Teak was never supposed to be a police horse in Minneapolis. But in 2008, Sgt. Christopher Lokke was heading up the mounted police unit and searching for a new horse to fill out his ranks.

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Wilmington’s mounted police is on the chopping block. During a city council meeting, council members listened to the proposed budget, which saw the cutting of the entire ...

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) –The Wilmington Police Department has identified its mounted unit as a potential area for budget cuts as city departments evaluate ways to reduce spending. City officials ...

Weeks to the May 2025 midterm elections, an anti-vote buying desk dubbed “Kontra Bigay Desk” has been mounted in five police stations in Lapu-Lapu City. Police have enjoined Oponganons (residents of ...

While mounted police units have been used in Europe since the 1700s, the first police force in America to mount an officer on a horse was in New York City in 1858.

Pushing a giant beach ball around and getting tapped by pool noodles may look like horseplay, but it's part of the job for two Percheron horses in Knoxville's new Mounted Patrol Unit. Horses Phyl ...

The Knoxville Police Department's Mounted Patrol Unit is preparing to hit the streets on horseback in March as officers train with their new horses as a full-time patrol unit for downtown ...

Discover Columbus' first mounted police unit and the role horses played in early traffic control. Uncover a lost piece of Columbus history with newly digitized photos of the city's first mounted ...

A “cherished” horse, who for seven years provided a perch for Minneapolis police officers in the department’s mounted patrol unit, died Saturday following complications from surgery.

NASHUA – Two draft horses, Mac and Maddie, recently joined the ranks of the Nashua Police Department to form the new Mounted Unit. Capt. Jennifer Moriarty, president of Friends of the Nashua Police ...

THE NASHUA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS GAINING SOME NEW MEMBERS. TAKE A LOOK HERE. THE DEPARTMENT IS DEBUTING A NEW MOUNTED PATROL UNIT. THIS IS MAC AND MADDIE. THE MOUNTED UNIT PROGRAM IS A SELF-FUNDED ...