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Mounted PoliceMounted police are police who patrol on horseback. They continue to serve in metropolitan areas, where their day-to-day function may be largely picturesque or ceremonial. Such patrols are rare otherwise, though mounted police may be employed for specialized duties ranging from patrol of parks and wilderness areas, where police cars would be impractical or noisome, to riot duty, where the horse serves to intimidate those whom it is desired to disperse. The most famous mounted police force is the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). The RCMP now uses standard police methods and does not use any horses operationally; however, horses are used in the Musical Ride, an RCMP pageant. List of operational mounted police units - Australia
- Canada
- Republic of Ireland
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Malta
- New Zealand
- Portugal
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Albuquerque Police Department, New Mexico
- Atlanta Police Department Mounted Patrol, Georgia
- Baltimore City Police Department Mounted Unit, Maryland
- Birmingham Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Alabama
- Boston Police Department Mounted Unit, Massachusetts
- Butler County Sheriff's Office Mounted Patrol, Ohio
- Charleston Police Department Horse Patrol, South Carolina
- Chicago Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Illinois
- Dallas Police Department Mounted Unit, Texas
- Detroit Police Department Mounted Unit, Michigan
- Dover Police Department Mounted Patrol, New Hampshire
- East Bay Regional Park District Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, California
- Fort Lauderdale Police Department Mounted Unit, Florida
- Fort Worth Police Department Mounted Patrol, Texas
- Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Mounted Patrol, Ohio
- Henrico County Division of Police, Virginia
- Indianapolis Police Department Mounted Patrol Section, Indiana
- Lake County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit, Florida
- Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Mounted Unit, Nevada
- Los Angeles Police Department Mounted Unit, California
- Massachusetts State Police Mounted Section
- Miami-Dade Police Department Mounted Patrol, Florida
- Nassau County Police Department Mounted Unit, New York
- New Orleans Police Department Mounted Unit, Louisiana
- New York City Police Department Mounted Unit, New York
- Oklahoma City Police Department Equine Unit, Oklahoma
- Orlando Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Florida
- Ottawa County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit, Michigan
- Philadelphia Police Department Mounted Patrol, Pennsylvania
- Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Mounted Patrol, Pennsylvania
- Placer County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit, California
- Polk County Sheriff's Office Mounted Enforcement Unit, Florida
- Portland Police Department Mounted Unit, Maine
- Providence Police Department Mounted Command, Rhode Island
- Raleigh Police Department Impact Squad, North Carolina
- Richmond Police Department Mounted Team, Virginia
- Ross County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit, Ohio
- Sacramento County Sheriff's Department Mounted Enforcement Detail, California
- Sacramento Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, California
- Saint Paul Police Department Mounted Police Unit, Minnesota
- Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department Mounted Unit, California
- Savannah Police Department Mounted Unit, Georgia
- Seattle Police Department Mounted Unit, Washington
- Summit County Sheriff's Office Mounted Patrol, Ohio
- Tampa Police Department Mounted Patrol, Florida
- Toledo Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Ohio
- Tulsa Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Oklahoma
- United States Park Police Horse Mounted Unit
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas Police Services Mounted Police Unit, Nevada
- Wichita Police Department Mounted Unit, Kansas
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