Harris County Sheriff’s Office to adopt miniature pony as mascot for mounted patrol

Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez was not horsing around when he made an unusual request to Commissioners Court last week, seeking permission to adopt a miniature pony and make him the mascot of the department’s mounted patrol. In likely one of the strangest notes ever penned on sheriff’s department letterhead, Gonzalez and deputies explained that firefighters had rescued the brown-and-white pony from a southwest Houston storm drain in October. No owner came forward to claim the anim