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Before the universal adoption of the [[motor car]] as the preferred mode of urban transport, urban and suburban police stations rode horses. These horses were stabled and reared on paddocks that were adjacent to or near to police stations.<ref>Fels, Marie Hansen & Victoria. Historic Places Branch (1986). In The Dandenong Police Paddocks : early use as Native Police Headquarters and Aboriginal Protectorate Station, 1837-1853. The Dept, [East Melbourne, Vic.]</ref><ref>Fels, Marie Hansen & Rhodes, David (1990). In The Dandenong Police Paddocks. Victoria Archaeological Survey : Dept. of Conservation and Environment, [Melbourne]</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3959735 |title=DANDENONG POLICE PADDOCK. |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |location=Melbourne |date=28 September 1928 |accessdate=11 July 2011 |page=15 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

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 'Police"police Paddock'."<ref>Queensland. Surveyor-General's Office (1889). In Town of Cleveland, County of Stanley known as the Old Police Paddock & being sections 116, 116A, 116B, 117, 117A, & 117B. The Office, Brisbane</ref>

Usage of the term is found forin Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria.