![DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. 16 APRIL 2020.
Dubai Mounted Police officers, in Al Aweer, patrol residential and commercial areas to insure residents are staying safe indoors during COVID-19 lockdown. They patrol the streets from 6PM to 6AM.
The officers of the Dubai Mounted Police unit have been playing a multifaceted role in the emirate for over four decades.
The department was established in 1976 with seven horses, five riders and four horse groomers. Today it has more than 130 Arabian and Anglo-Arabian horses, 75 riders and 45 groomers.
All of the horses are former racehorses who went through a rigorous three-month-training programme before joining the police force. Currently, the department has two stables – one in Al Aweer, that houses at least 100 horses, and the other in Al Qusais, that houses 30 horses.
(Photo: Reem Mohammed/The National)
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Police officers on horseback during a patrol in Dubai. Reem Mohammed / The National
Police officers on horseback during a patrol in Dubai. Reem Mohammed / The National
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