This team was conceived in 1992 as the Sheriff's Posse' and was split in 1993 into two units, the Mounted Unit and the Search and Rescue Unit. This nine person Mounted unit has participated in many functions. These events included one Presidential Inauguration Parade, Mobile Mardi Gras and representing the people of Tuscaloosa County with pride. While not participating in a parade, the unit routinely works football games and other special events. The mounted unit is especially suited to controlling large crowds of people.
Members train their horses to work with crowds by conditioning.
The horses are routinely subjected to many noises and sites familiarize them with a volatile, noisy working atmosphere, resulting in higher tolerances of their environment. The horses and most of the equipment are owned and maintained by the members of the respective units. When some one or something is lost in the rural areas of the county, the specialist are brought in. This team of rescue workers consist of reserves trained in the utilization horses and other all terrain vehicles in rough terrain. They are able to effectively cover a large area much quicker than the foot soldier.