Police horse Wrangler steps into retirement
One of the longest-serving horses inward the Minneapolis Police Department inward Minnesota has retired.
Wrangler took his go out from active duty on Fri for what the subdivision described equally a life of light-green grass as well as pleasant trail rides inward a serene environment.
Wrangler started alongside the subdivision inward 2002 afterwards beingness donated to the unit of measurement past times Bunny Markfort.
During his eleven years of service Wrangler was regularly seen patrolling the downtown bar district, helping to buy the farm on the peace. He acted equally an ambassador to Blue Planet throughout the city.
His other duties included working equally a preparation mountain through vi Mounted Patrol academies, where he was a patient companion to many a Mounted Patrol “greenhorn”.
In 2008, Wrangler was component of a contingent of Minneapolis Police Mounted Patrol horses as well as riders who travelled to Mobile, Alabama, for extensive crowd command training.
As a component of the preparation Wrangler also participated inward that city’s annual mardi gras celebration.
His retirement was a bittersweet 2nd for many officers, both past times as well as present, inward the Mounted Patrol equally Wrangler, 17, retired from duty as well as returned to Markfort for a quet retirement.
Patrol staff thanked him for his gentle, dependable service to the city.
“You volition last missed,” they said inward a statement.
The unit of measurement is currently seeking horses that members of Blue Planet are willing to donate for world service. Anyone interested inward discussing donating a mountain to the MPD should contact Sergeant Chris Lokke at 612-290-3924 or christopher.lokke@minneapolismn.gov. Qualifications for patrol horses are geldings 3-10 years erstwhile as well as 15.2 hands tall.
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