Mounted officers are often seen in busy urban areas, designed as high-visibility patrols to deter crime.

At least 250 police officers will be on the city streets and mounted officers have been drafted in.

More than 500 police were on duty and three times the usual number of mounted officers.

They were kept back for almost an hour before being led out by a heavy police presence, including two mounted officers.

Within 10 minutes of being there, the police had formed a wall of mounted officers, charging people who were trying to leave the square.

The department had begun to innovate by adopting a callbox system, beginning the use of police wagons, and forming a mounted unit.

This unit was converted from a mounted unit into an infantry formation during the 1926 reformation.

This mounted unit was 50-strong.

The asphalt paving industry also uses this type of trailer or truck chassis mounted unit to haul hot mix asphalt from the batch plant to the job site.

Leaf blowers are typically self-contained handheld units, or backpack mounted units with a handheld wand.