The brand-new Woodard Van Riper IMPD Mounted Patrol Headquarters in Indianapolis is a state-of-the-art home for Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department’s seven horses, made possible by a public-private partnership and the generosity of Indianapolis-area residents who wanted to make sure the city’s mounted patrol continues to serve the public well into the future.

Sgt. Greg Kessie is the mounted patrol supervisor. On a recent sunny, cool morning, he was the only one on duty at the barn — located on Vermont Street next to the Indiana Medical History Museum. He took a break from mucking out stalls to talk about the building, which is a big upgrade from the previous “barn” — a makeshift facility that used repurposed FEMA trailers as the tack room and had limited outdoor space for the hors

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