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Article: Detroit's mounted police unit is down to only 9 horses, 8 people.
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- Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI)
- Article date:
- February 16, 2005
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Byline: Ben Schmitt
Feb. 16--The horse stalls are empty at the historic Bethune Avenue stable in Detroit.
Little remains except a stray horseshoe, two pet cats, old pictures and the lieutenant who supervises the fabled Detroit Police mounted section.
Detroit's mounted police have dwindled to nine horses and about eight people -- down from the several dozen horses and an equal number of officers who made up the unit for most of its 112 years.
People inside and outside the department fear the city is slowly phasing out the mounted unit that specializes in crowd control, even as Detroit is about to welcome very big crowds with the ...