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

Angola[edit]

  • Mounted Police Unit (Unidade de Polícia Montada)[1]

Argentina[edit]

Australia[edit]

Victoria Police

Barbados[edit]

Belgium[edit]

Brazil[edit]

Regimento de Cavalaria 9 de Julho on patrol.

Bulgaria[edit]

Canada[edit]

Members of the Toronto Police Service Mounted Unit on patrol
Mounted unit Year formed No. of horses
Calgary Police Service Mounted Patrol Unit 1979[a][13] 7 as of 2022[13]
Halifax Regional Police Mounted Unit 1905[b][14] 2 as of 2021[14]
Hamilton Police Service Mounted Patrol Unit 2010[15] 5 as of 2020[15]
Kingston Police Force Mounted Unit 1998[16] 0 (disbanded in 2023)[16]
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride[c] 1887[17] 32 as of 2024[18]
Niagara Regional Police Service Mounted Police Unit 2008[19] 0 (disbanded in 2010)[19]
Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Mounted Unit 2003[d][20] 3 As of 2024[20]
Service de police de la Ville de Montréal Cavalry 1885[21] 8 as of 2024[21]
Toronto Police Service Mounted Unit 1886[22] 27 as of 2023[22]
Vancouver Police Department Mounted Unit 1951[e][23] 8 as of 2024[23]
Winnipeg Police Service Mounted Patrol Unit 1998[24] 0 (disbanded in 2015)[24]

Chile[edit]

Mounted Carabineros de Chile
  • Carabiners of Chile Cavalry Training School "General Óscar Cristi Gallo" (Escuela de Caballería de Carabineros "General Óscar Cristi Gallo")[25]

China[edit]

Mounted police in Xilingol League, Inner Mongolia

Colombia[edit]

  • Colombian Carabineers (Carabineros de Colombia)[28]

Denmark[edit]

Mounted police in central Copenhagen, 2008
  • Københavns Politi (Copenhagen Police), horses disappeared in the 70's but was reestablished in 1998.[29]

France[edit]

Garde Républicaine arc de Triomphe 14 juillet 2012

Finland[edit]

Germany[edit]

Greece[edit]

India[edit]

Mounted police in Chennai

Iran[edit]

Ireland[edit]

Israel[edit]

Italy[edit]

Jamaica[edit]

Japan[edit]

Latvia[edit]

Lesotho[edit]

Lithuania[edit]

Malaysia[edit]

Malta[edit]

Mexico[edit]

Montenegro[edit]

Netherlands[edit]

Mounted police in Amsterdam

Norway[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Mounted police in Warsaw

Portugal[edit]

Puerto Rico[edit]

Romania[edit]

Serbia[edit]

South Africa[edit]

Mounted police in Cape Town

Spain[edit]

Sri Lanka[edit]

Sweden[edit]

Switzerland[edit]

As of 2009, the following Swiss police forces employ mounted units:[41]

Taiwan[edit]

Members of Mounted Police Unit of New Taipei City Police Department

United Arab Emirates[edit]

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[edit]

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

Active mounted sections[edit]

Recently disbanded sections[edit]

United States[edit]

Alabama[edit]

Arizona[edit]

Arkansas[edit]

California[edit]

Colorado[edit]

Delaware[edit]

District of Columbia[edit]

Florida[edit]

Georgia[edit]

Hawaii[edit]

Idaho[edit]

Illinois[edit]

Indiana[edit]

Iowa[edit]

Kansas[edit]

Kentucky[edit]

Louisiana[edit]

Maine[edit]

Maryland[edit]

Massachusetts[edit]

Michigan[edit]

Minnesota[edit]

Missouri[edit]

Nebraska[edit]

Nevada[edit]

New Hampshire[edit]

New Jersey[edit]

New Mexico[edit]

New York[edit]

Police horses drinking from a fountain in Central Park

North Carolina[edit]

Ohio[edit]

Oklahoma[edit]

Pennsylvania[edit]

Rhode Island[edit]

South Carolina[edit]

Tennessee[edit]

Texas[edit]

Virginia[edit]

Washington[edit]

Wisconsin[edit]

Vietnam[edit]

Zimbabwe[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The year 1979 was when the current mounted unit was formed. The first Calgary Police Service mounted unit was formed in 1910, and ran until 1939. From 1940 to 1944, a mounted constabulary presence was maintained by the Calgary Special Constabulary, and later the Calgary Mounted Constabulary.
  2. ^ The year 1905 was when the current unit was formed. The first mounted unit formed by Halifax Police was in 1869, although it was disbanded shortly after.
  3. ^ The following is an equestrian showcase unit and is not used operationally. The RCMP, and its predecessor, the Royal North West Mounted Police, once operated as a mounted police force although it no longer functions as such.
  4. ^ The year 2003 was when the current unit was formed. The first mounted unit formed by the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary was in 1873, although it was disbanded in 1951.
  5. ^ The year 1951 was when the current unit was formed. The first mounted unit formed by the Vancouver Police Department was in 1908, although it was disbanded in 1949.

References[edit]

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