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'''Police paddock''' is an Australian term that refers to a plot of suburban land that has or has historically been set aside for [[police horse]]s.
Before the universal adoption of the [[motor car]] as the preferred mode of urban transport, urban and suburban police
Mounted police units still exist and are frequently used for crowd control at public demonstrations. Many of the old police paddocks still bear the name or nickname
Usage of the term is found
Police paddocks were an obvious place to play sports, and many suburban sports were played on police paddocks. Since the widespread use of horses has been abandoned, the paddocks have become redundant, and many have been turned into sports stadiums. The [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]] was formerly a police paddock.
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