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South Yorkshire Police’s Mounted Section is one of those and was established, records would suggest, in the early 1900s.The South Yorkshire Police Mounted Section, Cudworth, Barnsley. PC Julie Bradshaw on her horse Treeton Picture by Simon Hulme.A leather bound book in an office in Cudworth in Barnsley where the force’s police horses are based, reveals that it bought its first police horse, when it was Sheffield City Police, on September 30, 1904 for £9.
Horses are sourced from adverts in The Yorkshire Post, dealers or word of mouth and private owners – such as was the case with latest recruit Sully . PC Driver added: “We did have one horse called Dennis. There was someone repairing the fences and they were happy to work with him in the field.
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