List of mounted police units

List of mounted police forces

This article lists mounted police units and forces by country and, where applicable, by sub-national or regional units.

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.

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 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
• Victoria Police Department Mounted Wagon Patrol, established 1905
• Hamilton Police Service Mounted Patrol Unit, established 2010

Denmark

• Københavns Politi, horses disappeared in the 70's but was reestablished in 1998.^[3]

Bulgaria

• Capital Directorate of Internal Affairs Cavalry Squadron, Sofia (since 1956)
• Stara Zagora Regional Police Office Horse Police Unit, Stara Zagora (since 1999)

France

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

Germany

• Reiterstaffel Baden-Württemberg
• Reiterstaffel Bayern
• Reiterstaffel Bundespolizei
• Reiterstaffel Hessen
• Reiterstaffel Niedersachsen
• Reiterstaffel Sachsen

Greece

• Hellenic Mounted Police (Ελληνική Έφιππη Αστυνομία)

India

• Gujarat Police Mounted Police Unit
• Kolkata Police Mounted Police Unit
• Kerala Police Mounted Police Unit
• Karnataka Mounted Police

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 Border Police (1885-1895)
• South African Constabulary (1900-1908)
• South African Police Service Pretoria Mounted Unit

Spain

Escuadron de Caballería de la Guardia Civil y Unidad de Caballería del Cuerpo Nacional de Policía

• Guardia Urbana de Barcelona

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 Kingdom

Active mounted Sections

• Avon and Somerset Constabulary Mounted Section
• City of London Police Mounted Section
• Greater Manchester Police Mounted Unit
• Lancashire Constabulary Mounted Branch
• Merseyside Police Mounted Section
• Metropolitan Police Mounted Branch
• Northumbria Police Mounted Unit
• The 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 1999)
• 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)^[15]

United States of America

Alabama

• Birmingham Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Alabama
• DeKalb County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit, Alabama^[16]
• Etowah County Sheriff's Mounted Unit, Alabama
• Florence Police Mounted Patrol, Alabama
• Mobile County Sheriffs Office Mounted Unit, Mobile, Alabama
• Mobile Police Department Mounted Unit, Alabama

Arizona

• Coconino County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit, Arizona
• Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit, Arizona
• Scottsdale Police Department Mounted Unit, Arizona
• Tempe Police Department Mounted Unit, Arizona^[17]

California

• East Bay Regional Park District Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, California
• Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park Volunteer Mounted Assistance Unit, San Dimas, California^[18]
• Los Angeles Police Department Mounted Unit, California
• Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Mounted Unit, Lancaster, California
• Modesto Police Department Mounted Unit, California
• Orange County Sheriff's Department Mounted Unit, California
• Placer County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit, California
• Sacramento County Sheriff's Department Mounted Enforcement Detail, California
• Sacramento Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, California
• San Francisco Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, California
• San Jose Police Department Mounted Unit, California
• Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit, California
• Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department Mounted Unit, California

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^[19]

Douglas County Sheriff's Office

Weld County Sheriff's Mounted Posse

Delaware

• New Castle County Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Delaware

District of Columbia

• United States Park Police Horse Mounted Unit^[20]

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
• Miami-Dade Police Department Mounted Patrol, Florida
• Orlando Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Florida
• Pinellas Park Police Department Mounted Patrol, Florida^[21]
• 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

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^[22]
• 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 Mounted Unit, Kentucky

Louisiana

• Baton Rouge Police Department Mounted Patrol
• Lafayette Police Department (Louisiana), Mounted Unit, Louisiana
• Mandeville Police Department, Mounted Unit^[23]
• 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

• 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^[24]
• Lenawee County Sheriff Mounted Division, Michigan
• Livingston 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

Lapeer County Sheriff's Department Mounted Unit

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
• Kansas City Police Department, Mounted Patrol Division, Kansas City, Missouri

Nebraska

• Omaha Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Nebraska

Nevada

• Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Mounted Unit, Nevada^[25]
• 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^[26]
• 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^[27]

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^[28]
• 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
• 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

Oregon

• Portland Police Bureau Mounted Patrol Unit, Oregon

Pennsylvania

• Pennsylvania State Police Mounted Unit
• 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^[29]
• Houston Police Department, Texas
• Lubbock Police Department Mounted Patrol, Texas

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^[30]
• Wisconsin State Fair Park Police Department Mounted Unit, West Allis, Wisconsin

Zimbabwe

• British South Africa Police (1896- )

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