Four-legged fellows of the Mobile Police Force
PSNews – The newly-established Horse-Mounted Police Squad under the Mobile Police Command has been assigned to train and raise the horses and use them as means to fight crime, according to the decision of the Ministry of Public Security on the establishment of the force on January 15, 2020.
The newly-established Horse-Mounted Police Squad under the Mobile Police Command has been assigned to train and raise the horses and use them as means to fight crime, according to the decision of the Ministry of Public Security on the establishment of the force on January 15, 2020.
The new squad is mainly tasked to maintain public order and security situations, restore peace, security and order in emergency situations, and serve official ceremonials. Regarding to its operation, it is especially deployed to work in remote and isolated areas of difficult terrains like forests, mountains or to dismiss riots, illegal crowds.
The horse is of the Asian breed that is smaller than the European one but is able to sustain hard work and climate in Vietnam.
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| Horses staffed to the squad are small in size, but resistant and suitable for the weather in Vietnam. Each of them eats an average of 35kg of grass per day. Their diets are also supplemented with many other essential nutritional substances. |
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| Soldiers bathe young horse. Horses like water, so it is easy for officers to clean the horses’ stable or bathe them. |
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| A soldier is with his horse performing a barrier-crossing maneuver.. At the Horse-Mounted Police Squad’s training centers, all jobs from cleaning, feeding horses to taking care of horse health are done by well-trained police officers with supports from experts and veterinarians. |
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| Horse training is conducted every day at the squad training center. Soldiers are focused on tameing horses and getting them used to exercises. |
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| The horse trainers at the squad are all young officers. They should meet many criteria, but all love horses. |
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At the Horse-Mounted Police Squad’s training centers, all jobs from cleaning, feeding horses to taking care of horse health are done by well-trained police officers with supports from experts and veterinarians.
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| They begin their working day at 4am and end at 5pm. Every day, the soldiers get up before sunrise to feed their horses, prepare the saddle and then take them to the training field. Summer training starts earlier to avoid the heat. |
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| In the upcoming time, the horses will be trained to join the mobile police in handling of riots. |
