Registration

Click here for the 2009 Registration Form

For questions and information, please contact Tpr. Colleen Shelly (fax: 717-312-0613)

Eligibility to compete:

The North American Police Equestrian Competition is open to law enforcement officers, civilian posse or volunteers (and horses) who are assigned to a mounted unit that is sanctioned by a Law Enforcement Agency. Law enforcement officers not assigned to a mounted unit and own their own horses are not eligible. The mounted unit must be an official unit of a law enforcement agency.
Competitors must be competing with their department's permission.
Competitors must compete in a uniform – no T-Shirts, polo shirts or tank tops allowed. Exceptions may be made for units such as the US Secret Service who perform protective duties and do not wear uniforms. In those cases they must compete in proper riding attire approved by the NAPEC board.

In an effort to address the concerns in the letter from the NAPEC Board of Directors concerning full or part time mounted officers or civilian volunteers, the following has been decided concerning this competition:

To simplify this issue the competitor should fit into one of 2 categories: either you are a law enforcement officer (as defined later) or you are a civilian person performing mounted duties or assignments for a law enforcement agency. Private security agencies are NOT eligible at this time. For purposes of this competition we have defined the following as Law Enforcement Officers: police, sheriff, deputies, rangers, correction officers, secret service agents, marshals. These officers are also paid for their services. We will not scrutinize or micro-manage the particulars of your duties or assignments. You simply must be assigned to a law enforcement agency’s mounted unit even if that unit is one person.
Anyone who feels they are unsure of their designation because of some unusual nuance or variation should submit the question to the NAPEC 2007 committee at info@napecinc.org and the NAPEC board of directors will issue a ruling on your status.

Question: I am a detective assigned to homicide and own my own horse. Can I compete?
Answer: No, you are not assigned to a mounted unit.

Question: I am assigned to a mounted unit with Mayberry Police Department, but I use my own horse for patrol. Am I eligible?
Answer: Yes, you are assigned to a mounted unit. Ownership of the horse is not relevant.
Question: I am assigned to a mounted unit but my department will not allow me to compete. Can I bring my own horse and compete anyway.
Answer: No, you do not have your department's permission, and the horse is not a patrol horse.

Question: Gomer Pyle is considered a “reserve police officer” with the Mount Pilot Police Department and is assigned to their mounted unit. Officer Pyle has full police powers as any other police officer but is not paid for his services. What is his designation?
Answer: Gomer will likely be classified in the Law Enforcement category. The NAPEC Board will issue the final ruling.

Question: Officer Fife is a police officer with the Mayberry Police Department. Mayberry does NOT have a mounted unit. Officer Fife does patrol on his own time for the Mount Pilot Police Department with their Civilian Volunteer Mounted Unit. Can Officer Fife compete in the LEO category?
Answer: NO! Officer Fife in this case will be Mr. Fife because he is not acting under the “color of law” for Mount Pilot. He is a civilian in this instance. He will be competing in the Patrol Classification.

Question: Otis Campbell belongs to the AA Mounted Search and Rescue Organization and on occasion performs searches for Mayberry Police Department searching for evidence of bootleggers and corn “likker”. Is Otis eligible to compete?
Answer: NO! Mayberry does not have a mounted unit in any capacity. The Search and Rescue Organization is a separate independent entity and is not a law enforcement agency. Otis is not eligible to compete.