HORSES ON POINT DUTY.
System of Traffic Control Proves Success. LONDON, October 1. For the first time, mounted police were employed on point duty in London to-day and achieved a remarkable success in regulating the traffic from their unusual point of vantage on their horses’ backs. The test was a notable demonstration of the thoroughness of the horses’ training. The animals stood like statues while their riders used both arms for the code signals employed by foot police. The innovation follows experiments which convinced the authorities that mounted police can be of great usefulness in traffic control, although, owing to the strain, the horses are not employed for long periods, but alternate point duty’ with periods of patrolling. Nor will they be used at night time. The mounted men are at present posted in Whitehall, and at three other points. Before they are used at the busiest centres, like Oxford Circus and Piccadilly, further experiments will be necessary.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 579, 8 October 1932, Page 1
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