Enhanced summer downtown Carson City patrol now includes Sheriff’s Mounted Unit
The Carson City Sheriff is pleased to announce the activation of an enhanced summer downtown patrol effort that now includes the presence of the Sheriff’s Mounted Unit.
With the assistance of the departments Traffic Enforcement Team, this two year-long initiative was implemented this past weekend by having a team of mounted unit officers added to the regular patrol coverage of the area.
The new additional coverage will provide periodic enhanced evening hours presence in the downtown corridor designed to deter challenges, or in some cases respond to calls for service.
The concept of using the Mounted Unit in the downtown corridor was first developed during the winter of 2022. However, at the time, the department realized that sufficient trained personnel were not available to provide the coverage during the summer of 2022.
As Deputies were becoming certified this spring, the Sheriff’s Administration also reached out to the local entertainment businesses in the downtown area to discuss other opportunities where business and law enforcement could work closer together to create a safer evening atmosphere.
As a result of the meetings and training, The Sheriff felt comfortable in implementing the Mounted Patrol program.
Downtown Mounted units will be periodically set on the schedule and predominantly patrol the areas of entertainment.
While use of the Mounted teams has long been assigned to support larger events, this initiative is designed to be a regular appearance, sometimes even just an afternoon support, such as was fielded Saturday, June 30th. These patrol units will normally consist of a fulltime Deputy Sheriff, a Reserve Deputy Sheriff, and a Mounted Auxiliary support person. With this combination of effort, the team can address any issues that may arise.