XTA Mounted Patrol Academy was born from a collaboration of three top Florida based equine professionals, X-treme Horsemanship, Tailwind Trails and Ackerly Equestrian. Independently, we had been working with Mounted Patrol Units throughout the state, coming together as invited guests at the South Florida Fair in May of 2021 for a Mounted Police Clinic unlike any that had been done before in the area. Under the lights of the ferris wheel, the idea for XTA was born. The feedback from the participants was overwhelming and several roundtable discussions with industry leaders followed addressing the training gaps, lack of standardization and missions specific challenges in Mounted Patrol Training found throughout the mounted law enforcement community. XTA Mounted Patrol Academy has been developed in response to those training shortcomings.

Our unique partnership with Keiser University, which spans both their Equine Science Department and their Criminal Justice Department, makes this program unlike any other in preparing and equipping Mounted Patrol Officers and their equine partners to operate safely and effectively in a challenging environment. We are simply put, the most comprehensive, missions specific, standardized Mounted Patrol Training available in the private sector.