List of mounted police units

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

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Angola

Argentina

Australia

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Victoria Police

Barbados

Belgium

Brazil

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Regimento de Cavalaria 9 de Julho on patrol.

Bulgaria

Canada

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Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Ottawa

Chile

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Mounted Carabineros de Chile

China

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Mounted police in Xilingol League, Inner Mongolia

Colombia

Denmark

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Mounted police in central Copenhagen, 2008

France

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Garde Républicaine arc de Triomphe 14 juillet 2012

Finland

Germany

Greece

India

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Mounted police in Chennai

Iran

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

Latvia

Lesotho

Lithuania

Malaysia

Malta

Mexico

Montenegro

Netherlands

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Mounted police in Amsterdam

Norway

Poland

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Mounted police in Warsaw

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Romania

Serbia

South Africa

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Mounted police in Cape Town

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sweden

Switzerland

As of 2009, the following Swiss police forces employ mounted units: [29]

Taiwan

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Members of Mounted Police Unit of New Taipei City Police Department

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

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

Active mounted sections

Recently disbanded sections

United States

Alabama

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

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Police horses drinking from a fountain in Central Park

North Carolina

Ohio

Oklahoma

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Tennessee

Texas

Virginia

Washington

Wisconsin

Vietnam

Zimbabwe

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