Justice was served at the Krispy Kreme doughnuts shop on Kennedy Boulevard this morning. The Tampa Police Department horse nosed his way through the drive-through at least twice for an apple-cinnamon-filled doughnut to help kick off the department's annual fundraiser for the Special Olympics. ...more

April 23, 2009

An Ybor City reveler was jailed early Sunday on charges he smacked a police horse on its flanks in an attempt to scare it. ...more

March 16, 2009

Mounted Tampa officers trying to clear Seventh Avenue in Ybor City after Saturday's Illuminated Knight Parade were confronted by a man who slapped a police horse then challenged them to a fight, according to a criminal arrest affidavit. ...more

February 15, 2009

Compared to a regular ol' football game at Raymond James Stadium, Super Bowl XVIII was a fairly well-behaved affair. ...more

February 2, 2009

Three people accused of hitting police horses were rounded up by mounted patrol officers Saturday night in Ybor City. ...more

February 2, 2009

The 70,000 or so people who filled Raymond James Stadium were well-behaved, authorities said. ...more

February 2, 2009

The 70,000 or so people who filled Raymond James Stadium were well behaved, authorities said. ...more

February 1, 2009

Three people accused of hitting police horses were rounded up by mounted patrol officers Saturday night in Ybor City. ...more

February 1, 2009

Perched atop his horse, D'artagnon, Tampa police Officer Scott Rehbein saw all sorts of temptations for thieves in the WestShore Plaza parking lot Wednesday. ...more

November 27, 2008

Like jingle bells and Santa hats, Rehbein and other Tampa police officers patrolling the malls are a holiday tradition. Officers on horseback and motorcycles, and in unmarked vehicles, will conduct extra patrols at WestShore Plaza, International Plaza and along the Dale Mabry Highway corridor from now through Jan. 4. ...more

November 26, 2008