Top Local Agencies in Louisiana 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 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

 

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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 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

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