{"id":102301,"date":"2025-12-28T04:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T04:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/102301\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T04:07:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T04:07:08","slug":"lubbock-police-departments-mounted-patrol-unit-goes-viral-chasing-suspect-on-horseback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/102301\/","title":{"rendered":"Lubbock Police Department\u2019s Mounted Patrol Unit goes viral chasing suspect on horseback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; Body camera footage released from a foot-traffic stop is earning the Lubbock Police Department\u2019s Mounted Patrol Unit attention from across the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Officers Bryson Lewis and William Trotter were assisting with a routine patrol near 39th and Avenue Q on Monday when they stopped a man for walking in the road, rather than the sidewalk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The officers believed the man was acting suspicious and began to wonder whether he was in possession of illegal drugs. The body camera footage shows an officer asking the man whether they can check his pockets, to which he says no.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Body camera footage released from a foot-traffic stop is earning the Lubbock Police...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WVVJ7IE26ZENZL34QOTCFSJOZU.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"566\" \/>Body camera footage released from a foot-traffic stop is earning the Lubbock Police Department\u2019s Mounted Patrol Unit attention from across the country.(Lubbock Police Department)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI was going to make a joke because it seemed like it was going to break some tension. You know, it seemed like it was kind of stiff for a second there,\u201d Officer William Trotter said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">You can hear Trotter in the body camera footage tell the suspect he had a \u201cnarcotics-sniffing\u201d horse. That\u2019s when the man went running.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Body camera footage released from a foot-traffic stop is earning the Lubbock Police...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AEP3U34GRBGP3BWOJOVHQR5I6U.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"653\" \/>Body camera footage released from a foot-traffic stop is earning the Lubbock Police Department\u2019s Mounted Patrol Unit attention from across the country.(Lubbock Police Department)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cHe kind of took off down the alley and we thought he was joking, but he kept running,\u201d Officer Bryson Lewis said. \u201cHe took it seriously and the chase was on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Trotter and Lewis quickly caught up with the man, now identified through police records as 42-year-old Joseph Ramirez. He was arrested and charged with evading arrest and tampering with physical evidence with the intent to impair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cA lot of people that have come before us on Mounted Patrol have been in a foot chase. Somebody is silly enough to eventually run from a horse. I don\u2019t know why it happens \u2013 we are going to outrun them,\u201d Trotter said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe are cops first; we enjoy this job. Chasing bad guys is part of the fun in it for us, so when you get to chase down a bad guy and not even get tired, it\u2019s a good day,\u201d Lewis said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">While viral moments like this highlight the fun Mounted Patrol has on the job, it also emphasizes the teamwork and trust between officer and horse. Officers with the Mounted Patrol Unit own their own horses and are responsible for nearly every expense that comes along with it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cIt\u2019s a passion. We want to ride our best friends, hang out with our best friends and our buddies, so it\u2019s a great unit to be a part of for sure,\u201d Trotter said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 KCBD. 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