Penghu Police Museum Introduction
In order to systematically preserve the old police artifacts that have been lost over time from various places and to pass on police culture, under the direction of former Commissioner Cheng-Tse Kuan, the "Penghu Police Museum" was specially organized to integrate internal and external resources, preserve precious historical materials and photographs, old police equipment, uniforms, academic works, and establish a database of the Bureau's historical evolution and significant events. This aims to highlight local characteristics, allowing the public to understand the connotations of police culture and enhance their sense of identification with the police, as well as actively promote external marketing efforts. To showcase the features of police artifacts, a suitable location was found. With the efforts of the Commissioner and the full cooperation of the County Tourism Bureau, it was chosen to be located next to the Magong Commercial Port, in the elegantly styled former police station of the Water Police Department during the Japanese colonial era, which has historical significance and value. This site integrates into the community and combines with nearby historical sites such as the colonial-era Post Office, the Gendarmerie Headquarters, Tianhou Temple (a first-class historic site), the Magong Old City Shunzhuang Gate, and the Guanyin Pavilion, forming a linear tourism route. This not only aligns with the main axis of the county's tourism development but also enables future generations to understand the history of the police and the development trajectory of Penghu. The museum plans to comprehensively organize and display various police artifacts collected, including items used by police in the past, and will also assign tourism police to station services to expand the effectiveness of tourism and police services. The current collection includes photographs from the 1940s to the 1980s, old-fashioned police uniforms, various police accessories, hand-cranked police telephones, old switchboards, hand-cranked air raid sirens, typewriters, manual printing presses, handheld radiation detectors, leg irons, handcuffs, household registration data, and more, all of which prove the advancement and inheritance of police history.
