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  2. Mounted police - Wikipedia

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    Dallas Police Department Mounted Unit (11-16-2024) A mounted police officer in Giza riding a camel.. Mounted police are police who patrol on horseback or camelback.Their day-to-day function is typically picturesque or ceremonial, but they are also employed in crowd control because of their mobile mass and height advantage and increasingly in the UK for crime prevention and high visibility ...

  3. List of mounted police units - Wikipedia

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    Oslo Police District, Rytterkorpset (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.

  4. Category:Mounted police - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Mounted police" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  5. New York City Police Department Mounted Unit - Wikipedia

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    The Mounted Unit is part of the Special Operations Bureau of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and is one of the largest mounted police units in the United States. The Mounted Unit, referred to as "10 foot cops", is used as a crime deterrent and often deployed for crowd control at demonstrations, protests, concerts, sporting events ...

  6. Metropolitan Police Mounted Branch - Wikipedia

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    Revived in 1805, it was attached to the new Metropolitan Police in 1836 and formally merged into it three years later via Chapter VI of that year's Metropolitan Police Act. [1] Mounted patrols from the Metropolitan Police's stations continued, but the modern Mounted Branch was only formalised in 1918 by Percy Laurie, a retired British Army ...

  7. Last ride: Worcester police shutting down mounted unit

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    The unit dates to 2017, when seven Worcester mounted officers graduated from a state police training program. Prior to then, the city had not had a mounted police unit since the 1940s.

  8. New South Wales Mounted Police - Wikipedia

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    The New South Wales Mounted Police Unit is a mounted section of the New South Wales Police Force.Founded by Governor Sir Thomas Brisbane on 7 September 1825, [1] the Mounted Police were recruited from the 3rd Regiment of Foot, stationed in NSW at the time, to protect travellers, recaptured escaped convicts and suppress Indigenous resistance to colonisation.

  9. Law enforcement in the United States - Wikipedia

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    According to a study in a book by James Q. Wilson (Varieties of Police Behavior, 1968, 1978, Harvard University Press), there were three distinct types of policing developed in his study of eight communities. Each style emphasized different police functions and was linked to specific characteristics of the community the department served. Watchman