Council directs staff to develop town-owned mounted-unit program with sponsorship model
Dec 15, 2025
After presentations from police leadership, the Jackson Town Council directed staff to draft policies and a program to transition to town-owned mounted patrol horses funded primarily through sponsorships and Friends of the Mounted Unit support, while asking staff for detailed cost estimates and safeguards for sponsor selection.
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The Jackson Town Council directed staff to develop a program and related policies to revise the sworn mounted patrol unit to include acquisition, housing, care and operational use of town-owned horses, with the intent of preserving the mounted program without adding ongoing town budget obligations.
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