Royal Canadian Mounted Police
A well-known mounted police force is the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). The RCMP now uses standard police methods and does not use any horses operationally. However, horses are used in the Musical Ride as well as by several provincial and municipal police detachments. In the United States, mounted patrols are still essential to local law enforcement operations. The oldest Mounted Police unit is the New South Wales Mounted Police, which has been operating continuously since 1828, and still conducts patrols using horses, as well as riot control and ceremonial duties.
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