Mounted police go on patrol - on our housing estates
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| 14:06 UK time, Wednesday, 6 December 2006
Does it seem justified or heavy handed that mounted police are patrolling Ewloe tonight after a day spent in Wrexham town centre - and on Caia Park housing estate? You can read all about it on the website but, apparently, the horses from Merseyside Police have been drafted in as certain areas become more 'busy' on the run up to Christmas.
Last year, says the force website, the horses came over for the first time and helped to reduce the number of incidents of violent crime quite considerably - but that was at night in Wrexham town centre.
Maybe the people of Ewloe will welcome the mounted patrols because the community has recently had a dispersal order introduced to stop big groups of people from congregating.
When I think of mounted patrols it's more associated with big football matches than housing estates and village life. Is this a sign of the times?
