Marijuana Arrests | Other Arrests | ||||||||||
Rank | Agency | Population |
Total
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Pct. of All Drug Arrests
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Poss.
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Poss. Rate
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Black Pct.
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Males Age
15 to 19 Pct. |
Other Drugs
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Violent
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Property
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1 | Sterlington Police Dept | 1,240 | 38 | 84% | 37 | 2,984 | 51% | 11% | 7 | 0 | 20 |
2 | West Monroe Police Dept | 12,989 | 308 | 83% | 308 | 2,371 | 36% | 17% | 62 | 56 | 530 |
3 | Westwego Police Dept | 9,957 | 222 | 67% | 221 | 2,220 | 40% | 25% | 110 | 26 | 242 |
4 | McNary Police Dept | 199 | 3 | 27% | 3 | 1,508 | 33% | 0% | 8 | 4 | 3 |
5 | St Bernard Parish Sheriff Office | 15,420 | 220 | 61% | 201 | 1,304 | 32% | 21% | 141 | 83 | 457 |
6 | Covington Police Dept | 9,745 | 131 | 60% | 123 | 1,262 | 33% | 36% | 89 | 54 | 213 |
7 | Tickfaw Police Dept | 687 | 8 | 53% | 8 | 1,164 | 38% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 39 |
8 | Gretna City Police Dept | 16,240 | 197 | 40% | 177 | 1,090 | 63% | 17% | 295 | 65 | 486 |
9 | Harahan Police Dept | 9,212 | 94 | 69% | 94 | 1,020 | 28% | 35% | 42 | 8 | 83 |
10 | Slidell City Police Dept | 28,272 | 260 | 52% | 260 | 920 | 18% | 27% | 238 | 107 | 1,001 |
11 | Gonzales Police Dept | 9,067 | 84 | 78% | 83 | 915 | 49% | 31% | 24 | 29 | 413 |
12 | Pineville Police Dept | 14,540 | 139 | 48% | 132 | 908 | 36% | 22% | 151 | 41 | 308 |
13 | Baton Rouge Police Dept | 228,446 | 2,110 | 83% | 1,875 | 821 | 86% | 21% | 428 | 927 | 7,122 |
14 | Plaquemine Police Dept | 6,627 | 55 | 76% | 54 | 815 | 89% | 43% | 17 | 72 | 126 |
15 | Thibodaux Police Dept | 14,501 | 121 | 66% | 116 | 800 | 70% | 25% | 61 | 71 | 289 |
16 | Mandeville Police Dept | 12,346 | 107 | 67% | 98 | 794 | 9% | 40% | 53 | 23 | 219 |
17 | Farmerville Police Dept | 3,567 | 35 | 81% | 28 | 785 | 68% | 14% | 8 | 16 | 166 |
18 | Addis Police Dept | 3,145 | 23 | 72% | 23 | 731 | 43% | 30% | 9 | 9 | 35 |
19 | Homer Town Police Dept | 3,472 | 25 | 86% | 25 | 720 | 60% | 12% | 4 | 16 | 55 |
20 | Bogalusa Police Dept | 12,927 | 101 | 52% | 93 | 719 | 55% | 22% | 95 | 93 | 459 |
21 | Plaquemines Parish Sheriff Department | 22,775 | 167 | 51% | 161 | 707 | 23% | 22% | 158 | 46 | 324 |
22 | West Lake Police Dept | 4,526 | 30 | 54% | 30 | 663 | 33% | 27% | 26 | 9 | 52 |
23 | Golden Meadow Police Dept | 2,158 | 14 | 64% | 14 | 649 | 7% | 29% | 8 | 3 | 36 |
24 | Franklinton Police Dept | 3,723 | 28 | 36% | 24 | 645 | 63% | 13% | 49 | 30 | 59 |
25 | Denham Springs Police Dept | 10,552 | 68 | 39% | 67 | 635 | 25% | 25% | 107 | 53 | 342 |
26 | Morehouse Parish Sheriff Department | 17,300 | 108 | 49% | 108 | 624 | 73% | 17% | 113 | 18 | 145 |
27 | Natchitoches Parish Sheriff Department | 20,367 | 144 | 56% | 127 | 624 | 57% | 25% | 113 | 131 | 292 |
28 | Blanchard Police Dept | 2,468 | 16 | 84% | 15 | 608 | 7% | 33% | 3 | 1 | 19 |
29 | Dequincy Police Dept | 3,192 | 19 | 79% | 19 | 595 | 37% | 21% | 5 | 3 | 43 |
30 | Leesville Police Dept | 5,763 | 39 | 39% | 34 | 590 | 41% | 21% | 60 | 33 | 343 |
31 | Alexandria City Police Dept | 45,720 | 268 | 29% | 268 | 586 | 73% | 17% | 672 | 276 | 1,566 |
32 | Baker Police Dept | 13,600 | 79 | 84% | 79 | 581 | 75% | 19% | 15 | 17 | 228 |
33 | Elton Police Dept | 1,252 | 7 | 35% | 7 | 559 | 71% | 14% | 13 | 2 | 15 |
34 | Lafayette Police Dept | 114,212 | 659 | 28% | 616 | 539 | 68% | 20% | 1,720 | 538 | 2,237 |
35 | Bossier Parish Sheriff Department | 42,493 | 223 | 65% | 217 | 511 | 25% | 19% | 118 | 159 | 328 |
36 | Iowa Police Dept | 2,565 | 14 | 45% | 13 | 507 | 31% | 0% | 17 | 3 | 11 |
37 | Eunice Police Dept | 11,621 | 62 | 62% | 58 | 499 | 43% | 29% | 38 | 13 | 427 |
38 | Concordia Parish Sheriff Department | 11,506 | 60 | 57% | 56 | 487 | 46% | 18% | 46 | 29 | 70 |
39 | Minden City Police Dept | 13,238 | 70 | 43% | 64 | 483 | 73% | 23% | 94 | 17 | 252 |
40 | Zachary Police Dept | 13,428 | 71 | 55% | 63 | 469 | 51% | 19% | 58 | 37 | 169 |
41 | St Charles Parish Sheriff Department | 53,112 | 275 | 58% | 247 | 465 | 46% | 37% | 199 | 148 | 720 |
42 | Berwick Police Dept | 4,312 | 20 | 30% | 20 | 464 | 35% | 25% | 47 | 28 | 39 |
43 | St James Parish Sheriff Department | 14,718 | 76 | 37% | 68 | 462 | 60% | 19% | 130 | 95 | 305 |
44 | Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Department | 81,731 | 389 | 58% | 369 | 451 | 50% | 25% | 284 | 88 | 846 |
45 | Franklin Police Dept | 7,794 | 44 | 33% | 35 | 449 | 69% | 37% | 88 | 54 | 285 |
46 | St Tammany Parish Sheriff Department | 182,264 | 827 | 57% | 784 | 430 | 30% | 28% | 630 | 290 | 1,697 |
47 | West Feliciana Parish Sheriff Department | 13,884 | 60 | 68% | 59 | 425 | 49% | 14% | 28 | 48 | 64 |
48 | Vinton Police Dept | 3,131 | 13 | 57% | 13 | 415 | 31% | 46% | 10 | 2 | 31 |
49 | Crowley City Police Dept | 13,992 | 59 | 30% | 58 | 415 | 47% | 10% | 140 | 59 | 240 |
50 | West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Department | 12,034 | 53 | 63% | 45 | 374 | 51% | 20% | 31 | 73 | 295 |
51 | Kenner Police Dept | 66,473 | 297 | 48% | 241 | 363 | 51% | 26% | 326 | 174 | 1,361 |
52 | Gramercy Police Dept | 6,946 | 25 | 63% | 25 | 360 | 76% | 16% | 15 | 16 | 68 |
53 | City Of Port Allen Police Dept | 5,136 | 19 | 63% | 18 | 350 | 72% | 17% | 11 | 13 | 82 |
54 | Caddo Parish Sheriff Department | 47,231 | 164 | 72% | 163 | 345 | 47% | 32% | 65 | 119 | 643 |
55 | Richland Parish Sheriff Department | 13,452 | 52 | 54% | 46 | 342 | 83% | 13% | 45 | 7 | 89 |
56 | Shreveport Police Dept | 199,811 | 817 | 59% | 675 | 338 | 78% | 20% | 561 | 744 | 3,964 |
57 | East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Dept | 172,514 | 582 | 74% | 582 | 337 | 69% | 25% | 206 | 313 | 4,312 |
58 | Kinder Town Police Dept | 2,148 | 10 | 28% | 7 | 326 | 43% | 29% | 26 | 7 | 23 |
59 | Jackson Police Dept | 3,714 | 13 | 81% | 12 | 323 | 42% | 0% | 3 | 4 | 53 |
60 | Ruston Police Dept | 20,532 | 72 | 78% | 64 | 312 | 66% | 30% | 20 | 39 | 284 |
61 | Madison Parish Sheriff Department | 4,235 | 15 | 83% | 13 | 307 | 85% | 0% | 3 | 42 | 76 |
62 | Red River Parish Sheriff Department | 7,233 | 26 | 48% | 22 | 304 | 50% | 14% | 28 | 11 | 81 |
63 | Ascension Parish Sheriff Department | 89,265 | 275 | 64% | 270 | 302 | 41% | 23% | 154 | 413 | 1,287 |
64 | Assumption Parish Sheriff Office | 22,709 | 88 | 49% | 65 | 286 | 58% | 22% | 91 | 68 | 178 |
65 | Ferriday Police Dept | 3,588 | 10 | 59% | 10 | 279 | 60% | 0% | 7 | 12 | 28 |
66 | Haughton Police Dept | 2,997 | 34 | 79% | 8 | 267 | 38% | 0% | 9 | 28 | 7 |
67 | Houma City Police | 32,597 | 111 | 49% | 86 | 264 | 51% | 24% | 115 | 154 | 763 |
68 | Clinton Police Dept | 1,907 | 5 | 100% | 5 | 262 | 100% | 40% | 0 | 26 | 14 |
69 | Grant Parish Sheriff Office | 19,595 | 56 | 56% | 51 | 260 | 14% | 16% | 44 | 25 | 196 |
70 | Franklin Parish Sheriff Department | 20,285 | 55 | 50% | 51 | 251 | 51% | 20% | 55 | 65 | 321 |
71 | Winnfield Police Dept | 5,183 | 29 | 58% | 13 | 251 | 38% | 0% | 21 | 14 | 80 |
72 | Rapides Parish Sheriff Department | 61,153 | 148 | 40% | 147 | 240 | 51% | 23% | 222 | 88 | 376 |
73 | Jeanerette Police Dept | 6,015 | 16 | 39% | 14 | 233 | 86% | 43% | 25 | 28 | 213 |
74 | Lafayette City-Parish Consolid Sheriffs Dept | 68,112 | 159 | 51% | 149 | 219 | 46% | 19% | 154 | 202 | 726 |
75 | Iberville Parish Sheriff Department | 18,658 | 87 | 35% | 39 | 209 | 79% | 28% | 159 | 80 | 322 |
76 | Lake Arthur Police Dept | 2,894 | 6 | 30% | 6 | 207 | 33% | 17% | 14 | 5 | 24 |
77 | Deridder Police Dept | 10,143 | 19 | 26% | 19 | 187 | 47% | 21% | 55 | 4 | 106 |
78 | French Settlement Police Dept | 1,100 | 3 | 75% | 2 | 182 | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
79 | Washington Parish Sheriff Department | 28,103 | 56 | 27% | 51 | 181 | 33% | 20% | 151 | 85 | 312 |
80 | Ouachita Parish Sheriff Office | 81,475 | 145 | 78% | 143 | 176 | 45% | 17% | 41 | 34 | 222 |
81 | Mamou Police Dept | 3,443 | 6 | 33% | 6 | 174 | 33% | 17% | 12 | 24 | 101 |
82 | Morgan City Police Dept | 11,810 | 22 | 12% | 20 | 169 | 35% | 15% | 156 | 41 | 198 |
83 | Lafourche Parish Sheriff Department | 77,100 | 118 | 38% | 117 | 152 | 27% | 22% | 193 | 172 | 395 |
84 | Vernon Parish Sheriff Department | 37,963 | 66 | 27% | 57 | 150 | 19% | 12% | 182 | 45 | 236 |
85 | Sabine Parish Sheriff Department | 21,162 | 32 | 49% | 31 | 146 | 42% | 10% | 33 | 41 | 139 |
86 | East Carroll Parish Sheriff Department | 4,121 | 9 | 64% | 6 | 146 | 67% | 17% | 5 | 10 | 17 |
87 | St Mary Parish Sheriff Department | 19,697 | 28 | 15% | 28 | 142 | 39% | 18% | 159 | 83 | 344 |
88 | Coushatta Police Dept | 2,166 | 3 | 100% | 3 | 139 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 2 | 28 |
89 | St Landry Parish Sheriff Department | 49,933 | 73 | 13% | 69 | 138 | 68% | 20% | 482 | 125 | 522 |
90 | Cameron Parish Sheriff Department | 7,737 | 10 | 17% | 10 | 129 | 20% | 20% | 50 | 32 | 51 |
91 | De Soto Parish Sheriff Department | 19,094 | 26 | 27% | 21 | 110 | 52% | 10% | 69 | 27 | 121 |
92 | Mansfield Police Dept | 5,466 | 6 | 75% | 6 | 110 | 67% | 17% | 2 | 23 | 96 |
93 | West Carroll Parish Sheriff Department | 11,639 | 16 | 94% | 12 | 103 | 25% | 8% | 1 | 30 | 117 |
94 | Washington Police Dept | 1,064 | 1 | 100% | 1 | 94 | 100% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 0 |
95 | Livingston Parish Sheriff Department | 105,610 | 155 | 30% | 96 | 91 | 17% | 20% | 355 | 288 | 923 |
96 | St Martin Parish Sheriff Department | 36,324 | 60 | 12% | 33 | 91 | 30% | 9% | 452 | 165 | 505 |
97 | Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Department | 77,045 | 76 | 52% | 67 | 87 | 28% | 42% | 70 | 170 | 1,399 |
98 | Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff Department | 17,732 | 15 | 68% | 15 | 85 | 67% | 33% | 7 | 41 | 111 |
99 | Basile Police Dept | 2,392 | 2 | 14% | 2 | 84 | 0% | 0% | 12 | 4 | 35 |
100 | Krotz Springs Police Dept | 1,268 | 1 | 100% | 1 | 79 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 2 | 3 |
101 | Bossier Police Dept | 61,993 | 55 | 60% | 48 | 77 | 50% | 13% | 36 | 134 | 322 |
102 | Webster Parish Sheriff Department | 21,185 | 17 | 19% | 16 | 76 | 25% | 25% | 71 | 14 | 123 |
103 | Lake Charles Police Dept | 69,966 | 61 | 29% | 51 | 73 | 71% | 25% | 149 | 64 | 206 |
104 | Caldwell Parish Sheriff Department | 10,609 | 19 | 29% | 7 | 66 | 57% | 0% | 46 | 18 | 98 |
105 | Vermilion Parish Sheriff Department | 36,971 | 30 | 21% | 21 | 57 | 29% | 24% | 115 | 63 | 178 |
106 | Jennings Police Dept | 10,577 | 6 | 11% | 6 | 57 | 0% | 0% | 48 | 47 | 202 |
107 | Lincoln Parish Sheriff Office | 16,701 | 33 | 70% | 9 | 54 | 56% | 44% | 14 | 30 | 187 |
108 | Jackson Parish Sheriff Department | 11,415 | 7 | 11% | 6 | 53 | 33% | 0% | 58 | 3 | 39 |
109 | Vidalia Town Police Dept | 4,189 | 13 | 72% | 2 | 48 | 50% | 50% | 5 | 12 | 52 |
110 | Kaplan Police Dept | 5,192 | 2 | 29% | 2 | 39 | 0% | 0% | 5 | 9 | 66 |
111 | Winn Parish Sheriff Department | 10,484 | 4 | 50% | 4 | 38 | 50% | 75% | 4 | 15 | 22 |
112 | Beauregard Parish Sheriff Department | 25,517 | 17 | 27% | 9 | 35 | 0% | 0% | 47 | 19 | 90 |
113 | Jena Police Dept | 2,850 | 10 | 91% | 1 | 35 | 0% | 0% | 1 | 12 | 5 |
114 | Bienville Parish Sheriff Office | 15,060 | 17 | 29% | 5 | 33 | 0% | 20% | 41 | 18 | 70 |
115 | Union Parish Sheriff Office | 17,704 | 5 | 10% | 5 | 28 | 40% | 20% | 45 | 18 | 43 |
116 | Evangeline Parish Sheriff Department | 21,777 | 7 | 10% | 6 | 28 | 0% | 17% | 61 | 47 | 188 |
117 | Lake Providence Police Dept | 4,469 | 1 | 33% | 1 | 22 | 100% | 0% | 2 | 29 | 160 |
118 | Tallulah Police Dept | 7,883 | 1 | 50% | 1 | 13 | 100% | 0% | 1 | 13 | 20 |
119 | Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff Department | 13,316 | 1 | 33% | 1 | 8 | 100% | 0% | 2 | 7 | 39 |
120 | Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Department | 79,433 | 5 | 1% | 3 | 4 | 0% | 100% | 667 | 536 | 1,392 |
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 120 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