The effects of criminal victimization are often reviewed after crime has occurred, and therefore it becomes increasingly important to consider and develop crime prevention strategies as a viable ...

In the past two years, mounted police units from Boston to San Diego have gone the way of the Pony Express, the victims of tight budgets and shifting law-enforcement priorities. But in Seattle, where ...

UPDATE 4:30 P.M. APRIL 13: The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has disbanded the Mounted Unit. In a release, the department said the move was made in the face of a loss in tax revenue facing ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Mounted patrol units have been around for centuries. But we’ve learned many police departments across the country, including Boston, have done away with them. In this time of ...

POMONA – The Rockland Sheriff's mounted unit has been admired by spectators during parades in the past half century, but its job description is a lot more extensive than most people think. And Sheriff ...

When Dallas Police Sgt. Victor Renteria heads out for patrol, he rides on the back of Earthquake, one of the mounted unit’s tallest horses. Earthquake is just over 18 hands – about six feet tall – ...

PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI -- Members of the Kent County Sheriff’s Department’s mounted unit used to dream, years ago, about having their own training center - a place where horses and riders could ...

When it began as a full-time patrol a quarter-century ago, the San Jose Police Department’s mounted unit was funded with $70,000 in private donations from San Jose business groups concerned that ...

There are two notices posted on the side of Camp’s stall in the Chicago Police Department’s mounted patrol unit stable. “Wet hay,” reads one, a reminder to dampen the hay to keep down the dust; Camp ...

Sgt. Kevin Finn takes a step forward to make sure his next point isn’t missed. His spurs clank on the barn’s concrete floor. His calvary hat is turned just slightly to the side, gold tassels on the ...

New York’s Finest are teaming up with the Great Plains’ wildest. The NYPD has roped in two wild American mustangs for its mounted unit — the first time the department has recruited horses from the ...