Top Local Agencies in Georgia by Marijuana Possession Arrest Rate, 41 Arrest Minimum, (2006)

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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
Port Wentworth
3,342
85 75% 79 2,364 22% 15% 28 5 56
2
Byron
3,355
79 64% 69 2,057 43% 9% 44 5 33
3
Dooly
5,329
113 84% 97 1,820 48% 10% 21 7 21
4
Austell
6,777
124 98% 121 1,785 57% 11% 2 48 55
5
Covington
14,301
251 56% 249 1,741 53% 24% 196 35 228
6
Conyers
12,597
179 74% 173 1,373 61% 21% 62 44 474
7
Commerce
6,044
87 42% 82 1,357 35% 27% 121 17 72
8
Doraville
10,189
133 67% 133 1,305 70% 8% 65 21 77
9
Cochran
4,873
65 72% 57 1,170 60% 25% 25 6 40
10
Fayetteville
14,824
179 88% 172 1,160 38% 37% 25 8 294
11
Atlanta
485,804
5,855 47% 5,487 1,129 94% 16% 6,729 3,485 8,918
12
Snellville
19,856
224 77% 203 1,022 39% 25% 66 14 220
13
Treutlen
6,970
78 74% 67 961 42% 30% 27 11 86
14
Twiggs
9,028
90 66% 86 953 43% 12% 47 12 80
15
Waycross
15,597
163 57% 148 949 68% 22% 124 65 381
16
Thomson
7,087
67 94% 67 945 67% 30% 4 0 0
17
Morrow
5,453
55 79% 49 899 73% 29% 15 7 459
18
Clarkston
7,305
63 84% 62 849 92% 16% 12 29 98
19
Crisp
10,862
95 48% 90 829 58% 11% 103 58 226
20
Monroe
20,153
182 66% 162 804 38% 15% 92 13 113
21
Riverdale
15,972
114 73% 111 695 99% 18% 43 32 234
22
Griffin
24,034
178 54% 160 666 65% 22% 152 64 529
23
Douglasville
28,453
201 59% 185 650 65% 26% 142 97 816
24
Richmond Hill
9,482
63 76% 61 643 33% 33% 20 8 64
25
Marietta
63,228
419 43% 397 628 71% 19% 549 121 637
26
Hancock
8,535
55 81% 52 609 56% 12% 13 21 54
27
Americus
17,415
112 54% 102 586 60% 34% 96 40 373
28
Norcross
10,205
57 32% 57 559 63% 18% 119 29 90
29
Fort Valley
8,460
52 57% 46 544 98% 41% 39 68 136
30
Dawson
20,365
118 61% 110 540 3% 25% 77 9 150
31
Kennesaw
31,502
178 76% 169 536 25% 32% 57 18 139
32
Acworth
19,020
115 54% 102 536 30% 10% 99 22 80
33
Lowndes
49,566
317 50% 257 519 46% 21% 320 29 312
34
Statesboro
25,402
161 61% 130 512 53% 25% 104 62 365
35
Lagrange
28,241
214 49% 141 499 64% 35% 223 71 627
36
Dalton
33,172
176 43% 162 488 14% 23% 238 81 671
37
Brantley
14,382
78 56% 70 487 6% 23% 61 26 141
38
Fort Oglethorpe
9,252
48 58% 45 486 4% 33% 35 23 141
39
Laurens
28,136
132 39% 132 469 62% 20% 207 111 397
40
Spalding
39,223
227 39% 183 467 50% 14% 351 128 639
41
Monroe
12,725
67 43% 58 456 43% 21% 90 28 117
42
Decatur
16,479
76 55% 75 455 64% 24% 63 31 81
43
Dade
14,331
71 58% 64 447 38% 11% 52 13 60
44
Gainesville
33,486
148 42% 145 433 26% 28% 204 76 748
45
Dublin
17,468
75 49% 72 412 88% 28% 77 39 248
46
Thomasville
19,326
83 61% 78 404 64% 28% 53 40 361
47
Valdosta
46,657
202 44% 187 401 77% 23% 256 431 577
48
Moultrie
15,392
65 71% 61 396 54% 23% 26 30 74
49
Mcdonough
16,022
71 65% 63 393 48% 38% 38 22 127
50
Duluth
25,268
131 70% 99 392 26% 32% 55 34 103
51
Coffee
25,463
110 46% 98 385 37% 19% 130 52 266
52
Brunswick
16,468
72 31% 63 383 67% 29% 161 136 272
53
Newnan
25,446
115 53% 96 377 47% 26% 104 50 448
54
Kingsland
12,450
46 47% 46 369 50% 28% 51 48 159
55
Decatur
18,458
99 63% 67 363 81% 30% 59 24 160
56
Macon
97,345
408 65% 342 351 77% 20% 220 274 2,151
57
Calhoun
14,006
67 38% 49 350 16% 20% 111 29 229
58
Douglas
86,462
321 47% 299 346 65% 33% 367 182 1,287
59
Forest Park
22,914
77 45% 76 332 59% 16% 94 41 429
60
Thomas
22,196
92 49% 73 329 52% 18% 96 22 132
61
Glynn County Police Dept
57,714
199 48% 188 326 36% 35% 217 106 609
62
Bryan
17,401
59 50% 56 322 36% 16% 58 8 39
63
College Park
20,829
220 59% 67 322 87% 7% 155 89 334
64
Athens-Clarke County
Police Dept
106,700
343 52% 323 303 63% 32% 321 111 1,155
65
Paulding
105,172
322 60% 316 300 16% 25% 213 81 674
66
Polk County Police Dept
26,111
82 42% 78 299 24% 21% 111 58 135
67
Hinesville
29,534
91 57% 83 281 73% 33% 69 39 290
68
Canton
18,253
57 53% 51 279 8% 14% 50 20 193
69
Savannah-Chatham Metro
213,488
798 44% 595 279 78% 27% 1,008 286 2,279
70
Butts
17,223
48 58% 45 261 47% 20% 35 3 12
71
White
21,702
69 53% 56 258 0% 27% 62 28 119
72
Jones
24,984
89 41% 62 248 34% 27% 127 41 264
73
Bartow
63,931
152 41% 147 230 27% 24% 222 85 556
74
Lumpkin
25,105
58 41% 57 227 0% 19% 85 9 142
75
Lawrenceville
29,305
71 58% 63 215 49% 22% 51 30 354
76
Barrow
38,895
82 37% 80 206 29% 18% 142 112 194
77
Milledgeville
20,020
44 79% 41 205 49% 34% 12 35 281
78
Woodstock
20,232
42 36% 41 203 22% 34% 75 5 125
79
Gordon
37,078
96 36% 74 200 12% 28% 171 71 169
80
Liberty
28,818
64 56% 57 198 70% 39% 50 18 70
81
Habersham
30,510
65 53% 60 197 5% 10% 57 23 96
82
Fayette
51,164
112 57% 91 178 49% 29% 84 18 192
83
Coweta
82,213
202 49% 142 173 46% 31% 212 78 549
84
Lee
28,282
61 57% 48 170 40% 27% 46 75 194
85
Baldwin
26,663
50 60% 44 165 70% 43% 34 94 234
86
Floyd County Police Dept
59,228
104 34% 91 154 7% 24% 201 101 544
87
Columbus
191,221
341 38% 283 148 70% 32% 559 591 3,974
88
Smyrna
49,173
70 93% 70 142 59% 19% 5 3 130
89
Alpharetta
41,417
61 100% 58 140 14% 24% 0 2 76
90
Jackson
36,082
55 25% 48 133 10% 19% 161 76 217
91
Rome
36,966
80 45% 48 130 54% 25% 98 45 321
92
Newton
71,293
104 38% 85 119 52% 27% 168 96 292
93
Walker
50,859
65 38% 60 118 8% 35% 107 108 218
94
Peachtree City
35,633
44 68% 41 115 10% 27% 21 12 144
95
Roswell
88,679
109 66% 100 113 36% 20% 56 25 235
96
Augusta-Richmond
196,909
222 31% 222 113 85% 25% 488 237 2,406
97
Murray
37,593
46 33% 42 112 7% 40% 92 43 156
98
Carroll
69,083
88 37% 77 111 36% 39% 147 95 312
99
Catoosa
51,021
60 41% 54 106 7% 28% 86 96 266
100
Rockdale
68,470
65 82% 63 92 57% 21% 14 106 237
101
Fulton County Police Dept
265,143
227 50% 172 65 67% 32% 230 231 1,779
102
Columbia
97,547
79 41% 60 62 20% 52% 115 39 445
103
Dekalb County Police Dept
608,312
338 49% 295 48 92% 22% 358 273 1,831

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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 103 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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