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April 10, 2007 Man arrested in Tempe for slapping horse on rear Gary Grado, Tribune A Tempe man was arrested Sunday after slapping a police horse on the rear while officers were trying to control a crowd. David Cross, 28, was booked on suspicion of interfering with a working or service animal, a misdemeanor, said Tempe police spokesman Sgt. Mike Horn. Horn said the arrest came at 2:14 a.m. as officers were in a crowd of about 200 people at 411 S. Mill Ave. Several people were under arrest and others were fighting. Horn said the arresting officer wrote that Cross slapped the horse “in a manner likely to cause the animal to panic.” He said Cross admitted to knowing that slapping a horse can cause it to jump but insisted it was “no big deal.” Horn said Tempe police routinely use horses for patrols in downtown Tempe, where vehicle traffic is often congested. Mounted units are “such a huge, huge resource for crowd control,” Horn said. |