Top Local Agencies in Alaska by Marijuana Possession Arrest Rate, (2007)

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      Marijuana Arrests Other Arrests
Rank Agency Population
Total
Pct. of All Drug Arrests
Poss.
Poss. Rate
Black Pct.
Males Age
15 to 19 Pct.
Other Drugs
Violent
Property
1
North Pole Police Dept
1,869 26 81% 26 1,391 0% 38% 6 5 21
2
Craig Police Dept
1,186 11 85% 9 759 0% 33% 2 41 44
3
Soldotna Police Dept
4,198 30 70% 30 715 3% 33% 13 21 155
4
Palmer Police Dept
7,931 62 58% 56 706 2% 32% 45 63 158
5
Kenai Police Dept
7,620 38 68% 38 499 0% 26% 18 17 185
6
Wasilla Police Dept
9,931 40 68% 34 342 3% 56% 19 12 159
7
Sitka Police Dept
8,932 21 75% 19 213 0% 37% 7 10 100
8
Bethel City Police Dept
6,488 14 93% 13 200 0% 8% 1 24 183
9
Seward Police Dept
3,054 6 67% 6 196 0% 17% 3 4 55
10
North Slope Borough Dept Of Public Safety
6,569 12 92% 12 183 0% 25% 1 18 143
11
Houston Police Dept
1,992 5 63% 3 151 0% 0% 3 0 6
12
Haines Police Dept
2,260 3 100% 3 133 0% 0% 0 10 31
13
Alaska State Troopers
223,933 348 67% 289 129 3% 18% 175 380 1,175
14
Fairbanks Police Dept
31,287 39 64% 38 121 11% 32% 22 107 448
15
Homer Dept Of Public Safety
5,629 6 75% 6 107 0% 17% 2 32 33
16
Kodiak Police Dept
6,242 12 75% 6 96 0% 17% 4 16 48
17
Cordova Police Dept
2,322 2 100% 2 86 0% 50% 0 11 3
18
Juneau Police Dept
30,746 25 53% 24 78 0% 38% 22 35 329
19
Anchorage Police Dept
284,142 156 28% 139 49 21% 32% 400 887 4,805

 

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Notes:

For financial and other reasons some local police agencies are not able to report arrest data to the Uniform Crime Reporting Program. The table above ranks the reporting agencies with the most marijuana arrests by the arrest rate for marijuana possession.

The population listing in the table refers to the coverage population of the local police agency. University police stations, many divisions of the state police (SP), and some other agencies do not have applicable coverage populations that are reported along with arrest data reported to the UCR program. Consequently arrest rates per 100,000 population can not be calculated and reported for these agencies and they are not included in the above rankings.

Other drug crimes refers to drug-related offenses that to no include marijuana. These include sales and possession offenses involving the following catefories of drugs:

Opiates/Cocaine: This category includes opium, cocaine, and their derivatives. Opiate derivatives include, for example, morphine, heroin, and codeine. Cocaine derivative include crack cocaine.

Synthetic Narcotics: This category includes manufactured narcotics and includes, for example, Demerol , methadone, and Oxycontin.

Other Drugs: This category includes dangerous non-narcotic drugs and includes, for example, barbiturates, benzedrine, LSD, methamphetamine, and PCP.

Violent crimes include murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.

Property crimes include burglary, larceny-theft, motor-vehicle theft, and arson.

 

Source: Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data

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