One of the coolest sights when cruising the streets is a rider on horseback just taking in the fresh air. Better yet, when a cop is patrolling the area on top of a four-legged beast. How cool!
LPD Mounted Patrol
Did you know that the Lubbock Police Department (LPD) actually has a Mounted Patrol Unit? I don’t know about you, but this was the first I ever heard of it.
Well, it turns out that this unit consists of five horses and seven members: five officers, a sergeant and a captain. Check out these photos of the horses from the patrol’s Facebook page:
Yes, each of the five horses does indeed have a name. You have Nellie, Tanner, Jobe, Smokey, and—my favorite—Jiggs.
What do Mounted Patrol Officers Do?
As fun as it is to think about mounted officers running down criminals on horseback with a lasso, the truth is that the Mounted Patrol Unit typically assists with area searches and city event patrolling rather than full-on shootouts.
When it comes to animals on the front lines, that’s better suited for the K-9 unit with highly trained dogs instead of horses serving as large targets in gunfights…