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About Aiken Volunteer Mounted Unit

The Aiken Volunteer Mounted Unit is an Incorporated Non-Profit Organization (501c3) formed in partnership with the Aiken Department of Public Safety, dedicated to serve as ambassadors to our community. How do I get involved?

ADPS deploys volunteer personnel to supplement other components of the department in a non-law enforcement capacity as deemed necessary by the Director of Public Safety. Mounted volunteers can be an effective tool in operations, ceremonial details, and other areas of public relations. The volunteers of the unit are civilian volunteers. Participation as a volunteer does not confer law enforcement authority upon the civilian volunteers. It is the policy of the Department to utilize trained mounted horse volunteers in specific capacities as designated by the Director. I’d like to volunteer!

The Aiken Volunteer Mounted Unit is comprised of both mounted riders and ground volunteers. Horse and rider teams must train and become certified to participate in events.  Please come and say hello when you see us with the ADPS Honor Guard, ADPS Large Animal Rescue Team, parades, downtown or community outreach events. We welcome your support as a volunteer (rider or grounds person), as a donor, or as a corporate sponsor. Click here to find out more about supporting AVMU.

AVMU riders at the first mounted training, August 2018.