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Mobile Police Swear in Multi-Agency Mounted Officers

Feb 6th, 2013

On February 6, 2013 at 9:00 a.m., mounted officers from agencies all over the United States were sworn in to protect the city of Mobile and its citizens for the duration of Mardi Gras events. A video of the swearing-in can be found on the MPD YouTube channel or by visiting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B_WWUnjmz8.

The 12th Annual Mobile Mardi Gras Mounted School begins today, February 6 and will last though February 13, 2013. The Mounted School is held in conjunction with Mobile's two-week Mardi Gras celebration. This is a complete school including basic equitation techniques, sensory training, obstacle courses, defensive tactics, arrest procedures, vehicle extractions, formation riding, crowd control tactics and strategies as well as other advanced law enforcement maneuvers.

Expert instructors employ a variety of practical scenarios combined with on-the-street training during parade events. Only participants and mounts with demonstrated skills, and the approval of Mobile Police Department Mounted Unit supervisors, will be allowed to patrol on the streets. Our instructors emphasize the practical application of mounted patrol within urban environments, and the development of a working team between horse and rider.

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Ashley H. Rains
Public Information Office
Office: 208-1918
Fax: 208-1758