On Tuesday 20 June, 2017 at 10.30am, Joey, the life-size equine puppet from War Horse will make a<br />
special appearance in Bradford’s City Park and will meet real horses from the West Yorkshire Police<br />
Mounted Section. One of the police horses is also called Joey (AKA Joseph), and there will be an<br />
opportunity to film and photograph puppet-horse and real horses meeting.<br />
Chief Inspector Chris Bowen, who oversees the West Yorkshire Police’s Mounted Section said<br />
“War Horse highlights the bond and friendship between Joey and Albert, and as officers in the<br />
Mounted Section we feel we have the same unique bonds with our own horses. Whilst not out on a<br />
battle field during WW1, the horses and officers in our mounted section are often deployed to the<br />
front line of policing where they detect crimes, make arrests and help locate vulnerable people.<br />
We are delighted to be invited to take part in today’s launch and bring our own Joey along to meet<br />
the equine puppet from the show. We regularly bring the team to Bradford on patrol and hope that<br />
people will come down and say hello whilst we’re in the City Centre.”