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

Barbados

Barbados mounted branch established 1834

Belgium

Brazil

Regimento de Cavalaria 9 de Julho on patrol.

Canada

Denmark

Bulgaria

France

Germany

Greece

India

Mounted police in Chennai

Iran

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

Latvia

Lesotho

Lithuania

Malaysia

Malta

Mexico

Montenegro

Netherlands

Mounted police in Amsterdam

Norway

Established 1893, (Centennial in 1993 celebrated with celebratory ride across the USA) At present 15 horses and around 25 officers.

Poland

Mounted police in Warsaw

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Serbia

Serbian Mounted Unit

Serbian Mounted Unit

Serbian Mounted Unit

South Africa

Mounted police in Cape Town


Spain

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

Sri Lanka

Sweden

Switzerland

As of 2009, the following Swiss police forces employ mounted units:[7]

United Kingdom

Mounted police in Princes Street, Edinburgh

Active mounted Sections

Recently disbanded sections

United States of America

Alabama

Arizona

California

Colorado

Douglas County Sheriff's Office

Delaware

District of Columbia

Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia, Horse Mounted Unit

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

Police horses drinking from a fountain in Central Park

North Carolina

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Tennessee

Texas

Virginia

Washington

Wisconsin

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