1. If we can put a camera on every cop, we should have the technology for a saddle that can broadcast the William Tell overture.

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   1. LOL…. Battery power would be an issue, but I love the idea.

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      1. Horses can carry a ton of weight and a decent Beats by Dr. Dre speaker only weighs a few ounces.

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   2. Ride of the Valkyries ?

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   3. ‘Winged Hussars’ by Sabaton

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2. This is an excellent example of why large cities should have mounted units. There are just certain places that a patrol car cannot operate and a patrolman on bicycle or foot just doesn’t have the same ability to maneuver through a crowd the way a man on horse does. (Plus nothing out there matches the ability of a line of horses to disperse a riot.)

   Sadly, the city of Portland disbanded our mounted unit a few years back.

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   1. Have you ever seen what a really great skilled motorcycle cop can do?

      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M9MVY8swO5M

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      1. 🙂 It had been a while… lesser men in scooters would have dumped it 7 times and not a cone would be safe

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3. The Colombians really take mounted police seriously.
   http://enrique262.tumblr.com/post/174321992365/armored-calvary-of-the-colombian-riot-police-the#notes

   On a technical note, I think police horses don’t have lights and sirens because it frightens the horse. Bicycle lights and siren/speaker units are small and light enough to fit a saddle and bridle.

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   1. Why would it frighten a well trained horse? Horses can be trained to deal with gun shots (and obviously cop horses should be) — sirens would just be one more noise to train for.

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