 Hi, I'm Constable Laura Jacquet. Welcome to the Vancouver Police Mounted Unit. Today I'm going to take you on a tour and show you around inside. Come on in. The Mounted Unit patrols Stanley Park and the city's West End. It's made up of one Sergeant, five Constables, and two stable attendants. This is our tack room. It's where we keep all of our training gear, our ceremonial blankets, and the tack for each individual horse. Each horse's saddle, girth, reins, and chest plate is labeled with their name tag. There's a picture of them and their badge number above each of their tack. The helmet of the rider is usually stored under the horse that they ride. Come on out to our inside barn. This is our inside barn. It's a great space for our ferrier to maintain our horse's feet and change their shoes. It also houses our feed room. Our horses are fed a Timothy Hay. There's a feed chart that tells you what times to feed the horses and how much each individual horse is supposed to get. This is our outside police paddock. It's where we do our lessons, our training, and where the boys come out each day to run around and burn some energy. It's a nice, soft, sandy gravel for those of us that might fall on our bottoms. And the moment you've been waiting for, let's go meet our seven boys. This is Jedi. He's four years old, and he's a Persher on Third Bread. He came to us with two other horses from Kentucky. Jedi is known as Mr. Snoots. He loves to nap. This is Apollo. He's also four years old, Persher on Third Bread. He's got this beautiful lightning mark on his face, and he's turning out to be a born leader within the group. This is Turbo. Turbo's the oldest boy in the barn. He's 17 years old, and he's a full Persher on. He was actually donated after the 2011 riot by London Drugs. He is an escape artist. We have to keep an extra bolt on his gate because we often find him running up and down the aisle of the barn. This is Tex. Tex is 12 years old, and he's a Clydesdale Third Bread. He's got this big pink nose that we have to sunscreen in the summertime. This is Nelson. Also four years old and another Persher on Third Bread. He is known as Mr. Mischievous. He's always getting himself into trouble. Our next horse is the biggest horse of the barn. His name's Ike, and he's 10 years old. He's a full Clydesdale. He's got feet the size of dinner plates. For as big as Ike is, he's a gentle giant, and he'll always try to come in for some love when you pass by his gate. Unless he's eating. This is Stanley. Stanley is our newest recruit. He's about five years old, and he's a standard bread. Stanley came from the racetrack, and we're trying to train him into a big brave police horse. He's doing really well so far. Thanks for coming to visit. For more information, go to instagram, twitter, or vpd.ca.