Half a dozen Marietta police officers in street clothes gather in a semicircle outside a barn at McKenna Farms therapy program in the rolling hills of Paulding County, in northwest Georgia.
“Y’all are welcome,” says Gabriella Hartz, standing before the group.
Hartz is a certified therapeutic riding instructor at the farm. She and another instructor introduce the horses the officers will meet during their visit.
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