Police: Horses

(asked on 9th June 2020) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions officials in her Department have had with police forces on the deployment of mounted police for the purposes of crowd control; and if she will make a statement.


Answered by
Kit Malthouse Portrait
Kit Malthouse
This question was answered on 17th June 2020

Home Office officials regularly discusses with the National Police Chief’s Council the effectiveness of public order tactics including the use of Mounted Horse Units for crowd control purposes.

The use of police horses is an operational matter for chief officers.

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