While cycling back with important supplies from Saisbury's, I overtook two police officers on horseback. I've seen horse droppings flattened on the road before, and assumed it was police horses, but this is the first time that I've seen them. This made me wonder - how many other countries operate police patrols on horseback? Come to think of it, how many UK forces apart from the Met do this?
Re:Nice
nicholas on 2004-01-02T17:59:49
If the Promenade des Anglais is full of les Anglais then they're going to have their work cut out
:-)
I've seen the Lancashire Constabulary patrol on horse back. Unlike a car, a horse can get into narrow spaces, and it's less effort than a mountain bike. Plus if you give someone a wallop with a truncheon from horse back I'm sure it hurts a lot.
Re:Lancashire do
nicholas on 2004-01-03T12:04:43
Plus I expect that there's slightly more of an element of fear with horses. Certainly, with a police vehicle, you know that the human is in control, and isn't intentionally going to drive it into you. With a horse, you're not quite so sure what it will do...
Re:Lancashire do
ajt on 2004-01-03T13:20:06
I hadn't thought of that, but horses are pretty stupid, big and quite capable of doing a great deal of damage on their own. I expect the police ones are VERY well trained, but in my experice most people's horses are a stupid bundle of nerves.
