Edmonds police officers, their families and other museum dignitaries got a preview Friday night of the Edmonds Historical Museum’s much-anticipated exhibit, “Stick ‘Em Up! Celebrating 100 years of the Edmonds Police Department.” The exhibit officially opens Saturday, July 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with free coffee from Waterfront Coffee and donuts, and will run through Nov. 4, 2012.

The Edmonds Police Department was officially created by ordinance on Oct. 16, 1912. At that time, an ununiformed and often unarmed town marshal kept the peace, enforcing laws about dogs, drunkenness, gambling and general nuisances such as odors, rubbish and cattle pens. The police department and jail cells were located on the lower floor of the Carnegie Library building — where the Edmonds Museum is now located —  along with City Hall, council chambers and other city offices until 1962, when these offices were moved to the civic center.

The Edmonds Historical Museum is located at 118 5th Ave. N., in downtown Edmonds. It is open on Summer Market Saturdays from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., and Wednesday through Sunday from 1-4 p.m. Suggested donation is $5 per adult and $2 per child.  For more information, go to historicedmonds.org.