**New 2nd edition:**A MANUAL FOR THE MOUNTED OFFICER

A COMPREHENSIVE MANUAL THAT FULLY EXPLORES
THE MISSION OF THE MOUNTED OFFICER***Newly Published Second Edition, Jan. 2008****

Written By CAPTAIN JIM BARRETT

A RECOGNIZED EXPERT IN THE FIELD OF
POLICE HORSES



THE BOOK CONTAINS OVER 230 PAGES OF TEXT, 63 PICTURES, AND NUMEROUS GRAPHICS CONTENTS:

Chapter 1 - Types of Mounted Units
Chapter 2 - Police Horse Standards & Purchasing a Police Horse
Chapter 3 - Training the Police Horse
Chapter 4 - Equitation
Chapter 5 - Equipping the Mounted Unit
Chapter 6 - Tactics and Formations
Chapter 7 - Mounted Search and Rescue
Chapter 8 - Grooming
Chapter 9 - Public Relations
Chapter 10 - Managing a Mounted Unit
Plus appendices of commonly needed forms and paperwork.

YOU WILL LEARN:

• How to set standards for your mounted unit
• How to select a potential police horse
• What Patterns of Consistency are in police horse training
• What Humane and Resistance Free™ Training is
• Ways of testing the police horse
• The Intellectual fit of Dressage riding
• How to properly equip a mounted unit
• How to successfully do crowd and riot control
• How to use the 40 inch horse baton
• How to do a citizen's horse academy
• How to gain political support for a unit
• And much, much more!