Madison police arrested a Janesville man after he allegedly slapped the rear end of a police horse patrolling the bar crowd on State Street early Sunday.
According to a police report, a group of five men approached three police officers as they sat atop their horses at the intersection of Lake Street and State Street. The men asked if they could pet the horses, and the police gave them permission to do so.
Police said that after petting the horses, one of the men, 27-year-old Jordan R. Vance of Janesville, slapped one horse very hard on its backside. On a scale of 1 to 10, the officer described the hit as a 10 that caused the horse to leap forward, nearly forcing the officer from his seat. The officer also said community members could be endangered by such a sudden movement.
Vance immediately apologized and police arrested him on tentative charges of battery to a police animal.
