Petition · past parliament
Stop using police horses to control demonstrations.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
As seen in the Black Lives Matter protest horses can endanger the lives of civilians. The Police are meant to protect the people, by them using horses in this manner to deescalate protests there would have to be no potential for the horse or the officer to lose control. This clearly is not the case.
Due to the safety of both the Police Officer and the civilians who were injured in this incident. They should no longer allow horse-mounted officers as a form of riot/protest control.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Ban the use of horses in the police force: Ban the use of horses in the police force
Ban the use of horses for crowd control: Ban the use of horses for crowd control
Ban the use of horses in the police force: Ban the use of horses in the police force
Ban the use of horses for crowd control: Ban the use of horses for crowd control
Timeline
| 7 Jun 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 18 Jun 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
18 Jun 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.