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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 horses.

Before the universal adoption of the motor car as the preferred mode of urban transport, urban and suburban police rode horses. These horses were stabled and reared on paddocks that were adjacent to or near to police stations.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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 Paddock."^[4]

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

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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^ 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.]
^ Fels, Marie Hansen & Rhodes, David (1990). In The Dandenong Police Paddocks. Victoria Archaeological Survey : Dept. of Conservation and Environment, [Melbourne]
^ "DANDENONG POLICE PADDOCK". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 28 September 1928. p. 15. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
^ 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

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[1] 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.]

[2] Fels, Marie Hansen & Rhodes, David (1990). In The Dandenong Police Paddocks. Victoria Archaeological Survey : Dept. of Conservation and Environment, [Melbourne]

[3] "DANDENONG POLICE PADDOCK". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 28 September 1928. p. 15. Retrieved 11 July 2011.

[4] 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

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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.		'''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.