The following is a list of mounted police units in the world:
Angola Mounted Police Unit (Unidade de Polícia Montada)
Argentina Mounted Police Corps of the Argentine Federal Police (Cuerpo de Policia Montada de la Policia Federal Argentina)
Australia
New South Wales Police Force Mounted Police Unit Queensland Police Service Mounted Police Unit South Australia Mounted Police Cadre Victoria Police Mounted Branch Western Australia Police Force Mounted Section Australian Federal Police Ceremonial Mounted Cadre
Barbados Royal Barbados Police Force Mounted Troop
Belgium Cavalry department, part of the General Reserve of the Federal Police. Royal Mounted Escort (Escorte Royale à Cheval – Koninklijk Escorte te Paard)
Brazil
Military Police of Paraná State Regimento de Polícia Montada Coronel Dulcídio Polícia Militar do Estado de Goiás Regimento de Cavalaria Polícia Militar do Estado de São Paulo Regimento de Cavalaria 9 de Julho Polícia Militar do Estado do Ceará Regimento de Polícia Montada Coronel Moura Brasil Polícia Militar de Minas Gerais Regimento de Cavalaria Alferes Tiradentes (RCAT) established 1775, originally under the name of Regimento Regular de Cavalaria de Minas Polícia Militar da Bahia Esquadrão de Polícia Montada
Bulgaria Sofia Metropolitan Directorate of Interior Cavalry Squadron, Sofia (since 1956)
Canada
Mounted unitYear formedNo. of horsesCalgary Police Service Mounted Patrol Unit19797 Halifax Regional Police Mounted Unit19052 Hamilton Police Service Mounted Patrol Unit20105 Kingston Police Force Mounted Unit19980 (disbanded in 2023)Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride188732 Niagara Regional Police Service Mounted Police Unit20080 (disbanded in 2010)Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Mounted Unit20033 Service de police de la Ville de Montréal Cavalry18858 Toronto Police Service Mounted Unit188627 Vancouver Police Department Mounted Unit19518 Winnipeg Police Service Mounted Patrol Unit19980 (disbanded in 2015)
Chile
Carabiners of Chile Cavalry Training School "General Óscar Cristi Gallo" (Escuela de Caballería de Carabineros "General Óscar Cristi Gallo")
China
Gyrfalcon Mounted Police Team () Mounted policewomen unit Grassland mounted police force under the Public security bureau
Colombia Colombian Carabineers (Carabineros de Colombia)
Denmark
Københavns Politi (Copenhagen Police), horses disappeared in the 70's but was reestablished in 1998.
France
Brigade équestre de la Police Nationale (since 1994) Garde Républicaine#Regiment of cavalry
Finland Helsinki Mounted Police Helsingin Ratsupoliisi (since 1882)
Germany Reiterstaffel Baden-Württemberg Reiterstaffel Bayern Reiterstaffel Bundespolizei Reiterstaffel Hessen Reiterstaffel Niedersachsen Reiterstaffel Nordrhein-Westfalen – 32 horses Reiterstaffel Sachsen
Greece Hellenic Mounted Police (Ελληνική Έφιππη Αστυνομία)
India
Gujarat Police Mounted Police Unit Kolkata Police Mounted Police Unit Kerala Police Mounted Police Unit Karnataka Police Mounted Police Unit Uttarakhand Police Horse mounted unit Hyderabad Police Mounted Police Unit Chennai Police Mounted Police Unit
Iran ASVARAN, Mounted Police Unit of Law Enforcement Force of Islamic Republic of Iran
Ireland Garda Mounted Support Unit
Israel Israeli Police Horses and Dogs Section
Italy 4th Carabinieri Mounted Regiment – Rome Polizia di Stato Horse Services Coordination Center – Ladispoli Mounted Squad "Lamarmora" – Rome Mounted Squad "Villa Umberto" – Rome Mounted Squad "Tor di Quinto" – Rome Mounted Squad – Milan Mounted Squad – Florence Mounted Squad – Naples Mounted Squad – Palermo Mounted Squad – Catania Mounted Squad – Turin
Jamaica Jamaica Constabulary Force Mounted Troop Division
Japan Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department – 15 horses National Police Agency (Japan) Imperial Guard (Guard of Honour) – 14 horses Kyoto Prefectural Police Heiann-Kibatai – 16 horses
Latvia Latvian State police – mounted police patrols in Riga established in 2000.
Lesotho Lesotho Mounted Police Service
Lithuania Vilnius county police – mounted police patrols in Vilnius – 20 horses.
Malaysia Royal Malaysia Police – mounted police patrols by PGA Briged Kuala Lumpur.
Malta Malta Police Force
Mexico Guardia Rural
Montenegro Tim policije na konjima Mounted Police Team – 10 horses, established 2007
Netherlands
Dutch National Police Specialist Operations Service (DSO)
Norway Oslo Police District, Rytterkorpset (Special Services Section), aka "Det Ridende Politi" / "The Mounted Police" at Oslo Politidistrikt, (Spesialseksjonen), in Oslo that was established in 1893, (Centennial in 1993 celebrated with celebratory ride across the USA) At present 15 horses and around 25 officers.
Poland
Komenda Miejska Policji w Chorzowie Mounted Team of Prevention Section Komenda Miejska Policji w Częstochowie Mounted Team Komenda Miejska Policji w Poznaniu Mounted Platoon Komenda Miejska Policji w Szczecinie Mounted Unit Komenda Stołeczna Policji w Warszawie Mounted Platoon
Portugal Guarda Nacional Republicana Regimento de Cavalaria
Romania Jandarmeria Română Mounted Detachment, established 1893 Bucharest Local Police – 24 horses mounted patrol unit Iași Local Police – 6 horses mounted patrol unit
Serbia Serbian Police, Police Directorate for the City of Belgrade, Special Police Unit – Police Brigade, Mounted UnitSerbian Mounted UnitSerbian Mounted Unit
South Africa
Frontier Armed and Mounted Police (1855–1878) Northern Border Police (1868–1873 and 1879–1882) Natal Police (originally Natal Mounted Police) (1874–1913) Cape Mounted Police (originally Cape Police)(1882–1913) Bechuanaland Mounted Police (1884–1885) South African Constabulary (1900–1908) South African Police Service Pretoria Mounted Unit
Spain Civil Guard Cavalry Squad (1844–present) National Police Cavalry Units (1825–present). Since 1986 with the current name. Other police units of local and regional level also have some cavalry units.
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Police Mounted Division
Sweden
The Swedish Police Authority have mounted units in the three largest cities (Stockholm, Göteborg, and Malmö) These units can be dispatched all over Sweden.
Switzerland As of 2009, the following Swiss police forces employ mounted units: Cantonal Police of Bern (since 1914, eleven officers) Police in Martigny Police in St. Gallen (since June 2009)
Taiwan
Mounted Police Unit of New Taipei City Police Department (since 2003) Mounted Police Unit of Kaohsiung Police Department (since 2005)
United Kingdom
Active mounted sections Avon and Somerset Constabulary Mounted Section City of London Police Mounted Unit Gloucestershire Constabulary Mounted Section (re-established in 2016"Police horses to stay on patrol in Gloucestershire", Gloucestershire Constabulary, 22 August 2017) Greater Manchester Police Mounted Unit Lancashire Constabulary Mounted Branch Merseyside Police Mounted Section Metropolitan Police Mounted Branch Northumbria Police Mounted Unit Police Service of Scotland Mounted Branch South Wales Police Mounted Unit South Yorkshire Police Mounted Section Thames Valley Police Mounted Section West Midlands Police Mounted Branch (re-established in 2025) West Yorkshire Police Mounted Section
Recently disbanded sections Royal Military Police Mounted Troop (disbanded in 1995) North Yorkshire Police Mounted Unit (disbanded in 1998) Royal Parks Constabulary Mounted Branch (absorbed into Metropolitan Police in 2004) Essex Police Mounted Unit (disbanded in 2012) Nottinghamshire Police Mounted Unit (disbanded in 2012)
United States Alabama DeKalb County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit, Alabama Etowah County Sheriff's Mounted Unit, Alabama Florence Police Mounted Patrol, Alabama Mobile County Sheriffs Office Mounted Unit, Mobile, Alabama Mobile Police Department Mounted Unit, Alabama
Arizona Coconino County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit, Arizona Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit, Arizona Scottsdale Police Department Mounted Unit, Arizona Tempe Police Department Mounted Unit, ArizonaTempe Police Department (Arizona)
Arkansas Little Rock Police Department Mounted Unit, Little Rock, Arkansas
California Anaheim Police Department Mounted Enforcement Unit, California East Bay Regional Park District Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, California Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park Volunteer Mounted Assistance Unit, San Dimas, California Los Angeles Police Department Mounted Unit, California Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Mounted Enforcement Detail, California Modesto Police Department Mounted Unit, California Orange County Sheriff's Department Mounted Unit, California Placer County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit, California Sacramento County Sheriff's Department Mounted Enforcement Detail, California Sacramento Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, California San Diego Sheriff Volunteer Mounted Patrol Unit, California San Francisco Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, California San Jose Police Department Mounted Unit, California Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit, California Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department Mounted Unit, California
Colorado Denver Police Department Mounted Patrol, Colorado El Paso Sheriffs Office Mounted Unit, El Paso County, Colorado Larimer County Sheriff's Office Mounted Posse, Colorado Douglas County Sheriff's Office Weld County Sheriff's Mounted Posse Parker Police Department
Delaware New Castle County Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Delaware
District of Columbia United States Park Police Horse Mounted Unit Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia, Horse Mounted Unit
Florida Webster Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Florida Citrus County Mounted Posse, Inverness, Florida Flagler County, Mounted Unit, Florida Fort Lauderdale Police Department Mounted Unit, Florida Gainesville Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Florida Hernando County Civilian Mounted Unit, Brooksville, Florida Hillsborough County Sheriff Office Mounted Posse Hillsborough County, Florida Key West Police Department, Mounted Unit, Florida Lake County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit, Florida Leon County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit, Florida City of Miami Police Department Mounted Patrol, Florida Orlando Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Florida Pinellas Park Police Department Mounted Patrol, Florida Polk County Sheriff's Office Mounted Enforcement Unit, Florida Saint Petersburg Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Florida Sarasota County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit, Florida Sumter County Mounted Reserve, Webster, Florida Tampa Police Department Mounted Patrol, Florida
Georgia Atlanta Police Department Mounted Patrol, Georgia Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department Mounted Unit, Georgia Duluth Georgia Police Department Fort Valley Police Department Mounted Patrol, Fort Valley, Georgia
Hawaii Honolulu Police Department Horse Patrol Unit, Hawaii
Idaho Boise Police Department Mounted Patrol, Idaho
Illinois Chicago Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Illinois Palos Park Police Department Mounted Patrol, Illinois
Indiana Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Mounted Patrol Section, Indiana Wayne County Sheriff's Office, Richmond
Iowa Des Moines Police Department Mounted Patrol, Iowa Waterloo Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Iowa
Kansas Shawnee County Sheriff's Department Mounted Posse, Kansas Wichita Police Department Mounted Unit, Kansas
Kentucky Lexington-Fayette-Urban-County Division of Police Mounted Unit, Kentucky Louisville Metro Police Department Mounted Unit, Kentucky Kentucky Horse Park Mounted Police Full Service State Agency, Kentucky
Louisiana Baton Rouge Police Department Mounted Patrol Lafayette Police Department (Louisiana), Mounted Unit, Louisiana Mandeville Police Department, Mounted Unit New Orleans Police Department Mounted Unit, Louisiana Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office Mounted Division, Louisiana
Maine