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parks for rangers to use. There is a 600-person force that operates in the urban national park areas of New York, Washington and San Francisco.
Hard working animals in race training and on the beat, it is not all show and tell for the police horses. Hurdler and timber runner Independent Talk was in Atlanta for the 1996 Olympics; he stationed in Centennial Park during the bombing. He was lucky. Neither he nor his rider was injured. Even the FBI wanted to look at his hooves for possible evidence.
When asked about what happens when they get a call or are in hot pursuit of a suspect one officer said, “It’s like any other law enforcement situation. You call it in. Only it must sound pretty cool to the dispatcher when they hear the clippity-cloppity of your horse’s hooves on the pavement.”
Though officers don’t like to talk about it, some of the downtown “peaceful” demonstrations get heated in Washington, especially when there is a controversial bill in the house or a war going on. Keeping the horses calm and
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