List of mounted police units
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List of mounted police forces
This article lists mounted police units and forces by country and, where applicable, by sub-national or regional units.
[edit] Australia
- New South Wales Police Force Mounted Operational Support Unit, established 1825
- Queensland Police Mounted Police Unit
- South Australia Police Mounted Cadre
- Victoria Police Mounted Branch
- Western Australia Police Mounted Section
- Australian Federal Police Ceremonial Mounted Cadre, established 2006.
[edit] Barbados
Barbados mounted branch established 1834
[edit] Brazil
- Military Police of Paraná State Regimento de Polícia Montada Coronel Dulcídio
- Polícia Militar do Estado de Goiás Regimento de Cavalaria
- Polícia Militar do Estado de São Paulo Regimento de Cavalaria 9 de Julho
- Polícia Militar de Minas Gerais Regimento de Cavalaria Alferes Tiradentes (RCAT) established 1775, originally under the name of Regimento Regular de Cavalaria de Minas[1]
[edit] Canada
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police, established 1873 as the North-West Mounted Police
- Calgary Police Service Mounted Unit, established 1978
- Halifax Regional Police Mounted Patrol established 1905; early unit established 1869
- Dartmouth Police mounted unit, established 1925
- Service de police de la Ville de Montréal Cavalry
- Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Mounted Unit, established 2003
- Newfoundland Constabulary Mounted Force 1873-1894
- New Fire Brigade Mounted Force 1895-1922
- Newfoundland Constabulary 1922-1951
- Toronto Police Service Mounted Unit, established 1886 by the then Toronto Police Department
- Vancouver Police Department Mounted Squad, established 1908
- Victoria Police Department Mounted Wagon Patrol, established 1905
[edit] Denmark
- Københavns Politi, horses disappeared in the 70's but was reestablished in 1998.[2]
[edit] Bulgaria]
- Capital Directorate of Internal Affairs Cavalry Squadron, Sofia (since 1956)
- Stara Zagora Regional Police Office Horse Police Unit, Stara Zagora (since 1999)
[edit] France
- Brigade Equestre de la Police Nationale (since 1994)
[edit] Germany
- Reiterstaffel Baden-Württemberg
- Reiterstaffel Bayern
- Reiterstaffel Bundespolizei
- Reiterstaffel Hessen
- Reiterstaffel Niedersachsen
- Reiterstaffel Sachsen
[edit] Greece
- Hellenic Mounted Police (Ελληνική Έφιππη Αστυνομία)
[edit] Republic of Ireland
- Garda Síochána Mounted Unit
[edit] India
- Kolkata Police Mounted Police Unit
- Kerala Police Mounted Police Unit
- Karnataka Mounted Police
- Border Security Force
- Delhi Mounted Police
[edit] Israel
- Israeli Police Horses and Dogs Section
[edit] Italy
- Carabinieri "a cavallo" units
- Polizia di Stato "a cavallo" units
[edit] Jamaica
- Jamaica Constabulary Force Mounted Troop Division
[edit] Japan
- Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department - 15 horses
- National Police Agency (Japan) Imperial Guard (Guard of Honour) - 14 horses
- Kyoto Prefectural Police Heiann-Kibatai - 16 horses
[edit] Latvia
- Latvian State police - mounted police patrols in Riga established in 2000.[3]
[edit] Lesotho
[edit] Malta
[edit] Mexico
[edit] Montenegro
- Tim policije na konjima Mounted Police Team - 10 horses, established 2007
[edit] Netherlands
- Korps landelijke politiediensten Mounted Police and Police Dog Service (DLHP)
[edit] Poland
- Komenda Miejska Policji w Chorzowie Mounted Team of Prevention Section
- Komenda Miejska Policji w Częstochowie Mounted Team
- Komenda Miejska Policji w Poznaniu Mounted Platoon
- Komenda Miejska Policji w Szczecinie Mounted Unit
- Komenda Stołeczna Policji w Warszawie Mounted Platoon
[edit] Portugal
- Guarda Nacional Republicana Regimento de Cavalaria
[edit] Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rico Police Department Puerto Rico Mounted Police (FURA- Rapid Forces of Fast Action)
[edit] Serbia
- Serbian Police Konjička četa Beograd
[edit] South Africa
- South African Police service Pretoria Mounted Unit
[edit] Spain
[edit] Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka Police Mounted Division
[edit] Sweden
- Polisen in Stockholms, Västra Götalands and Skåne län have mounted units, those units may be dispatched all over Sweden.
[edit] Switzerland
As of 2009, the following Swiss police forces employ mounted units:[4]
- Cantonal Police of Berne (since 1914, eleven officers)
- Police in Martigny
- Police in St. Gallen (since June 2009)
[edit] United Kingdom
[edit] Active mounted Sections
- Avon and Somerset Constabulary Mounted Section
- City of London Police Mounted Section
- Cleveland Police Mounted Section
- Essex Police Mounted Section (disbanded 1999, re-launched 2008)[5]
- Greater Manchester Police Mounted Unit
- Lancashire Constabulary Mounted Branch
- Lothian and Borders Police Mounted Section
- Merseyside Police Mounted Section
- Metropolitan Police Mounted Branch
- Northumbria Police Mounted Unit
- North Wales Police Mounted Division (launched 2008)[6]
- Nottinghamshire Police Mounted Section
- South Wales Police Mounted Unit
- South Yorkshire Police Mounted Section
- Strathclyde Police Mounted Branch
- Thames Valley Police Mounted Section
- West Yorkshire Police Mounted Section
[edit] Recently disbanded sections
- Royal Military Police Mounted Troop (disbanded in 1999)
- Royal Parks Constabulary Mounted Branch (absorbed into Metropolitan Police in 2004)
- West Midlands Police Mounted Unit (disbanded in 1999)
[edit] United States of America
- Albuquerque Police Department, New Mexico
- Allegheny County Police Department, Pennsylvania
- Asbury Park Mounted Police Unit, New Jersey [1]
- Atlanta Police Department Mounted Patrol, Georgia
- Austin Police Department Mounted Patrol, Texas
- Barry County Sheriff Posse Mounted Division, Hastings, Michigan
- Baltimore City Police Department Mounted Unit, Maryland
- Bethlehem Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Pennsylvania
- Birmingham Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Alabama
- Boise Police Department Mounted Patrol, Idaho
- Boston Park Rangers Mounted Unit, Massachusetts
- Bushnell Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Florida
- Butler County Sheriff's Office Mounted Patrol, Ohio
- Cadillac Police Department Auxiliary Horse Patrol, Michigan
- Camden City Police Department Mounted Unit, New Jersey
- Charleston Police Department Horse Patrol, South Carolina
- Chicago Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Illinois
- Cincinnati Police Department Mounted Patrol, Ohio
- Cleveland Police Department Mounted Unit, Ohio
- Cleveland Metroparks Ranger Department Mounted Unit, Greater Cleveland, Ohio
- Columbia Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Missouri
- Columbus Division of Police Mounted Unit, Ohio
- Dallas Police Department Mounted Unit, Texas
- Dekalb County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit, Alabama (Official Site)
- Denver Police Department Mounted Patrol, Colorado
- Dover Police Department Mounted Patrol, New Hampshire
- East Bay Regional Park District Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, California
- Eaton County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit, Michigan
- El Paso Sheriffs Office Mounted Unit, El Paso County, Colorado
- Florence Police Mounted Patrol, Alabama
- Fort Lauderdale Police Department Mounted Unit, Florida
- Fort Worth Police Department Mounted Patrol, Texas
- Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park Volunteer Mounted Assistance Unit, San Dimas, California (Official Site)
- Gainesville Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Florida
- Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Mounted Patrol, Ohio
- Henrico County Division of Police, Virginia
- Honolulu Police Department Horse Patrol Unit, Hawaii
- Houston Police Department, Texas
- Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Mounted Patrol Section, Indiana
- Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, Mounted Unit, Florida
- Kalamazoo County Sheriff Mounted Division, Michigan [2]
- Kansas City Police Department, Mounted Patrol Division, Kansas City, Missouri
- Key West Police Department, Mounted Unit, Florida
- Lafayette Police Department (Louisiana), Mounted Unit, Louisiana
- Lake County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit, Florida
- Lake Metroparks Ranger Department, Mounted Division, Lake County, Ohio
- Lancaster Bureau of Police Mounted Patrol, Pennsylvania
- Larimer County Sheriff's Office Mounted Posse, Colorado [3]
- Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Mounted Unit, Nevada [4]
- Leon County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit, Florida
- Lexington-Fayette-Urban-County Division of Police Mounted Unit, Kentucky
- Livingston County Sheriff's Department Mounted Division, Michigan
- Los Angeles Police Department Mounted Unit, California
- Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Mounted Unit, Lancaster, California
- Louisville Metro Police Department Mounted Unit, Kentucky
- Lubbock Police Department Mounted Patrol, Texas
- Manchester Police Department Mounted Unit, New Hampshire
- Maryland-National Capital Park Police
- Massachusetts State Police Mounted Section
- Memphis Police Department Mounted Unit, Tennessee
- Miami-Dade Police Department Mounted Patrol, Florida
- Milwaukee Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Wisconsin
- Minneapolis Police Department Mounted Patrol, Minnesota
- Mobile Police Department Mounted Unit, Alabama
- Modesto Police Department Mounted Unit, California
- Morris County Park Police Mounted Unit, New Jersey [5]
- Nassau County Police Department Mounted Unit, New York
- New Castle County Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Delaware
- New Orleans Police Department Mounted Unit, Louisiana
- New York City Police Department Mounted Unit, New York, established 1875
- New York State Park Police Mounted Unit, Saratoga Springs, New York
- Ocean City Police Department Mounted Unit, Maryland
- Oklahoma City Police Department Equine Unit, Oklahoma
- Orlando Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Florida
- Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office Mounted Division, Louisiana
- Ottawa County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit, Michigan
- Palos Park Police Department Mounted Patrol, Illinois
- Philadelphia Police Department Mounted Patrol, Pennsylvania disbanded 2004, re-established 2011
- Pinellas Park Police Department Mounted Patrol, Florida[6]
- Placer County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit, California
- Polk County Sheriff's Office Mounted Enforcement Unit, Florida
- Portland Police Bureau Mounted Patrol Unit, Oregon
- Portland Police Department Mounted Unit, Maine
- Prince William County Police Horse Mounted Patrol Unit, Virginia
- Providence Police Department Mounted Command, Rhode Island
- Raleigh Police Department Mounted Unit, North Carolina
- Richmond Police Department Mounted Team, Virginia
- Rochester Police Department The Mounted Section, New York
- Ross County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit, Ohio
- Rutgers University Mounted Patrol (RUMP), New Jersey (only student-run mounted patrol in the United States)
- Sacramento County Sheriff's Department Mounted Enforcement Detail, California
- Sacramento Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, California
- Saint Paul Police Department Mounted Police Unit, Minnesota
- Saint Petersburg Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Florida
- San Francisco Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, California
- San Jose Police Department Mounted Unit, California
- Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department Mounted Unit, California
- Saratoga Springs Mounted Patrol, New York[7]
- Savannah Police Department Mounted Unit, Georgia
- Scottsdale Police Department Mounted Unit, Arizona
- Seattle Police Department Mounted Unit, Washington
- Shawnee County Sheriff's Department Mounted Posse, Kansas
- Summit County Sheriff's Office Mounted Patrol, Ohio
- Tampa Police Department Mounted Patrol, Florida
- Tempe Police Department Mounted Unit, Arizona[8]
- Three Rivers Park District Public Safety Mounted Patrol, Minnesota
- Toledo Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Ohio
- Tulsa County Sheriff's Office, Mounted Patrol Unit, Oklahoma
- Tulsa Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Oklahoma
- United States Capitol Police Mounted Unit (disbanded in 2005)
- United States Park Police Horse Mounted Unit [7]
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas Police Services Mounted Police Unit, Nevada
- Union County Police Mounted Patrol Unit, New Jersey [8]
- Virginia Beach Police Department, Virginia
- Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office Mounted Patrol Division, Michigan
- Waterloo Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Iowa
- Wayne County Sheriff's Office Mounted Patrol Division, Michigan
- Westchester County Department of Public Safety Mounted Unit, New York
- Wichita Police Department Mounted Unit, Kansas
- Wilmington Police Department, North Carolina
- Willoughby Hills Police Department Mounted Unit, Willoughby Hills, Ohio
- Wisconsin Capitol Police Department Mounted Unit, Madison, Wisconsin [9]
- Wisconsin State Fair Park Police Department Mounted Unit, West Allis, Wisconsin
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[edit] References
- ^ http://www.policiamilitar.mg.gov.br/portal-pm/conteudo.action?conteudo=9&tipoConteudo=itemMenu
- ^ http://www.politi.dk/da/servicemenu/baggrund/politiheste_faq_03042009.htm
- ^ http://www.policistuarodbiedriba.lv/index2.php?id=168
- ^ Spycher, Barbara (14 September 2009). "Berns Polizisten auf hohem Ross" (in German). Der Landbote: pp. 3.
- ^ Details of the re-launch here on the BBC website.
- ^ Details here in the local press.
- ^ http://www.saratogapolice.org/mounted_patrols.htm
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempe_Police_Department_(Arizona)
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