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Top Local Agencies in California by Marijuana Possession Arrest Rate, Minimum 73 Possession Arrests, (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 Carpinteria Police Dept 13,392 136 51% 133 993 4% 28% 131 49 133
2 El Segundo Police Dept 16,533 153 70% 148 895 42% 32% 67 55 216
3 Newport Beach Police Dept 80,377 733 61% 705 877 5% 29% 466 159 512
4 Burbank Police Dept 104,871 848 58% 782 746 9% 20% 604 294 1,057
5 Anderson Police Dept 10,629 78 49% 77 724 3% 32% 81 49 112
6 Los Alamitos Police Dept 11,725 84 50% 81 691 4% 37% 83 22 42
7 Orange Police Dept 135,818 892 49% 851 627 5% 28% 912 288 774
8 Brea Police Dept 39,041 250 67% 243 622 4% 32% 125 60 538
9 Glendale Police Dept 200,049 1,314 60% 1,237 618 6% 28% 890 512 1,688
10 Fountain Valley Police Dept 55,973 339 55% 332 593 4% 27% 277 78 356
11 Arcata Police Dept 16,929 101 82% 95 561 2% 21% 22 42 137
12 Chino Police Dept 80,699 455 46% 430 533 10% 35% 540 308 749
13 San Juan Capistrano 34,976 193 50% 186 532 5% 31% 193 95 94
14 Colton Police Dept 51,924 304 29% 268 516 15% 30% 742 236 551
15 Covina Police Dept 47,961 255 50% 246 513 10% 29% 260 161 497
16 Long Beach Police Dept 473,959 2,705 40% 2,360 498 42% 30% 4,007 2,372 4,002
17 Monterey Police Dept 28,674 145 53% 137 478 11% 25% 128 95 263
18 Goleta 29,243 140 50% 135 462 2% 36% 138 58 161
19 Hermosa Beach Police Dept 19,676 100 63% 90 457 12% 19% 60 60 101
20 Merced Police Dept 78,186 395 33% 349 446 19% 22% 789 458 1,727
21 Pasadena Police Dept 145,553 707 41% 640 440 52% 27% 1,015 660 1,043
22 Santa Cruz Police Dept 54,626 265 16% 235 430 7% 21% 1,393 193 586
23 Fairfield Police Dept 106,098 504 43% 450 424 39% 31% 666 576 1,547
24 Bell Police Dept 37,420 163 41% 156 417 1% 51% 230 135 137
25 Newark Police Dept 41,781 188 36% 172 412 13% 31% 341 112 531
26 Santa Barbara Police Dept 85,142 361 40% 346 406 7% 28% 543 282 786
27 Monrovia Police Dept 38,148 161 67% 155 406 15% 33% 80 113 343
28 Orange County Sheriff Department 109,923 470 44% 445 405 4% 28% 588 192 361
29 Glendora Police Dept 50,495 212 37% 198 392 3% 35% 357 111 409
30 El Centro Police Dept 40,957 162 34% 160 391 6% 41% 320 117 486
31 Coronado Police Dept 26,888 109 83% 103 383 8% 20% 22 47 120
32 Beaumont Police Dept 30,093 119 31% 114 379 17% 22% 261 67 187
33 El Cajon Police Dept 91,302 377 34% 344 377 23% 28% 741 444 1,034
34 Gardena Police Dept 59,951 254 36% 220 367 71% 23% 449 299 431
35 Lake Forest 76,359 290 50% 279 365 9% 33% 295 136 226
36 Montclair Police Dept 35,893 129 39% 123 343 21% 35% 199 145 1,000
37 Brawley Police Dept 22,666 80 27% 76 335 0% 39% 213 81 246
38 Galt Police Dept 23,967 80 38% 78 325 3% 36% 128 85 203
39 Los Gatos Police Dept 28,320 104 51% 90 318 1% 50% 98 59 122
40 Santa Barbara County Sheriff Department 128,029 426 43% 396 309 6% 43% 564 206 500
41 Imperial County Sheriff Department 31,352 193 16% 95 303 5% 25% 1,050 222 415
42 Rohnert Park Dept Of Public Safety 41,043 145 43% 124 302 5% 41% 192 150 426
43 Yorba Linda 66,252 209 71% 199 300 2% 51% 86 32 126
44 Petaluma Police Dept 54,624 187 34% 163 298 2% 50% 362 134 515
45 Banning Police Dept 30,163 95 28% 90 298 19% 31% 244 130 214
46 Monterey Park Police Dept 62,472 192 50% 184 295 7% 30% 193 94 155
47 Irvine Police Police 201,872 656 65% 594 294 7% 30% 353 189 920
48 Laguna Hills 32,172 99 47% 93 289 4% 31% 110 52 164
49 Temecula 93,665 272 51% 260 278 8% 38% 257 210 752
50 Tustin Police Dept 69,945 215 31% 193 276 6% 38% 484 149 439
51 Upland Police Dept 74,049 221 37% 204 275 15% 32% 376 237 657
52 Atwater Police Dept 27,762 87 35% 76 274 8% 30% 161 151 340
53 Redding Police Dept 91,328 283 33% 249 273 6% 23% 577 379 1,037
54 Culver City Police Dept 39,474 149 29% 106 269 34% 31% 372 149 744
55 Madera Police Dept 56,797 167 27% 152 268 11% 32% 462 291 554
56 Torrance Police Dept 142,970 456 46% 378 264 23% 31% 536 270 1,252
57 Inglewood Police Dept 115,223 408 45% 300 260 76% 23% 491 511 690
58 Humboldt County Sheriff Department 68,045 214 37% 176 259 1% 14% 365 227 422
59 City Of Murrieta Police Dept 98,051 277 69% 251 256 16% 33% 127 185 480
60 Mountain View Police Dept 69,999 198 33% 179 256 17% 31% 394 134 589
61 Dana Point 36,051 93 55% 92 255 2% 34% 77 66 141
62 Whittier Police Dept 84,038 242 43% 210 250 2% 37% 321 235 449
63 Santa Monica Police Dept 88,584 242 42% 213 240 24% 18% 341 446 1,133
64 Downey Police Dept 109,642 273 52% 255 233 9% 48% 253 287 973
65 Lawndale 32,052 105 35% 74 231 42% 30% 197 98 117
66 Alhambra Police Dept 87,729 228 61% 202 230 4% 43% 148 153 504
67 Palmdale 142,122 436 31% 326 229 40% 51% 957 740 1,706
68 San Rafael Police Dept 55,987 136 36% 128 229 9% 41% 245 166 511
69 Garden Grove Police Dept 166,414 399 27% 361 217 4% 37% 1,060 366 1,086
70 Fullerton Police Dept 133,855 317 23% 285 213 9% 36% 1,091 400 1,081
71 Santa Rosa Police Dept 154,953 370 32% 327 211 11% 30% 770 548 1,183
72 Simi Valley Police Dept 122,677 284 31% 257 209 2% 45% 638 224 583
73 Hanford Police Dept 49,694 108 26% 104 209 13% 38% 313 159 618
74 Calaveras County Sheriff Department 44,493 107 33% 93 209 0% 37% 218 163 210
75 Alameda Police Dept 70,445 178 39% 147 209 31% 38% 279 207 598
76 Porterville Police Dept 46,621 142 13% 97 208 2% 39% 976 377 838
77 Manteca Police Dept 65,857 157 30% 137 208 7% 40% 368 245 737
78 Yuba City Police Dept 61,881 133 34% 126 204 5% 42% 257 328 722
79 Oceanside Harbor Police Dept 166,424 376 31% 337 202 19% 28% 834 885 1,014
80 West Hollywood 36,604 86 12% 74 202 26% 15% 625 129 261
81 Sacramento Police Dept 460,546 1,185 18% 922 200 51% 29% 5,237 3,296 5,627
82 Mission Viejo 95,095 205 63% 190 200 4% 41% 121 96 329
83 Palo Alto Police Dept 57,696 129 33% 115 199 19% 36% 264 79 402
84 Yuba County Sheriff Department 55,691 124 24% 110 198 9% 17% 393 302 457
85 Roseville Police Dept 111,497 271 26% 216 194 6% 36% 774 314 1,216
86 Placentia Police Dept 50,428 114 29% 96 190 0% 38% 276 75 125
87 Carslbad Police Dept 95,056 214 39% 180 189 6% 38% 335 276 542
88 Redondo Beach Police Dept 67,909 143 49% 128 188 12% 36% 151 140 517
89 Novato Police Dept 52,067 112 51% 97 186 8% 52% 107 138 390
90 Chula Vista Police Dept 218,718 486 34% 405 185 12% 29% 932 730 1,910
91 San Clemente 62,723 120 40% 115 183 3% 42% 183 120 200
92 La Puente 41,581 87 23% 76 183 1% 22% 293 115 151
93 San Diego Police Dept 1,261,196 2,669 25% 2,296 182 30% 22% 7,814 4,191 7,526
94 Watsonville Police Dept 49,031 98 23% 88 179 1% 50% 328 239 633
95 Chico Police Dept 74,288 149 29% 133 179 7% 47% 369 257 1,013
96 Woodland Police Dept 51,355 149 41% 91 177 1% 41% 215 209 532
97 Fontana Police Dept 176,490 390 34% 311 176 20% 31% 750 697 1,259
98 Lincoln Police Dept 47,236 86 31% 81 171 4% 31% 189 71 104
99 Hemet Police Dept 71,825 142 22% 123 171 24% 37% 509 423 731
100 Hawthorne Police Dept 85,609 214 55% 146 171 61% 34% 176 417 494
101 Clovis Police Dept 92,592 204 40% 157 170 7% 41% 310 202 980
102 San Bernardino Police Dept 200,810 635 22% 340 169 48% 29% 2,191 757 1,605
103 Merced County Sheriff Department 83,418 165 36% 141 169 2% 28% 295 322 346
104 Lynwood 71,216 202 26% 120 169 21% 31% 589 304 396
105 Fresno Police Dept 472,170 994 15% 786 166 25% 29% 5,520 3,065 6,319
106 Lancaster 144,210 338 27% 240 166 54% 60% 916 899 1,776
107 Vallejo Police Dept 116,763 288 26% 194 166 65% 42% 799 651 1,683
108 La Habra Police Dept 59,290 110 32% 97 164 2% 33% 234 118 324
109 Arcadia Police Dept 56,967 96 53% 92 162 8% 21% 86 77 456
110 Pleasanton Police Dept 66,707 119 54% 104 156 6% 45% 102 66 414
111 Escondido Police Dept 133,429 221 21% 207 155 8% 34% 843 550 962
112 Rancho Santa Margarita 51,023 79 59% 77 151 8% 29% 54 29 131
113 San Jose Police Dept 934,553 1,670 25% 1,400 150 12% 40% 4,923 2,803 6,436
114 Los Angeles County 992,436 2,247 20% 1,476 149 37% 28% 9,264 3,850 4,956
115 Folsom Police Dept 68,320 111 45% 99 145 7% 52% 134 98 381
116 Oxnard Police Dept 186,367 292 13% 270 145 4% 40% 1,965 732 2,052
117 Los Angeles Police Dept 3,870,487 7,448 27% 5,597 145 34% 32% 20,212 14,497 17,012
118 Santa Clara County Sheriff Department 84,008 150 20% 118 140 3% 30% 587 355 600
119 Vista 89,851 147 18% 126 140 10% 35% 663 343 472
120 Rocklin Police Dept 52,328 82 31% 73 140 4% 40% 181 93 197
121 Westminster Police Dept 89,700 141 34% 125 139 3% 34% 269 227 722
122 Camarillo 63,238 114 22% 87 138 7% 43% 415 142 378
123 Fremont Police Dept 201,318 324 23% 272 135 16% 32% 1,105 358 1,059
124 Ventura County Sheriff Department 88,214 138 11% 118 134 1% 41% 1,093 278 389
125 Moreno Valley 190,248 280 26% 251 132 37% 37% 784 703 1,466
126 Sonoma County Sheriff Department 143,915 285 22% 189 131 7% 31% 1,014 374 596
127 Salinas Police Dept 145,251 208 24% 181 125 7% 36% 663 725 1,752
128 Anaheim Police Dept 335,133 457 20% 398 119 6% 36% 1,815 1,076 2,076
129 Bakersfield Police Dept 318,743 495 14% 374 117 38% 27% 2,929 2,334 4,713
130 Ontario Police Dept 175,537 261 17% 205 117 20% 35% 1,266 621 1,489
131 Corona Police Dept 153,518 194 27% 177 115 11% 46% 527 342 1,046
132 Milpitas Police Dept 64,498 81 18% 73 113 12% 42% 358 166 909
133 Shasta County Sheriff Department 79,025 96 79% 89 113 2% 28% 26 21 152
134 Laguena Niguel 65,044 80 31% 73 112 1% 38% 180 50 177
135 Napa Police Dept 75,266 91 27% 84 112 1% 36% 248 238 424
136 El Dorado County Sheriff Department 145,863 208 38% 160 110 2% 44% 345 344 575
137 Compton Police Dept 95,990 213 12% 104 108 64% 29% 1,522 699 694
138 Santa Ana Police Dept 340,223 397 17% 349 103 2% 46% 1,923 916 1,646
139 Modesto Police Dept 208,067 300 18% 205 99 10% 38% 1,328 961 2,919
140 Riverside Police Dept 299,312 406 22% 294 98 25% 31% 1,475 762 2,438
141 Ventura Police Dept 104,523 120 12% 99 95 4% 49% 917 373 1,147
142 Visalia Police Dept 116,766 147 15% 110 94 5% 40% 814 567 1,698
143 Tracy Police Dept 84,151 116 24% 79 94 13% 41% 361 229 723
144 Monterey County Sheriff Department 98,406 132 28% 92 93 8% 33% 348 283 502
145 Sunnyvale Dept Of Public Safety 130,326 128 29% 118 91 11% 30% 317 290 705
146 Vacaville Police Dept 93,167 123 23% 83 89 12% 37% 405 291 910
147 Thousand Oaks 125,196 136 20% 110 88 5% 45% 534 155 551
148 Kern County Sheriff Department 335,777 395 10% 284 85 3% 28% 3,393 1,349 2,257
149 Alameda County Sheriff Department 121,501 148 11% 98 81 29% 36% 1,171 512 596
150 Riverside County Sheriff Department 551,166 475 15% 423 77 12% 35% 2,756 1,388 1,877
151 Antioch Police Dept 101,973 113 14% 73 72 30% 40% 717 634 1,340

 

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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. Of the agencies reporting data to the UCR program, these are the top 150 agencies that report the most arrests for marijuana possession in this state. 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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