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Mounted police saddle up for New Year’s Eve, other big events

Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012 | 2 a.m.

Metro Police Officer Kelly Korb was on the beat in downtown Las Vegas when she spotted a man she suspected was selling crack cocaine. As he noticed Korb coming toward him, the man started to run. Korb took off after him, chasing him into the Western Casino, which would cause a commotion in any case, but even more so because Korb was riding a 1,200-pound police horse at the time. Trotting past startled blackjack players, Korb — who rode in through the casino’s large, open double doors — followed the man through the building and out the back, where her ...

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By desert_eagle

Dec. 27, 2012

7:36 a.m.

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I had to laugh can anyone tell the last time a football crowd at UNLV wanted to tear down the goalposts?
By irishspy (barry regan)

Dec. 27, 2012

9:08 a.m.

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Great article and the horses sure do the job of crowd control. I have been on Times Square here they are every night and without them it would be really bad. People know when a horse of this size is directed to stop them they just submit because it is not contest. Funny how the old ways of horses and police before autos still works.
By mred

Dec. 27, 2012

10:41 a.m.

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waste of money and full of bot flies, why did the get the horseless carriage? horses are crappy and a symbol of the European conquest of native peoples.