Louisville police have added small, portable computers to the equipment used by mounted officers riding horseback patrols. The computers, known as Mobile Data Terminals, are fastened to the breast collars and lie on the horses’ backs. Officials said the computers give horseback officers access to emergency dispatch and the police department’s records management system instead of having to call in for information. The terminals are similar to the kind of computers in police cruisers, but run on batteries. Each device costs about $3,300, and police currently have around eight, officials said.
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