Mounted Police Today

[wkambic]

I've got a Scout and I'd agree with Ron (although it's tough to tell from what you can see).



Bill Kambic

Mangalarga Marchador: Uma raça, uma paixão

[Dave J.]

Neat article on the NYPD Unit.

"Four-Legged Cops in Gotham"

http://www.nyc24.org/2000/issue02/story01/index.html

[Pat Holscher]

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2 ... enver-cop/

Pat

[Dave J.]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmoV72INoqw


Angela Kelly of Horse Girl TV, does a 'ride along' with the Prince William County, VA Police Department Mounted Unit......

[luigi]

Italian Carbinieri performing a "charge" at the "Palio of Siena" the (in)famous traditional horce race in the central place of the medieval town

http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=vDAs8DgNw ... re=related

The closing rievocative "charge" at the 194th anniversary of foundation of the corp in Piazza di Siena in Rome. This year also is the 160th anniversary of the charge at Pastrengo, April 30th 1848, where the Carabinieri of King's Carlo Alberto own lifeguard charged a formation of Austrians on which they stepped into while escorting the King.

http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=D8uRb9oFe ... re=related

I haven't yet found a good depiction of the whole "carosello storico"

[kerry savee]

Good photos in the gallery section:

http://www.polizei.niedersachsen.de/dst ... erstaffel/

[jan]

The today's saddle in use with the Belgian Federal Police.







Jan

[selewis]

Very nice. Thanks Jan. It's nice to see the string girth in use. Fashion (I assume) has led to its decline in this country, where it is a special order item.

Also, I see that the leathers are indented over four or five holes. Does this indicate a variety of uses to which the saddle is put, or several riders using the same saddle?

Sandy

[jan]

Also, I see that the leathers are indented over four or five holes. Does this indicate a variety of uses to which the saddle is put, or several riders using the same saddle?

Sandy, Yes the saddles are used over the time by several riders.

Jan

[Pat Holscher]

The today's saddle in use with the Belgian Federal Police.







Jan

Excellent photos, thanks! Quite a classic rig.

[Pat Holscher]

Jan, what use does Belgium make of mounted police?

[Dave J.]

The North American Police Equestrian Championships 2009 was held at the Farm Show Complex, in Harrisburg, PA, on September 28-29th. I'll post some pictures, and some links when I get a chance.

Class-A Uniform inspection.
Officer Ray Alexander and Paco from the Lexington Mounted Unit take First Place
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekf3mzBSYbw

There was also an Equitation test, and an obstacle course.

[jan]

Jan, what use does Belgium make of mounted police?

Pat, For the moment there are around 203 horses in service with the Federal mounted police, the ex-Gendarmerie, these are used in various roles from keeping order at football matches and all kinds of demonstrations and riots, patroling in rural area's, the beach or big city parks in holiday summer time, cermonial performances like escorting ambassadors, providing a full escort for the King on the national day. They have also a all white horse trumpetter corps that performs on public shows. And further patroling rock festivals and shows like this years reenactment at Waterloo.

About the last I have this little story to share, when I visited this years reenactment at Waterloo I noticed a riderless horse in the field (a good 2 km from the Hougoumont farm were the show was on) coming galloping towards the main Brussels / Charleroi road that crosses the old battlefield. I was able to catch the horse, from a French curassier reenactment unit, and there I was standing alone on the side of the road with the horse and no rider of it in sight. I warned a passing police patrol and after a good 40 minutes a mounted patrol came up to take over the horse and bring it back to the "French" camp. (that location was not now to me at that moment)
So that was also one of the tasks they had that day, to collect run away horses and keep an eye on the crowd gathering on the fields.
The lost horse when the patrol had taking it over,


In traditional uniform as Royal escort,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAnIxFD- ... re=related





Jan

[Couvi]

As discussed in a previous thread, the drummer was on a paint horse.

[jan]

This was the previous model used by the Belgian Gendarmerie before it was replaced by the Stübben, it is based on the army's model 1911. These were made in the sixties / late seventies by the saddle store Wagemans in Brussels and in use until around 2002.










Jan

[Pat Holscher]

This was the previous model used by the Belgian Gendarmerie before it was replaced by the Stübben, it is based on the army's model 1911. These were made in the sixties / late seventies by the saddle store Wagemans in Brussels and in use until around 2002.










Thanks Jan. Excellent photos.

Jan

[Pat Holscher]

01/20/2009 - The U.S. Park Police Horse Mounted Unit makes its way down Pennsylvania Avenue during the 2009 presidential inaugural parade in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2009. More than 5,000 men and women in uniform are providing military ceremonial support to the presidential inauguration, a tradition dating back to George Washington's 1789 inauguration. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Derrick Ingle, U.S. Navy/Released)

[Pat Holscher]

01/11/2009 - U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Billy Strohm, an escort element stand-in, walks with members from the U.S. Park Police Horse Mounted Unit during the 56th Presidential Inauguration rehearsal in Washington, D.C., Jan. 11, 2009. More than 5,000 men and women in uniform are providing military ceremonial support to the presidential inauguration, a tradition dating back to George Washington's 1789 inauguration. (DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Alan Port, U.S. Air Force/Released)

[Pat Holscher]

State of Wyoming Game Wardens. From the looks of it, gathered in Cheyenne.

http://gf.state.wy.us/GameandFishJobs/u ... G_0300.JPG

[Kelton Oliver]

I note that Philadelphia plans to bring back mounted units. http://www.officer.com/web/online/Top-N ... ts/1$56738
"With recently successful pro sports teams and rowdy Saturday night street scenes, Philly needs police horses for crowd control, says Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey."
'In March, a series of swarming crowds of young people, called "flash mobs," in Center City neighborhoods resulted in near-riots and arrests. That highlighted the need for the city to have its own mounted cops.

'One horse is worth 10 people when it comes to crowd control,' Ramsey says."