Caldwell Police saddles up for safety with 2 new draft horses starting patrol [Video]

CALDWELL, Idaho — There was a time when it was common to come across a police officer patrolling the streets on the back of a horse. 

Mounted officers were not only seen in parades, but also at events, in the foothills, or even on the greenbelt. Boise’s Mounted Patrol Unit was active for 18 years before dismounting and disbanding in 2005.

But another Treasure Valley department is dipping back into the area’s affinity for four hooves, as the City of Caldwell created their Caldwell Police Mounted Unit. This move comes after a few officers rode their personal horses to patrol a handful of events last year, including Chief Rex Ingram and Lieutenant John Tucker.

“A community like Caldwell, it’s an agricultural community, it’s a western lifestyle,” Tucker told KTVB on June 22. 

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