List of mounted police units

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

Angola[]

  • Mounted Police Unit (Unidade de Polícia Montada)[1]

Argentina[]

Australia[]

Victoria Police

Barbados[]

Belgium[]

Brazil[]

Regimento de Cavalaria 9 de Julho on patrol.

Canada[]

Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Ottawa

Chile[]

Mounted Carabineros de Chile
  • Carabiners of Chile Cavalry Training School "General Óscar Cristi Gallo" (Escuela de Caballería de Carabineros "General Óscar Cristi Gallo")[13]

Colombia[]

  • Colombian Carabineers (Carabineros de Colombia)[14]

Denmark[]

Mounted police in central Copenhagen, 2008
  • Københavns Politi (Copenhagen Police), horses disappeared in the 70's but was reestablished in 1998.[15]

Bulgaria[]

  • Cavalry Squadron, Sofia (since 1956)

France[]

Garde Républicaine arc de Triomphe 14 juillet 2012

Finland[]

  • Helsingin Ratsupoliisi (since 1882)

Germany[]

Greece[]

  • (Ελληνική Έφιππη Αστυνομία)

India[]

Mounted police in Chennai

Iran[]

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

Ireland[]

Israel[]

  • Israeli Police Horses and Dogs Section

Italy[]

  • 4th Carabinieri Mounted Regiment – Rome
  • Polizia di Stato Horse Services Coordination Center – Ladispoli
    • Mounted Squad "Lamarmora" – Rome
    • Mounted Squad "Villa Umberto" – Rome
    • Mounted Squad "Tor di Quinto" – Rome
    • Mounted Squad – Milan
    • Mounted Squad – Florence
    • Mounted Squad – Naples
    • Mounted Squad – Palermo
    • Mounted Squad – Catania
    • Mounted Squad – Torino

Jamaica[]

Japan[]

Latvia[]

  • – mounted police patrols in Riga established in 2000.[16]

Lesotho[]

Lithuania[]

  • – mounted police patrols in Vilnius – 20 horses.[17]

Malaysia[]

Malta[]

Mexico[]

  • Guardia Rural

Montenegro[]

  • Mounted Police Team – 10 horses, established 2007

Netherlands[]

Mounted police in Amsterdam

Norway[]

  • Oslo Police District, (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[]

Mounted police in Warsaw
  • Mounted Team of Prevention Section
  • Mounted Team
  • Mounted Platoon
  • Mounted Unit
  • 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[]

Serbia[]

  • Serbian Police, Police Directorate for the City of Belgrade, Special Police Unit – Police Brigade, Mounted Unit[23][24][25]

South Africa[]

Mounted police in Cape Town

Spain[]

Sri Lanka[]

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:[26]

  • 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[]

Metropolitan Police in Trafalgar Square, London
Mounted police in Princes Street, Edinburgh

Active mounted sections[]

Recently disbanded sections[]

United States[]

Alabama[]

Arizona[]

Arkansas[]

California[]

Colorado[]

  • Denver Police Department Mounted Patrol, Colorado
  • El Paso Sheriffs Office Mounted Unit, El Paso County, Colorado
  • Mounted Posse, Colorado[33]
  • 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[]

Florida[]

Georgia[]

Hawaii[]

Idaho[]

Illinois[]

Indiana[]

Iowa[]

Kansas[]

Kentucky[]

Louisiana[]

Maine[]

Maryland[]

Massachusetts[]

  • Worcester Police Mounted Unit
  • Bershire County Sheriff Mounted Unit
  • Mounted Unit, Massachusetts
  • Massachusetts State Police Mounted Section

Michigan[]

Minnesota[]

Missouri[]

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

Nebraska[]

Nevada[]

New Hampshire[]

New Jersey[]

  • Mounted Unit, New Jersey
  • , New Jersey[40]
  • Newark Police Department Mounted Division, Newark, NJ
  • Rutgers University Mounted Patrol (RUMP), New Jersey (only student-run mounted patrol in the United States)
  • , New Jersey[41]

New Mexico[]

New York[]

Police horses drinking from a fountain in Central Park

North Carolina[]

Ohio[]

Oklahoma[]

Pennsylvania[]

Rhode Island[]

  • Mounted Command, Rhode Island

South Carolina[]

  • Horse Patrol, South Carolina

Tennessee[]

Texas[]

Virginia[]

Washington[]

Wisconsin[]

Vietnam[]

  • (2020– )

Zimbabwe[]

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