Meagan Keller’s third grade class at Bowling Green Elementary were treated to a special visit from the Nassau County Police Department’s Mounted Unit on Nov. 13. Officers Padilla, Morris, Tornetta and Marsh rode their horses onto the school’s front lawn to greet the excited students. The third graders were taught about the horses and explained how the officers part of the mounted unit. 

The visit was a response to thank-you cards that the students created to show their appreciation for the officers on Patriots Day, Sept. 11.