
The
crime has been made into books and films.
The
weapon is being shown to the public for the first time in over five decades.