Editor's Note: KPD issued a correction and said this isn't the department's first-ever Mounted Patrol Unit. It said it formerly had mounted officers at various times in its early history into the ...

This full-time unit will have officers patrol downtown Knoxville during special events on horseback. KPD announced in December that it purchased two 3-year-old Percherons for around $39,000 with ...

Watch as the three officers and two Percheron horses selected for the Knoxville Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit train together on Feb. 14, 2025.