While the use of mounted police (ie police horses and riders) can be traced back to before
the advent of the modern police service in 1829, very little is known about the actual work of
mounted police from either academic or practitioner standpoints. In recent years, mounted
units have come under resource scrutiny in the UK due to austerity measures. Some forces
have eliminated their mounted capacities altogether, while others have developed
collaborative or mutual assistance arrangements with neighbouring forces. The relative …

… Summary The Association of Chief Police Officers commissioned the University of Oxford
and RAND Europe to develop evidence on the value of mounted police in key deployment
contexts, including neighbourhood, football and public order policing. … United Kingdom …