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The Rutgers University Mounted Patrol: A One-Of-A-Kind Student Organization
AUGUST 21, 2019
Take a walk on any of the unpaved paths around the Cook-Douglass campus, and you’re likely to see some hoof prints mingling with footprints, a sure sign that the Rutgers University Mounted Patrol (RUMP) recently passed by.
The Mounted Patrol has a long history at Rutgers. In fact, the step bridge spanning George Street...
Stories of Standardbreds, Part II: Trouble
AUGUST 6, 2019
Katie Bunca, the co-trainer at Silver Dollar Stables in Cranbury, NJ, took the trouble to transition a Standardbred to a career as a lesson horse.
In the fall of 2012 Katie, then supervisor of the Rutgers University Mounted Patrol, saw a sign on a new horse’s stall that said, “Don’t Ride Me. I am Trouble.”
It turned out that Trouble had been born at Rutgers University in 2003, and had taken part in a study on amino acid in feed that was...
Rutgers mounties span decades of connecting students with their community through horseback policing
October 5, 2018
A New York Times article from 1973 reported on the inaugural four-legged members of Mounted Patrol — a community horseback policing program at Rutgers. More than four decades later, it continues to have a profound impact on student lives.
At the time, three city patrolmen and three campus police officers ...
Student mounted patrol assists police
February 1, 2016
Mounted atop their four-legged co-workers, two officers dressed in uniforms patrol the Cook and Douglass Campuses.
Rutgers Mounted Patrol belongs to the Public Safety Department, but is a unique program unto itself. People who work there patrol these campuses as student security on horseback.
The unit assists the student body and acts to deter potential criminal activity, said Bailey Kimmel...
Rutgers horse Lord Nelson dies at 42
April 4, 2015
While few humans can leave a legacy as a patrolman, professor or intercollegiate athlete, even fewer horses can boast of earning a reputation from being all three.
Lord Nelson, who the Rutgers community remembers for being the only equestrian professor emeritus, lived an intrepid life until passing away at the commendable age of 42, which translates to about 115 horse years, at Gales Way Farm in Wrightstown, New Jersey on April 12...
Beloved patrol horse remembered
February 18, 2008
It has been almost three months since Skylar was euthanized, but Jennifer Csatari still refers to the horse in present tense at times.
For two years, the nearly half-ton stallion was her partner in the Rutgers University Mounted Patrol, the last student-run mounted patrol program in the country.
When she recounts happy memories of her absent companion and describes his singular presence, the vibrancy in her demeanor suggests she has come to terms with the loss. And even...
Mounted Patrol saddles up to keep peace on campus
October 25, 2005
For all the modern conveniences of police cars - radios, sirens and tires - sometimes it's hard to beat a good, old-fashioned horse.
The Rutgers University Mounted Patrol, which began in 1973, holds a very unique and prestigious history.
Through the many changes over the years, RUMP continues to serve the University and its students. It is the only student-run mounted patrol in the country, which is something Marina McCoy, Cook College...
Keep Universities Horse Patrol
November 10, 2002
I enjoyed Sue Loyer's Oct. 31 article on the Edison police horse patrol, which is being used to patrol areas difficult to reach by other means. At the same time, Rutgers University is trying to phase out a similar student-staffed patrol.
For many years, the Rutgers University Mounted Patrol, a highly trained student-volunteer security force, has patrolled the Cook and Douglass College campuses of Rutgers University on horseback. These campuses are vast and wooded, and the horses enable...
Mounted patrol loses some funding, faces threat of termination
October 27, 2002
The Rutgers University Mounted Patrol is in danger of being terminated after more than 20 years of service at the University.The cost of maintaining the three RUMP horses each year is an estimated $17,500. This year RUMP has only $8,000. The organization has been given a deadline of mid-November to raise the remaining money.Rachel Holmes, a Cook College senior and co-supervisor of the program, said three years ago ...
Riders on the Prowl
October 3, 2002
Since the late 1980s, the Rutgers University Mounted Patrol - the self-described "Eyes and Ears Police" - has worked diligently to preserve the safety of students on the Cook and Douglass campuses. As the last student-run mounted patrol in the nation, the RUMP, which sends student riders on horses out to patrol every night, is determined to keep protecting students in the large, rural setting.
Supervised by Cook College seniors Rachel Holmes and Jessica Alberici, the organization currently...