List of mounted police units

The following is a list of mounted police units in the world:

Australia

New South Wales Mounted Police, 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.

Barbados

Barbados mounted branch established 1834

Belgium

Cavalry department, part of the General Reserve of the Federal Police.^[1]
- Royal Mounted Escort

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 do Estado do Ceará Regimento de Polícia Montada Coronel Moura Brasil
Polícia Militar de Minas Gerais Regimento de Cavalaria Alferes Tiradentes (RCAT) established 1775, originally under the name of Regimento Regular de Cavalaria de Minas^[2]
Polícia Militar da Bahia Esquadrão de Polícia Montada

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, established 1885
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
Hamilton Police Service Mounted Patrol Unit, established 2010
York Regional Police Ceremonial Mounted Unit

Denmark

Mounted police in central Copenhagen, 2008

Københavns Politi (Copenhagen Police), horses disappeared in the 70's but was reestablished in 1998.^[3]

Bulgaria

Sofia Metropolitan Directorate of Interior Cavalry Squadron, Sofia (since 1956)

France

Brigade équestre de la Police Nationale (since 1994)
Garde Républicaine#Regiment of cavalry

Finland

Helsinki Mounted Police Helsingin Ratsupoliisi (since 1882)

Germany

Greece

Hellenic Mounted Police (Ελληνική Έφιππη Αστυνομία)

India

Gujarat Police Mounted Police Unit
Kolkata Police Mounted Police Unit
Kerala Police Mounted Police Unit
Karnataka Police Mounted Police Unit
Mumbai Police Mounted Police unit
Hyderabad Police Mounted Police Unit
Chennai Police Mounted Police Unit

Iran

ASVARAN, Mounted Police Unit of Law Enforcement Force of Islamic Republic of Iran

Ireland

Garda Mounted Support Unit

Israel

Israeli Police Horses and Dogs Section

Italy

Carabinieri "a cavallo" units
Polizia di Stato "a cavallo" units

Jamaica

Jamaica Constabulary Force Mounted Troop Division

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

Latvia

Latvian State police - mounted police patrols in Riga established in 2000.^[4]

Lesotho

Lesotho Mounted Police Service

Lithuania

Vilnius county police - mounted police patrols in Vilnius - 20 horses.^[5]

Malaysia

Royal Malaysia Police - mounted police patrols by PGA Briged Kuala Lumpur.^[6]

Malta

Malta Police Force

Mexico

Guardia Rural

Montenegro

Tim policije na konjima Mounted Police Team - 10 horses, established 2007

Netherlands

Korps landelijke politiediensten Mounted Police and Police Dog Service (DLHP)

Norway

Oslo Police District, Rytterkorpset (Special Services Section), aka "Det Ridende Politi" / "The Mounted Police" at Oslo Politidistrikt, (Spesialseksjonen), in Oslo that was established in 1893, (Centennial in 1993 celebrated with celebratory ride across the USA) At present 15 horses and around 25 officers.

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

Portugal

Guarda Nacional Republicana Regimento de Cavalaria

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Police Department Puerto Rico Mounted Police (FURA- Rapid Forces of Fast Action)

Romania

Jandarmeria Română Mounted Detachment, established 1893^[7]^[8]
Bucharest Local Police - 24 horses mounted patrol unit^[9]
Iași Local Police - 6 horses mounted patrol unit^[10]

Serbia

Serbian Police, Police Directorate for the City of Belgrade,Special Police Unit - Police Brigade, Mounted Unit^[11]^[12]^[13]

South Africa

Frontier Armed and Mounted Police (1855-1878)
Northern Border Police (1868-1873 and 1879-1882)
Natal Police (originally Natal Mounted Police) (1874-1913)
Cape Mounted Police (originally Cape Police)(1882-1913)
Bechuanaland Mounted Police (1884-1885)
South African Constabulary (1900-1908)
South African Police Service Pretoria Mounted Unit

Spain

Civil Guard Cavalry Squad (1844–present)
National Police Cavalry Units (1825–present). Since 1986 with the current name.
Other police units of local and regional level also have some cavalry units.

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Police Mounted Division

Sweden

The police in the three largest cities (Stockholm, Göteborg and Malmö) have mounted units. These units may be dispatched all over Sweden.

Switzerland

As of 2009, the following Swiss police forces employ mounted units:^[14]

Cantonal Police of Berne (since 1914, eleven officers)
Police in Martigny
Police in St. Gallen (since June 2009)

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi Police Cavalry has been established in the middle of the 20th century. It is known as the most effective police in terms of crimes prevention, community policing and social responsibility.

United Kingdom

Active mounted sections

Avon and Somerset Constabulary Mounted Section
City of London Police Mounted Section
Gloucestershire Constabulary Mounted Section (re-established in 2016^[15])
Greater Manchester Police Mounted Unit
Lancashire Constabulary Mounted Branch
Merseyside Police Mounted Section
Metropolitan Police Mounted Branch
Northumbria Police Mounted Unit
Police Service of Scotland Mounted Branch
South Wales Police Mounted Unit
South Yorkshire Police Mounted Section
Thames Valley Police Mounted Section
West Yorkshire Police Mounted Section

Recently disbanded sections

Royal Military Police Mounted Troop (disbanded in 1995)
Essex Police Mounted Unit (disbanded in 2012)
Royal Parks Constabulary Mounted Branch (absorbed into Metropolitan Police in 2004)
West Midlands Police Mounted Unit (disbanded in 1999)
Nottinghamshire Police Mounted Unit (disbanded in 2012)^[16]

United States

Colorado

Denver Police Department Mounted Patrol, Colorado
El Paso Sheriffs Office Mounted Unit, El Paso County, Colorado
Larimer County Sheriff's Office Mounted Posse, Colorado^[21]

Douglas County Sheriff's Office

Weld County Sheriff's Mounted Posse

Parker Police Department

Delaware

New Castle County Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Delaware

District of Columbia

United States Park Police Horse Mounted Unit^[22]

Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia, Horse Mounted Unit

Florida

Webster Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Florida
Citrus County Mounted Posse, Inverness, Florida
Flagler County, Mounted Unit, Florida
Fort Lauderdale Police Department Mounted Unit, Florida
Gainesville Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Florida
Hernando County Civilian Mounted Unit, Brooksville, Florida
Hillsborough County Sheriff Office Mounted Posse Hillsborough County, Florida
Key West Police Department, Mounted Unit, Florida
Lake County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit, Florida
Leon County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit, Florida
City of Miami Police Department Mounted Patrol, Florida
Orlando Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Florida
Pinellas Park Police Department Mounted Patrol, Florida^[23]
Polk County Sheriff's Office Mounted Enforcement Unit, Florida
Saint Petersburg Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Florida
Sarasota County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit, Florida
Sumter County Mounted Reserve, Webster, Florida
Tampa Police Department Mounted Patrol, Florida

Georgia

Atlanta Police Department Mounted Patrol, Georgia
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department Mounted Unit, Georgia
Duluth Georgia Police Department, Georgia

Hawaii

Honolulu Police Department Horse Patrol Unit, Hawaii

Idaho

Boise Police Department Mounted Patrol, Idaho

Illinois

Chicago Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Illinois
Palos Park Police Department Mounted Patrol, Illinois

Indiana

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Mounted Patrol Section, Indiana

Iowa

Des Moines Police Department Mounted Patrol, Iowa^[24]
Waterloo Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Iowa

Kansas

Shawnee County Sheriff's Department Mounted Posse, Kansas
Wichita Police Department Mounted Unit, Kansas

Kentucky

Lexington-Fayette-Urban-County Division of Police Mounted Unit, Kentucky
Louisville Metro Police Department Mounted Unit, Kentucky
Kentucky Horse Park Mounted Police Full Service State Agency, Kentucky

Louisiana

Baton Rouge Police Department Mounted Patrol
Lafayette Police Department (Louisiana), Mounted Unit, Louisiana
Mandeville Police Department, Mounted Unit^[25]
New Orleans Police Department Mounted Unit, Louisiana
Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office Mounted Division, Louisiana

Maine

Portland Police Department Mounted Unit, Maine

Maryland

Baltimore City Police Department Mounted Unit, Maryland
Maryland-National Capital Park Police
Ocean City Police Department Mounted Unit, Maryland

Massachusetts

Worcester Police Mounted Unit
Bershire County Sheriff Mounted Unit
Boston Park Rangers Mounted Unit, Massachusetts
Massachusetts Park Ranger Mounted Unit, DCR
Massachusetts State Police Mounted Section
University of Massachusetts-Amherst Police Department Mounted Unit

Michigan

Barry County Sheriff Posse Mounted Division, Hastings, Michigan
Cadillac Police Department Auxiliary Horse Patrol, Michigan
Detroit Police Department Mounted Unit, Detroit, Michigan
Eaton County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit, Michigan
Kalamazoo County Sheriff Mounted Division, Michigan^[26]
Lenawee County Sheriff Mounted Division, Michigan
Livingston County Sheriff's Department Mounted Division, Michigan
Oakland County Sheriff's Department Mounted Division, Michigan
Ottawa County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit, Michigan
Saginaw County Sheriff's Posse Mounted Division, Saginaw
Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office Mounted Patrol Division, Michigan
Wayne County Sheriff's Office Mounted Patrol Division, Michigan

Minnesota

Duluth Police Department Mounted Patrol, Minnesota
Minneapolis Police Department Mounted Patrol, Minnesota
Saint Paul Police Department Mounted Police Unit, Minnesota

Missouri

Columbia Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Missouri
Metropolitan Police Department, City of St. Louis Mounted Patrol Unit , St. Louis, Missouri

Nebraska

Omaha Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Nebraska

Nevada

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Mounted Unit, Nevada^[27]
University of Nevada, Las Vegas Police Services Mounted Police Unit, Nevada

New Hampshire

Dover Police Department Mounted Patrol, New Hampshire
Manchester Police Department Mounted Unit, New Hampshire
Hampton Police Department Mounted Patrol, New Hampshire

New Jersey

Camden City Police Department Mounted Unit, New Jersey
Morris County Park Police Mounted Unit, New Jersey^[28]
Newark Police Department Mounted Division, Newark, NJ
Rutgers University Mounted Patrol (RUMP), New Jersey (only student-run mounted patrol in the United States)
Union County Police Mounted Patrol Unit, New Jersey^[29]

New Mexico

Albuquerque Police Department, New Mexico

New York

Albany Police Department, New York
Nassau County Police Department Mounted Unit, New York
New York City Police Department Mounted Unit, New York, established 1875
New York State Park Police Mounted Unit, Saratoga Springs, New York
Rochester Police Department The Mounted Section, New York
Saratoga Springs Mounted Patrol, New York^[30]
Westchester County Department of Public Safety Mounted Unit, New York
Rockland County Sheriff's Office Mounted Police Division (Rockland County, NY)

North Carolina

North Carolina State University Police Department Mounted Unit, Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh Police Department Mounted Unit, North Carolina
Wilmington Police Department, North Carolina

Ohio

Butler County Sheriff's Office Mounted Patrol, Ohio
Cincinnati Police Department Mounted Patrol, Ohio
Cleveland Metroparks Ranger Department Mounted Unit, Greater Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Police Department Mounted Unit, Ohio
Columbus Division of Police Mounted Unit, Ohio
Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Mounted Patrol, Ohio
Lake Metroparks Ranger Department, Mounted Division, Lake County, Ohio
Ross County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit, Ohio
Summit County Sheriff's Office Mounted Patrol, Ohio
The Ohio State University Police Division Mounted Patrol, Ohio
Toledo Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Ohio
Willoughby Hills Police Department Mounted Unit, Willoughby Hills, Ohio
Richland County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit, Mansfield, Ohio

Oklahoma

Oklahoma City Police Department Equine Unit, Oklahoma
Tulsa County Sheriff's Office, Mounted Patrol Unit, Oklahoma

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania State Police Mounted Unit
Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Mounted Unit, re-established 2017
Allegheny County Police Department, Pennsylvania
Bethlehem Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Pennsylvania
Lancaster Bureau of Police Mounted Patrol, Pennsylvania
Lackawanna County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Police Department Mounted Patrol, Pennsylvania disbanded 2004, re-established 2011
Butler County Mounted Posse, formed in 1972, 40 members, {Butler County Sheriff Dept.}

Rhode Island

Providence Police Department Mounted Command, Rhode Island

South Carolina

Charleston Police Department Horse Patrol, South Carolina

Tennessee

Memphis Police Department Mounted Unit, Tennessee
Metro Nashville Police Department Mounted Unit, Tennessee
Hendersonville Police Department Mounted Unit, Tennessee

Texas

Austin Police Department Mounted Patrol, Texas
Dallas Police Department Mounted Unit, Texas
Fort Worth Police Department Mounted Patrol, Texas
Gregg County Sheriff's Mounted Unit, Texas^[31]
Houston Police Department, Texas
Lubbock Police Department Mounted Patrol, Texas
Texas Highway Patrol Mounted Horse Patrol Unit, Texas

Grand Prairie mounted patrol

McKinney mounted patrol

Virginia

Henrico County Division of Police, Virginia
Prince William County Police Horse Mounted Patrol Unit, Virginia
Richmond Police Department Mounted Team, Virginia
Virginia Beach Police Department, Virginia

Washington

Seattle Police Department Mounted Unit, Washington

Wisconsin

Madison Police Department Mounted Patrol, Madison, Wisconsin
Milwaukee Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Capitol Police Department Mounted Unit, Madison, Wisconsin^[32]
Wisconsin State Fair Park Police Department Mounted Unit, West Allis, Wisconsin

Vietnam

Mounted Police - Đoàn cảnh sát cơ động kỵ binh - Bộ Tư lệnh CSCĐ (2020- )

Zimbabwe

British South Africa Police (1896- )

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