List of mounted police units
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The following is a list of mounted police units in the world:
Angola
Mounted Police Unit (Unidade de Polícia Montada)
Argentina
Mounted Police Corps of the Argentine Federal Police (Cuerpo de Policia Montada de la Policia Federal Argentina)
Australia
New South Wales Police Force Mounted Police Unit
Queensland Police Service Mounted Police Unit
South Australia Mounted Police Cadre
Victoria Police Mounted Branch
Western Australia Police Force Mounted Section
Australian Federal Police Ceremonial Mounted Cadre
Barbados
Royal Barbados Police Force Mounted Troop
Belgium
Cavalry department, part of the General Reserve of the Federal Police.
Royal Mounted Escort (Escorte Royale à Cheval – Koninklijk Escorte te Paard)
Brazil
Military Police of Paraná State Regimento de Polícia Montada Coronel Dulcídio
Polícia Militar do Estado de Goiás Regimento de Cavalaria
Polícia Militar do Estado de São Paulo Regimento de Cavalaria 9 de Julho
Polícia Militar do Estado do Ceará Regimento de Polícia Montada Coronel Moura Brasil
Polícia Militar de Minas Gerais Regimento de Cavalaria Alferes Tiradentes (RCAT) established 1775, originally under the name of Regimento Regular de Cavalaria de Minas
Polícia Militar da Bahia Esquadrão de Polícia Montada
Bulgaria
Sofia Metropolitan Directorate of Interior Cavalry Squadron, Sofia (since 1956)
Canada
Chile
Carabiners of Chile Cavalry Training School "General Óscar Cristi Gallo" (Escuela de Caballería de Carabineros "General Óscar Cristi Gallo")
China
Gyrfalcon Mounted Police Team (Chinese: “海东青”骑警队)
Mounted policewomen unit
Grassland mounted police force under the Public security bureau
Colombia
Colombian Carabineers (Carabineros de Colombia)
Denmark
Københavns Politi (Copenhagen Police), horses disappeared in the 70's but was reestablished in 1998.
France
Brigade équestre de la Police Nationale (since 1994)
Garde Républicaine#Regiment of cavalry
Finland
Helsinki Mounted Police Helsingin Ratsupoliisi (since 1882)
Germany
Reiterstaffel Baden-Württemberg
Reiterstaffel Bayern
Reiterstaffel Bundespolizei
Reiterstaffel Hessen
Reiterstaffel Niedersachsen
Reiterstaffel Nordrhein-Westfalen – 32 horses
Reiterstaffel Sachsen
Greece
Hellenic Mounted Police (Ελληνική Έφιππη Αστυνομία)
India
Gujarat Police Mounted Police Unit
Kolkata Police Mounted Police Unit
Kerala Police Mounted Police Unit
Karnataka Police Mounted Police Unit
Uttarakhand Police Horse mounted unit
Hyderabad Police Mounted Police Unit
Chennai Police Mounted Police Unit
Iran
ASVARAN, Mounted Police Unit of Law Enforcement Force of Islamic Republic of Iran
Ireland
Garda Mounted Support Unit
Israel
Israeli Police Horses and Dogs Section
Italy
4th Carabinieri Mounted Regiment – Rome
Polizia di Stato Horse Services Coordination Center – Ladispoli
Mounted Squad "Lamarmora" – Rome
Mounted Squad "Villa Umberto" – Rome
Mounted Squad "Tor di Quinto" – Rome
Mounted Squad – Milan
Mounted Squad – Florence
Mounted Squad – Naples
Mounted Squad – Palermo
Mounted Squad – Catania
Mounted Squad – Turin
Jamaica
Jamaica Constabulary Force Mounted Troop Division
Japan
Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department – 15 horses
National Police Agency (Japan) Imperial Guard (Guard of Honour) – 14 horses
Kyoto Prefectural Police Heiann-Kibatai – 16 horses
Latvia
Latvian State police – mounted police patrols in Riga established in 2000.
Lesotho
Lesotho Mounted Police Service
Lithuania
Vilnius county police – mounted police patrols in Vilnius – 20 horses.
Malaysia
Royal Malaysia Police – mounted police patrols by PGA Briged Kuala Lumpur.
Malta
Malta Police Force
Mexico
Guardia Rural
Montenegro
Tim policije na konjima Mounted Police Team – 10 horses, established 2007
Netherlands
Dutch National Police Specialist Operations Service (DSO)
Norway
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
Komenda Miejska Policji w Chorzowie Mounted Team of Prevention Section
Komenda Miejska Policji w Częstochowie Mounted Team
Komenda Miejska Policji w Poznaniu Mounted Platoon
Komenda Miejska Policji w Szczecinie Mounted Unit
Komenda Stołeczna Policji w Warszawie Mounted Platoon
Portugal
Guarda Nacional Republicana Regimento de Cavalaria
Romania
Jandarmeria Română Mounted Detachment, established 1893
Bucharest Local Police – 24 horses mounted patrol unit
Iași Local Police – 6 horses mounted patrol unit
Serbia
Serbian Police, Police Directorate for the City of Belgrade, Special Police Unit – Police Brigade, Mounted Unit
South Africa
Frontier Armed and Mounted Police (1855–1878)
Northern Border Police (1868–1873 and 1879–1882)
Natal Police (originally Natal Mounted Police) (1874–1913)
Cape Mounted Police (originally Cape Police)(1882–1913)
Bechuanaland Mounted Police (1884–1885)
South African Constabulary (1900–1908)
South African Police Service Pretoria Mounted Unit
Spain
Civil Guard Cavalry Squad (1844–present)
National Police Cavalry Units (1825–present). Since 1986 with the current name.
Other police units of local and regional level also have some cavalry units.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Police Mounted Division
Sweden
The Swedish Police Authority have mounted units in the three largest cities (Stockholm, Göteborg, and Malmö) These units can be dispatched all over Sweden.
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