New police horse wanted by resort mounted patrol

As the Ocean City Council braces for its fiscal year 2018 budget hearings, one expense has already been covered: a new horse for the Ocean City Police Department.

OCPD is looking for a new horse for the Mounted Patrol Unit, which works in crowd control and Boardwalk patrol.

“A police horse typically costs between $6,000 to $9,000,” Police Public Affairs Specialist Lindsay Richard said. “They are paid for using money from an endowment that was left to the OCPD Mounted Unit by a local citizen to buy and train horses.”

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