April 26, 27, 28 - Minnesota State Fairgrounds
1265 Snelling Ave North, St. Paul, MN
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2013 MN Horse Expo Speakers/Demos
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St. Paul Police Mounted Unit Demonstration

Friday Coliseum 9:45am to 10:15am
Friday AgStar Arena 1:00pm to 1:30pm
Saturday Coliseum 8:45am to 9:15am
Saturday AgStar Arena 12:30pm to 1:00pm
Sunday Ag Star Arena 10:30am to 11:00am

The St. Paul Mounted Police Unit was established in July 1995. It consists of 6 full time officers operating city wide. All St. Paul patrol horses are geldings standing a minimum of 16 hands tall which allows our officers to see over vehicles and crowds. The St. Paul Mounted Patrol duties range from crowd control to traffic enforcement.  Each rider must complete an 8 week course in which they learn basic equitation followed by officer safety techniques, defensive tactics and hand gun use.

In the Coliseum demonstrations, learn how the members of the Mounted Unit are trained and watch as they demonstrate defensive tactics from horseback including upper and lower body attach, pinning a suspect against a wall and pushing an unruly suspect.

In the AgStar demonstrations, see a suspect apprehension and handcuffing, a traffic stop, a variety of emergency dismounts, donning of riot gear and gas mask, and finally formation riding and crowd control.


photo credit John Entenmann
St. Paul Police Mounted Unit officers Alta Schaeffer on Chase and Andy Lewis on Javier

 


Jason Giampolo with Jett & Andy Lewis with Javier



 

Officer Hank Price has been with St Paul Police Department since 1999.He has just completed the Mounted Patrol Academy and is one of the newest members of the unit. Officer Price has been a Field Training Officer since 2008 and is a member of the St Paul Police Historical Society.

 

Officer Thomas Handwerk has been a police officer for nine years, thel ast 4 with the St Paul Police Department. Officer Handwerk joined the mounted patrol because it has a prestigious past and provides an representative of the department that the public is comfortable approaching. The Mounted Patrol also provides a monumental role in crowd control and assisting fellow officers in the patrol division.

 

 
Luis Diaz-Calle with Black Jack (BJ)

 


Gerry Johnson with Chase

 


 

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