A beloved horse with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Mounted Patrol retired on Thursday.

Cannonball served eight years with the Pittsburgh police, keeping the peace as he reigned over the streets he patrolled.

"He's a great horse, gentle, kind, patient, and pretty much bulletproof when it comes to sensory stuff Downtown and crowd control," Officer Jamie Bush said.

Cannonball is leaving the city stables on the North Side, where he's lived with the other police horses. On Thursday, with help from a police escort, he was taken to Bella Terra Stables in Murrysville.

"These horses are just as much officers as any other officer we have working on the street, and they deserve the gratitude and thanks that anyone else gets," Officer Kristen Bush said.

Kristen Bush and Jamie Bush are married,

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