City Of London Mounted Police
Horse riders will be patrolling country lanes in Rutland as part of a new police initiative.
Police in Rutland are launching a recruitment drive to find Mounted Police Community Volunteers to help fight rural crime.
They hope to recruit horse owners to work as volunteers who will ride their horses as normal, but have agreed to act as eyes and ears of the police and report suspicious or unusual activity on 101 or 999.
Inspector Lou Cordiner, Local Policing Unit Commander for Rutland said; “As a horse rider myself I am aware that Rutland is an area where horse riding is a popular activity.
Rural crime is always an ongoing priority and horse riders are able to access many areas that vehicles cannot.
They also ride across the same land regularly and are very likely to notice if anything seems out of place or unusual.
“The volunteers will not have any additional powers other than those available to a normal member of the public, but they have become involved because they want to make their communities safer and to help tackle rural crime.
“Each volunteer will be equipped with a high visibility jacket, and they have committed to report any unusual and suspicious activity on 101 or 999.”
Anyone wanting further information about becoming a Mounted Police Community Volunteer is asked to contact Inspector Lou Cordiner on 101, follow the instructions to leave a message for her and when prompted key in the identification number 4004.
Your details will be kept on a database and the police reserve the right to check those details against the Police National Computer (PNC).
