Broadway Kevin is the Newark, N.J. Police Department’s newest recruit. The horse, a former harness horse, went from killers’ auction to rescue group and finally to a new career: As a police horse, according to a Fox News report.

Thoroughbreds and standardbreds are uniquely suited for police work, because they’re smart, they’re used to crowds and they learn quickly, the adoption manager at the Standardbred Retirement Foundation in Hamilton, N.J. told Fox News. 

The news isn’t so good for Boston’s crime-fighting equines. Those twelve equine cops will be laid off as of July, thanks to budget cuts. Camden, N.J. will also lose its mounted force. 

Boston’s police chief says the move to disband the mounted unit has been very unpopular, but it will save the force about $700,000 a year.

The horses will go to New York and to several other departments around the Northeast. If Boston’s finances improve, the horses will return, reports Boston.com.