Horses have long been linked with police forces. The French and the British were using mounted police patrols as early as the ...

Mounted Police Units Today Today, there are mounted police units still being used around the country in various cities and in the nation’s Federal Parks. The United States Park Police Horse ...

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. Other cities began following ...