List of mounted police units

The following is a list of mounted police units in the world:

Australia
Victoria Police

Barbados

Barbados mounted branch established 1834

Belgium
  • Cavalry department, part of the General Reserve of the Federal Police.[1]
    • Royal Mounted Escort

Brazil
Regimento de Cavalaria 9 de Julho on patrol.

Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Ottawa

Denmark
Mounted police in central Copenhagen, 2008
  • Københavns Politi (Copenhagen Police), horses disappeared in the 70's but was reestablished in 1998.[3]

Bulgaria
  • Sofia Metropolitan Directorate of Interior Cavalry Squadron, Sofia (since 1956)

France
Garde Républicaine arc de Triomphe 14 juillet 2012

Finland
  • Helsinki Mounted Police Helsingin Ratsupoliisi (since 1882)

Germany
  • Reiterstaffel Baden-Württemberg
  • Reiterstaffel Bayern
  • Reiterstaffel Bundespolizei
  • Reiterstaffel Hessen
  • Reiterstaffel Niedersachsen
  • Reiterstaffel Nordrhein-Westfalen - 32 horses
  • Reiterstaffel Sachsen

Greece
  • Hellenic Mounted Police (Ελληνική Έφιππη Αστυνομία)

India
Mounted police in Chennai

Iran
  • ASVARAN, Mounted Police Unit of Law Enforcement Force of Islamic Republic of Iran

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

Latvia
  • Latvian State police - mounted police patrols in Riga established in 2000.[4]

Lesotho

Lithuania
  • Vilnius county police - mounted police patrols in Vilnius - 20 horses.[5]

Malaysia

Malta

Mexico

Montenegro
  • Tim policije na konjima Mounted Police Team - 10 horses, established 2007

Netherlands
Mounted police in Amsterdam

Norway
  • 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.

Poland
Mounted police in Warsaw
  • Komenda Miejska Policji w Chorzowie Mounted Team of Prevention Section
  • Komenda Miejska Policji w Częstochowie Mounted Team
  • Komenda Miejska Policji w Poznaniu Mounted Platoon
  • Komenda Miejska Policji w Szczecinie Mounted Unit
  • Komenda Stołeczna Policji w Warszawie Mounted Platoon

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Romania

Serbia

South Africa
Mounted police in Cape Town

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sweden
  • The police in the three largest cities (Stockholm, Göteborg and Malmö) have mounted units. These units may be dispatched all over Sweden.

Switzerland

As of 2009, the following Swiss police forces employ mounted units:[14]

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi Police Cavalry has been established in the middle of the 20th century. It is known as the most effective police in terms of crimes prevention, community policing and social responsibility.

United Kingdom
Metropolitan Police in Trafalgar Square, London
Mounted police in Princes Street, Edinburgh

Active mounted sections

Recently disbanded sections

United States

Alabama

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Douglas County Sheriff's Office

Weld County Sheriff's Mounted Posse

Parker Police Department

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
  • Worcester Police Mounted Unit
  • Bershire County Sheriff Mounted Unit
  • Boston Park Rangers Mounted Unit, Massachusetts
  • Massachusetts Park Ranger Mounted Unit, DCR
  • Massachusetts State Police Mounted Section
  • University of Massachusetts-Amherst Police Department Mounted Unit

Michigan
  • Barry County Sheriff Posse Mounted Division, Hastings, Michigan
  • Cadillac Police Department Auxiliary Horse Patrol, Michigan
  • Detroit Police Department Mounted Unit, Detroit, Michigan
  • Eaton County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit, Michigan
  • Kalamazoo County Sheriff Mounted Division, Michigan[26]
  • Lenawee County Sheriff Mounted Division, Michigan
  • Livingston County Sheriff's Department Mounted Division, Michigan
  • Oakland County Sheriff's Department Mounted Division, Michigan
  • Ottawa County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit, Michigan
  • Saginaw County Sheriff's Posse Mounted Division, Saginaw
  • Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office Mounted Patrol Division, Michigan
  • Wayne County Sheriff's Office Mounted Patrol Division, 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

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Tennessee

Texas

Grand Prairie mounted patrol

McKinney mounted patrol

Virginia

Washington

Wisconsin
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Vietnam
  • Mounted Police - Đoàn cảnh sát cơ động kỵ binh - Bộ Tư lệnh CSCĐ (2020- )

Zimbabwe

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