Talk:Mounted police

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Four mounted police officers of the Victoria Police in Victoria, Australia, during a peaceful protest at Hazelwood Power Station. The officers and horses are equipped with riot gear to protect them from any indirect projectiles or attempted assaults, as well as reflective tape to aid visibility. Mounted police are often employed in crowd control because of their mobile mass and height advantage.Photo: Mriya

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Images should be moved to gallery[edit]

the formatting of the images at the top of the article is bad here, particularly the display on desktop. their should be a Gallery section at the end in which the images are moved there. I don't know how to make that though. Thank you

Expansion[edit]

I am not an expert in this field, but this article is ripe for expansion. Recent cost cutting measures have caused numerous mounted units around the country to be disbanded (as described by these two NY Times articles: [1] [2] ) It is something to be examined and resources for expansion, if necessary. Daysleeper47 (talk) 18:05, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I created a new section on the reductions, but it still needs to be expanded. - M0rphzone (talk) 03:51, 15 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Oldest Mounted Unit in the country[edit]

I see nothing listed here about the Cleveland Mounted Unit, originally the Cleveland Cavalry. It is the oldest and highly recognized. It should absolutely be mentioned here. Loalife87 (talk) 05:18, 25 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Feel free to find a source to verify this and add it. If you need help, just post the source URL here with the wording you propose and we can work together. Montanabw^(talk) 06:54, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Elephantasy?[edit]

Weren't there pachyderm-mounted police in some Indian jurisdictions under the British Raj? I know they were used in battle from ancient times, in India and SE Asia, and to a more ltd extent in n Africa (Hannibal & Carthaginians), though African elephants don't seem to have been domesticated as commonly as Asian ones. I have no sources. Sorry. ragity (talk) 16:52, 25 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The British did use elephants to haul batteries of heavy artillery in India up until at least 1895. However they would probably have been too large and slow for police work. You are certainly correct about their extensive use in battle during the pre-colonial era. Buistr (talk) 21:28, 25 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Tasmanian Tigers[edit]

The section under Uses, on mounted police in Tasmania says that Tasmanian Tigers were used to pull sleds in winter. This seems like a bit of vandalism, unless it's well-known local jargon for some other arrangement. I plan to delete it unless I can find some justification. Monado (talk) 03:54, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]