Top Local Agencies in Georgia by Marijuana Possession Arrest Rate, Listed Alphabetically, (2007)

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      Marijuana Arrests Other Arrests
Rank Agency Pop.
Total
Pct. of All Drug Arrests
Poss.
Poss. Rate
Black Pct.
Males Age
15 to 19 Pct.
Other Drugs
Violent
Property
29 Acworth Police Dept 19,646 161 56% 149 758 30% 32% 128 22 125
33 Adairsville Police Dept 3,199 27 44% 24 750 21% 33% 34 7 35
123 Alpharetta Police Dept 43,909 116 99% 114 260 24% 22% 1 2 109
77 Americus Police Dept 16,448 73 75% 70 426 80% 33% 24 46 302
121 Athens-Clarke County Police Department 113,389 348 48% 301 265 62% 22% 370 150 1,380
36 Atlanta Police Dept 497,290 3,586 48% 3,523 708 93% 19% 3,954 2,698 8,246
82 Augusta/Richmond County Sheriff Dept 188,528 748 53% 748 397 80% 23% 673 253 2,711
26 Austell City Police Dept 6,976 60 91% 58 831 48% 9% 6 17 42
117 Bainbridge Police Dept 12,110 36 51% 33 273 70% 30% 35 36 205
135 Baldwin County Sheriff Department 25,443 70 52% 53 208 55% 32% 65 70 392
149 Barrow County Sheriff Department 42,634 70 30% 55 129 13% 27% 164 98 242
125 Bartow County Sheriff Department 65,719 182 46% 162 247 35% 18% 215 89 756
41 Blackshear Police Dept 3,476 28 56% 23 662 30% 30% 22 7 66
11 Bloomingdale Police Dept 2,644 39 93% 39 1,475 26% 31% 3 0 23
71 Brantley County Sheriff Office 14,285 84 58% 64 448 0% 19% 62 27 194
128 Brooks County Sheriff Department 10,821 29 53% 26 240 38% 27% 26 75 64
51 Brunswick Police Dept 16,146 94 41% 89 551 74% 25% 138 129 254
142 Bryan County Sheriff Department 17,795 35 56% 32 180 22% 25% 27 6 64
162 Bulloch County Sheriff Department 36,434 31 49% 27 74 19% 15% 32 30 372
17 Byron Police Dept 3,801 50 69% 49 1,289 12% 39% 22 1 40
107 Cairo Police Dept 9,655 33 63% 31 321 52% 45% 19 18 88
120 Calhoun Police Dept 14,522 60 49% 39 269 13% 15% 62 19 478
75 Camden County Sheriff Department 15,139 66 69% 66 436 36% 11% 29 12 85
105 Canton (Cherokee Co) Police Dept 22,071 77 66% 72 326 15% 26% 39 40 204
152 Carroll County Sheriff Department 68,934 88 31% 83 120 47% 39% 197 142 311
86 Carrollton Police Dept 22,149 107 49% 84 379 63% 18% 110 146 417
109 Cartersville Police Dept 17,680 63 38% 56 317 21% 11% 104 23 156
157 Catoosa County Sheriff Department 51,216 57 41% 55 107 20% 24% 82 62 304
21 Chatsworth Police Dept 4,100 51 59% 49 1,195 0% 33% 36 9 47
3 City Of Port Wentworth Police Dept 3,396 95 69% 93 2,739 20% 17% 42 11 68
48 Clarkston Police Dept 7,546 52 87% 45 596 91% 42% 8 43 72
37 Clinch County Sheriff Department 4,126 31 51% 29 703 55% 3% 30 5 24
4 Cochran Police Dept 4,788 102 75% 96 2,005 70% 33% 34 13 53
78 Coffee County Sheriff Department 24,976 117 43% 106 424 55% 21% 152 53 366
161 Columbia County Sheriff Department 99,276 106 65% 82 83 30% 49% 56 25 493
136 Columbus Police Dept 188,944 483 43% 391 207 76% 23% 631 568 3,683
34 Commerce Police Dept 6,189 49 45% 46 743 26% 20% 60 16 60
15 Conyers Police Dept 12,704 183 70% 176 1,385 61% 16% 79 37 534
13 Cornelia Police Dept 3,822 56 67% 54 1,413 7% 19% 27 5 99
14 Covington Police Dept 14,680 207 61% 205 1,396 48% 25% 135 33 189
150 Coweta County Sheriff Department 83,741 160 50% 108 129 45% 24% 157 57 522
59 Crisp County Sheriff Department 10,559 58 39% 54 511 54% 24% 90 73 224
74 Dade County Sheriff Department 13,984 67 64% 61 436 16% 10% 38 6 51
79 Dalton Police Dept 33,790 155 44% 143 423 21% 29% 199 85 606
98 Dawson County Sheriff Department 21,351 78 58% 73 342 0% 26% 56 13 135
49 Decatur County Sheriff Department 15,847 93 55% 93 587 59% 31% 75 40 144
40 Decatur Police Dept 19,180 130 63% 129 673 76% 18% 76 50 158
160 Dekalb County Public Safety Department 635,588 719 51% 527 83 91% 25% 691 908 4,856
83 Dodge County Sheriff Department 11,970 56 44% 47 393 70% 15% 72 10 79
5 Dooly County Sheriff Department 5,092 95 66% 95 1,866 52% 5% 48 12 15
8 Doraville Police Dept 10,364 191 62% 179 1,727 71% 10% 119 41 73
115 Douglas County Sheriff Department 91,480 276 36% 258 282 55% 18% 488 182 1,255
44 Douglasville Police Dept 30,422 208 57% 193 634 53% 26% 159 75 793
97 Dublin Police Dept 17,434 61 54% 60 344 75% 30% 51 56 288
84 Duluth Police Dept 26,272 107 79% 102 388 35% 20% 29 20 71
12 East Dublin Police Dept 2,738 39 93% 39 1,424 38% 13% 3 1 29
60 Eatonton Police Dept 6,727 36 56% 34 505 53% 18% 28 26 27
35 Echols County Sheriff Department 4,347 36 69% 32 736 13% 9% 16 8 18
90 Fairburn Police Dept 10,369 41 44% 38 366 84% 16% 53 30 209
129 Fayette County Sheriff Department 51,175 141 62% 116 227 47% 30% 85 27 213
147 Floyd County Police Department 58,712 94 45% 77 131 18% 27% 117 96 474
28 Forest Park Dept Of Public Safety 22,174 187 59% 182 821 71% 22% 132 53 498
164 Forsyth County Sheriff Department 153,849 59 78% 51 33 18% 20% 17 14 237
23 Forsyth Police Dept 4,174 50 75% 46 1,102 57% 13% 17 7 62
96 Fort Valley Police Dept 8,107 31 60% 28 345 96% 21% 21 81 183
39 Ft Oglenthorpe Police Dept 9,809 70 54% 66 673 6% 29% 59 13 227
163 Fulton County Police Department 185,732 136 45% 93 50 76% 33% 164 226 1,550
61 Gainesville Police Dept 34,494 175 46% 174 504 29% 35% 206 75 770
47 Garden City Police Dept 9,387 63 52% 57 607 58% 19% 59 62 104
100 Glynn County Police Department 58,360 206 47% 195 334 49% 30% 237 124 887
153 Gordon County Sheriff Department 36,374 67 40% 43 118 28% 14% 100 57 159
124 Greene County Sheriff Department 10,858 49 38% 27 249 56% 19% 80 16 72
30 Griffin Police Dept 23,478 193 49% 178 758 68% 22% 198 55 579
67 Grovetown Dept Of Public Safety 8,476 43 73% 40 472 23% 53% 16 11 74
104 Habersham County Sheriff Department 30,960 107 64% 101 326 12% 22% 60 21 124
148 Hall County Sheriff Department 136,336 230 43% 178 131 29% 20% 300 78 497
151 Henry Police Dept 160,080 252 52% 202 126 57% 17% 232 109 848
55 Hinesville Police Dept 29,466 175 60% 157 533 70% 28% 119 70 528
22 Hogansville Police Dept 2,930 37 65% 34 1,160 76% 15% 20 4 4
38 Holly Springs Police Dept 6,897 52 57% 47 681 13% 17% 39 12 44
99 Houston County Sheriff Department 51,679 175 61% 175 339 47% 18% 110 57 424
154 Jackson County Sheriff Department 38,697 66 39% 44 114 14% 20% 104 71 218
50 Jackson Police Dept 4,478 26 54% 25 558 40% 24% 22 4 23
85 Jasper County Sheriff Department 11,316 49 73% 43 380 28% 7% 18 11 44
73 Jeff Davis County Sheriff Department 9,536 50 50% 42 440 52% 19% 51 6 43
95 Jefferson Police Dept 6,906 24 65% 24 348 25% 13% 13 8 58
62 Jones County Sheriff Department 24,724 124 53% 124 502 45% 26% 110 40 243
9 Jonesboro Police Dept 3,909 61 74% 59 1,509 66% 25% 21 2 10
87 Kennesaw Police Dept 32,643 125 81% 123 377 38% 27% 30 28 131
81 Kingsland Police Dept 12,705 55 50% 51 401 43% 25% 54 35 149
53 Lagrange Police Dept 27,867 202 48% 151 542 64% 32% 221 75 684
112 Lamar County Sheriff Department 10,204 44 68% 32 314 19% 19% 21 20 28
110 Laurens County Sheriff Department 27,476 89 41% 87 317 53% 18% 129 90 360
63 Lawrenceville Police Dept 29,797 163 60% 148 497 64% 22% 110 28 420
155 Lee County Sheriff Department 29,840 77 59% 33 111 36% 24% 53 78 207
138 Liberty County Sheriff Department 32,254 72 60% 63 195 51% 19% 49 37 89
103 Lilburn Police Dept 11,567 38 64% 38 329 37% 26% 21 12 142
56 Long County Sheriff Department 9,982 53 62% 52 521 35% 12% 33 14 40
118 Lowndes County Sheriff Department 49,186 198 50% 134 272 51% 18% 200 62 365
126 Lumpkin County Sheriff Department 26,137 65 42% 64 245 8% 25% 89 16 190
68 Macon Police Dept 93,205 540 64% 435 467 83% 19% 307 271 2,074
156 Madison County Sheriff Department 26,445 35 23% 29 110 28% 17% 117 57 179
25 Marietta Police Dept 63,523 595 50% 562 885 71% 19% 585 131 668
70 Mc Donough Police Dept 18,504 90 74% 84 454 58% 24% 32 12 130
132 Milledgeville Police Dept 19,896 46 75% 43 216 49% 33% 15 37 292
42 Monroe County Sheriff Department 20,657 152 73% 134 649 35% 24% 57 18 140
93 Monroe Police Dept 12,813 58 41% 46 359 37% 22% 83 31 180
31 Montezuma Police Dept 3,969 30 79% 30 756 77% 17% 8 10 36
6 Morrow Police Dept 5,425 99 83% 95 1,751 79% 15% 21 28 553
54 Moultrie Co Police Dept 15,375 89 63% 83 540 59% 19% 53 61 312
143 Murray County Sheriff Department 37,484 65 42% 62 165 3% 24% 89 31 212
94 Newnan Police Dept 29,117 114 53% 102 350 62% 30% 103 27 403
111 Newton County Sheriff Department 77,523 283 56% 244 315 55% 24% 221 135 489
72 Norcross Police Dept 10,378 47 44% 46 443 57% 22% 59 24 61
130 Paulding County Sheriff Department 116,068 270 75% 262 226 21% 20% 91 71 636
45 Peach County Sheriff Department 12,586 80 56% 77 612 61% 17% 62 15 78
144 Peachtree City Police Dept 35,431 57 81% 56 158 9% 45% 13 12 141
16 Pearson Police Dept 1,927 27 53% 26 1,349 31% 15% 24 9 15
131 Pike County Sheriff Department 15,554 44 61% 34 219 12% 12% 28 6 63
114 Polk County Police Department 26,007 78 48% 74 285 20% 11% 84 36 60
80 Powder Springs Police Dept 15,285 64 77% 64 419 58% 36% 19 25 81
134 Putnam County Sheriff Department 13,356 28 50% 28 210 32% 25% 28 28 91
32 Rabun County Sheriff Department 13,007 112 68% 98 753 3% 12% 52 20 88
20 Reidsville Police Dept 2,458 30 77% 30 1,221 60% 27% 9 5 54
2 Resaca Police Dept 784 25 52% 25 3,189 4% 8% 23 0 1
69 Richmond Hill Police Dept 10,324 48 74% 47 455 34% 38% 17 16 53
91 Rincon Police Dept 7,371 27 77% 27 366 22% 22% 8 6 83
127 Riverdale Police Dept 15,977 76 27% 39 244 90% 23% 210 23 364
119 Rockdale County Sheriff Department 69,109 205 52% 186 269 56% 23% 190 225 455
140 Rome Police Dept 36,233 89 32% 68 188 40% 18% 186 59 580
108 Roswell Police Dept 88,879 296 73% 285 321 36% 20% 108 41 549
145 Sandy Springs 85,830 141 67% 135 157 64% 15% 71 48 321
113 Savannah Police Dept 208,116 738 40% 650 312 71% 19% 1,107 493 2,528
24 Senoia Police Dept 3,213 34 83% 34 1,058 35% 26% 7 1 6
139 Smyrna Police Dept 49,259 94 99% 94 191 63% 36% 1 6 110
18 Snellville Police Dept 20,414 290 85% 257 1,259 40% 25% 50 17 322
106 Spalding County Sheriff Department 39,239 152 43% 126 321 45% 14% 204 83 394
146 St Marys Police Dept 16,153 25 38% 24 149 50% 13% 41 47 173
66 Statesboro Police Dept 26,001 152 62% 126 485 47% 23% 93 57 566
43 Sylvester Police Dept 5,874 38 84% 38 647 82% 32% 7 15 43
1 Tallapoosa Police Dept 3,157 112 95% 112 3,548 18% 7% 6 0 3
57 Tattnall County Sheriff Department 15,468 96 59% 80 517 48% 11% 66 6 60
88 Thomas County Sheriff Department 21,907 95 40% 81 370 40% 14% 140 3 75
52 Thomasville Police Dept 19,108 123 71% 105 550 82% 27% 50 47 483
27 Thompson Police Dept 6,922 62 95% 57 823 58% 12% 3 4 1
122 Tift County Sheriff Department 23,967 67 42% 63 263 56% 19% 92 41 128
89 Tifton City Police Dept 16,803 74 46% 62 369 45% 29% 87 65 443
101 Toccoa Police Dept 9,054 32 53% 30 331 20% 27% 28 22 138
116 Towns County Sheriff Department 9,858 35 51% 27 274 0% 19% 33 14 67
10 Treutlen County Sheriff Department 6,847 109 83% 101 1,475 51% 18% 22 13 84
7 Twiggs County Sheriff Department 8,906 157 78% 154 1,729 64% 8% 44 14 118
46 Tybee Island Police Dept 3,774 24 49% 23 609 17% 17% 25 10 48
58 Union City Police Dept 17,217 92 70% 89 517 88% 13% 40 32 277
133 Upson County Sheriff Department 18,574 41 71% 39 210 31% 18% 17 11 77
76 Valdosta Police Dept 45,712 210 52% 199 435 71% 26% 194 371 587
92 Vidalia Police Dept 11,253 41 38% 41 364 71% 27% 67 26 291
158 Walker County Sheriff Department 50,153 54 31% 51 102 20% 39% 120 104 292
141 Ware County Sheriff Department 21,044 43 42% 38 181 24% 26% 59 22 322
19 Waycross Police Dept 14,738 208 54% 181 1,228 72% 29% 175 61 566
64 White County Sheriff Department 22,148 138 64% 109 492 5% 16% 78 21 110
159 Whitefield County Sheriff Department 57,518 73 27% 58 101 16% 24% 196 106 403
65 Wilkinson County Sheriff Department 4,911 26 48% 24 489 46% 8% 28 7 42
102 Winder Police Dept 13,607 52 40% 45 331 31% 16% 78 31 147
137 Woodstock Police Dept 23,754 48 55% 48 202 25% 29% 39 4 97

 

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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 164 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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