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Top Local Agencies in Michigan by Marijuana Possession Arrest Rate, Listed Alphabetically, (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
58 Adrian Police Dept 21,612 54 43% 50 231 12% 32% 73 47 388
111 Allengan County Sheriff Department 87,233 88 89% 88 101 10% 27% 11 55 469
111 Ann Arbor Police Dept 113,011 123 71% 114 101 37% 36% 50 133 546
35 Auburn Hills City Police Dept 21,149 78 55% 72 340 44% 36% 65 54 489
66 Battle Creek Police Dept 62,143 146 46% 132 212 69% 19% 171 169 840
95 Bay City Police Dept 34,145 42 44% 41 120 12% 32% 54 60 299
5 Belleville Police Dept 3,766 34 87% 34 903 24% 32% 5 2 54
54 Berkley Police Dept 14,906 39 75% 38 255 32% 26% 13 4 52
50 Berrien County Sheriff Office 55,869 174 78% 149 267 36% 20% 49 25 130
23 Berrien Springs Police Dept 9,570 41 84% 39 408 18% 33% 8 6 21
18 Beverly Hills Public Safety Dept 9,955 48 84% 45 452 38% 44% 9 3 21
61 Big Rapids Police Dept 10,536 24 96% 23 218 4% 13% 1 8 116
33 Blackman Twp Police Dept 25,461 93 74% 89 350 21% 25% 33 30 400
2 Bloomfield Hills Police Dept 3,818 40 93% 39 1,021 28% 33% 3 0 5
59 Bloomfield Twp Police Dept 41,231 106 88% 95 230 38% 21% 15 9 183
47 Brighton Police Dept 7,326 20 71% 20 273 0% 45% 8 4 90
113 Brownstown Twp Police Dept 30,336 30 88% 30 99 27% 33% 4 9 90
64 Canton Twp Police Dept 88,126 193 76% 189 214 27% 33% 62 49 522
122 Cass County Sheriff Department 37,496 41 47% 28 75 18% 14% 47 9 95
4 Center Line Dept Of Public Safety 8,209 79 63% 78 950 23% 23% 47 9 68
56 Charlotte Police Dept 9,047 25 78% 22 243 0% 27% 7 5 72
36 City Of Port Huron Police Dept 31,166 112 66% 103 330 23% 28% 57 83 311
24 Clinton County Sheriff Office 30,287 122 84% 121 400 13% 25% 24 3 36
83 Clinton Twp (Macomb Co) Police Dept 96,948 183 62% 155 160 45% 30% 112 107 490
27 Coldwater Police Dept 10,711 45 67% 41 383 2% 17% 22 37 75
1 Constantine Police Dept 2,149 25 89% 24 1,117 0% 17% 3 2 17
69 Dearborn Heights Police Dept 54,901 126 46% 115 209 37% 29% 150 111 422
37 Dearborn Police Dept 91,748 328 58% 297 324 41% 23% 238 189 1,801
100 Delta County Sheriff Department 20,160 23 72% 23 114 4% 30% 9 1 39
79 Detroit Police Dept 860,971 1,909 42% 1,485 172 94% 22% 2,656 4,061 7,466
15 Dowagiac Police Dept 5,913 31 86% 30 507 30% 27% 5 9 86
71 East Detroit Police Dept 32,797 93 37% 68 207 41% 28% 160 115 190
74 East Lansing Police Dept 45,979 94 85% 86 187 21% 21% 16 45 36
29 Eaton Rapids Police Dept 5,304 22 85% 20 377 0% 35% 4 2 62
21 Farmington Hills Police Dept 79,475 374 69% 335 422 48% 24% 165 64 377
25 Farmington Public Safety Dept 9,930 41 89% 39 393 41% 18% 5 8 49
38 Fenton Police Dept 12,151 43 81% 39 321 3% 28% 10 12 130
41 Ferndale Police Dept 21,207 77 57% 67 316 61% 25% 57 44 228
45 Flat Rock Police Dept 9,739 27 73% 27 277 4% 22% 10 8 86
134 Flint City Police Dept 116,024 34 29% 23 20 87% 22% 83 44 127
16 Fraser Police Dept 15,068 100 55% 76 504 18% 24% 83 8 278
85 Garden City Police Dept 28,282 52 78% 45 159 18% 47% 15 51 217
105 Genesee County Sheriff Department 52,635 57 78% 56 106 27% 23% 16 56 106
43 Grand Blanc Twp Police Dept 36,319 116 85% 111 306 23% 37% 21 21 180
9 Grand Haven Police Dept 10,478 74 88% 71 678 3% 27% 10 15 98
32 Grand Rapids Police Dept 192,376 835 56% 696 362 70% 27% 647 391 1,826
84 Grand Travers County Sheriff Office 71,323 115 81% 114 160 6% 36% 27 58 527
87 Gratiot County Sheriff Department 21,819 33 92% 33 151 9% 15% 3 5 35
57 Grosse Pointe Park Public Safety Dept 11,606 28 68% 28 241 46% 43% 13 25 126
103 Hamtramck Police Dept 21,448 33 34% 23 107 61% 9% 65 141 277
19 Harper Woods Police Dept 13,284 68 84% 60 452 68% 17% 13 74 657
94 Hazel Park Police Dept 18,211 26 53% 23 126 30% 35% 23 32 207
17 Holland Police Dept 34,137 171 80% 158 463 18% 28% 42 64 442
92 Ingham County Sheriff Department 59,956 86 83% 79 132 23% 18% 18 45 176
53 Inkster Police Dept 28,233 78 59% 72 255 90% 18% 55 117 259
125 Ionia County Sheriff Office 40,441 30 81% 29 72 0% 21% 7 16 125
40 Jackson City Police Dept 34,325 111 75% 109 318 38% 18% 38 38 313
12 Kalamazoo City Dept Of Public Safety 71,462 501 57% 410 574 58% 20% 383 208 1,184
131 Kalamazoo County Sheriff Department 92,607 35 69% 33 36 21% 18% 16 34 365
76 Kalamazoo Twp Police Dept 21,497 42 88% 40 186 33% 33% 6 20 185
118 Kent County Sheriff Office 222,403 191 75% 175 79 9% 47% 64 128 1,177
70 Kentwood Police Dept 46,748 104 86% 97 208 35% 32% 17 87 685
90 Lansing City Police Dept 113,643 199 52% 157 138 67% 24% 181 366 1,217
65 Lapeer City Public Safety Dept 9,372 21 48% 20 213 5% 25% 23 18 80
120 Lapeer County Sheriff Department 62,286 53 57% 48 77 0% 25% 40 54 139
72 Lenawee County Sheriff Department 28,930 59 86% 56 194 0% 29% 10 19 158
44 Lincoln Park City Police Dept 37,294 127 37% 106 284 11% 33% 214 70 705
46 Livonia Police Dept 96,261 321 71% 266 276 32% 29% 129 71 897
51 Ludington Police Dept 8,433 22 79% 22 261 5% 36% 6 11 94
73 Macomb County Sheriff Office 159,415 351 61% 302 189 17% 36% 221 217 983
117 Madison Heights Police Dept 29,901 37 42% 25 84 60% 20% 52 36 387
52 Marquette Police Dept 20,467 59 84% 53 259 4% 26% 11 11 123
48 Menominee Police Dept 8,537 23 77% 23 269 4% 30% 7 2 83
106 Midland City Police Dept 41,540 46 72% 44 106 16% 27% 18 25 327
31 Milan Police Dept 5,686 21 84% 21 369 24% 62% 4 5 23
10 Milford Police Dept 6,629 49 83% 44 664 7% 36% 10 13 36
133 Monroe County Sheriff Department 120,785 29 83% 27 22 7% 19% 6 55 479
89 Muskegan City Police Dept 39,562 64 64% 55 139 49% 35% 36 85 344
28 New Baltimore Police Dept 12,071 53 75% 46 381 11% 41% 18 6 47
3 Niles City Police Dept 11,491 126 70% 116 1,009 22% 23% 55 15 133
30 Northfield Twp Police Dept 8,383 31 70% 31 370 10% 26% 13 12 22
88 Northville Twp Police Dept 26,528 38 81% 37 139 5% 35% 9 8 137
97 Norton Shores Police Dept 23,567 28 46% 28 119 36% 11% 33 22 154
75 Novi City Police Dept 55,127 103 82% 103 187 15% 36% 22 17 538
39 Oak Park Dept Of Public Safety 30,771 115 82% 98 318 90% 35% 25 90 536
109 Oakland County Sheriff Office 302,719 365 80% 312 103 9% 41% 91 143 886
104 Ottawa County Sheriff Department 204,125 226 84% 218 107 7% 45% 44 105 948
60 Owosso Police Dept 15,341 35 67% 35 228 6% 23% 17 19 105
22 Petoskey Police Dept 6,128 25 66% 25 408 4% 28% 13 4 58
119 Pittsfield Twp Police Dept 34,615 27 54% 27 78 37% 33% 23 18 343
6 Pleasant Ridge Police Dept 2,471 22 88% 22 890 27% 18% 3 2 4
102 Plymouth Twp Police Dept 26,751 31 70% 29 108 21% 34% 13 9 110
127 Pontiac Police Dept 67,059 63 38% 44 66 75% 59% 105 191 400
81 Portage City Police Dept 45,287 75 69% 73 161 25% 47% 33 41 821
80 Redford Twp Police Dept 48,489 89 54% 82 169 65% 15% 77 71 452
14 Rochester Police Dept 11,360 60 95% 58 511 9% 41% 3 9 21
116 Romulus Police Dept 24,269 21 43% 21 87 67% 33% 28 41 56
91 Roseville Police Dept 47,329 97 48% 63 133 35% 35% 104 101 545
68 Royal Oak City Police Dept 57,695 127 65% 121 210 21% 29% 67 62 258
101 Saginaw City Police Dept 56,989 84 40% 65 114 62% 43% 126 233 425
124 Saginaw County Sheriff Department 42,724 54 45% 31 73 16% 10% 66 20 125
78 Saginaw Twp Police Dept 39,736 74 72% 70 176 26% 26% 29 25 331
96 Sanilac County Sheriff Department 31,966 49 70% 38 119 0% 26% 21 11 56
115 Shelby Twp Police Dept 71,736 95 69% 64 89 8% 41% 42 38 285
128 Shiawassee County Sheriff Department 42,926 23 64% 21 49 10% 10% 13 16 101
11 South Haven Police Dept 5,182 33 79% 31 598 10% 52% 9 10 78
49 South Lyon Police Dept 11,226 30 94% 30 267 0% 43% 2 11 29
93 Southfield Police Dept 75,830 118 63% 96 127 86% 20% 69 257 680
67 Southgate Police Dept 29,074 65 68% 61 210 7% 30% 31 22 103
132 St Clair County Sheriff Department 101,257 71 22% 24 24 25% 17% 253 49 435
63 St Clair Shores Police Dept 60,900 148 54% 131 215 24% 44% 126 71 350
13 St Joseph City Police Dept 8,600 48 70% 48 558 17% 27% 21 15 57
126 St Joseph County Sheriff Office 37,669 33 77% 27 72 11% 37% 10 10 54
121 Sterling Heights Police Dept 128,555 160 63% 96 75 11% 29% 92 124 1,011
42 Sturgis Police Dept 11,026 39 57% 34 308 15% 12% 29 25 102
129 Taylor City Police Dept 64,048 33 63% 30 47 47% 17% 19 9 263
7 Three Rivers Police Dept 7,245 63 68% 53 732 28% 28% 29 48 252
77 Traverse City Police Dept 14,406 26 87% 26 180 4% 42% 4 19 146
108 Trenton Police Dept 19,011 20 80% 20 105 10% 65% 5 10 25
82 Troy Police Dept 81,130 140 70% 130 160 15% 29% 59 34 797
107 Van Buren County Sheriff Department 55,992 78 56% 59 105 14% 17% 62 22 177
86 Van Buren Twp Police Dept 28,247 47 80% 43 152 47% 21% 12 22 303
114 Walker Police Dept 23,794 23 79% 23 97 22% 17% 6 66 460
34 Walled Lake Police Dept 6,988 29 48% 24 343 13% 33% 31 5 35
62 Warren Police Dept 134,081 365 29% 291 217 44% 17% 883 356 1,161
130 Washtenaw County Sheriff Department 150,122 57 60% 57 38 72% 28% 38 170 189
110 Waterford Twp Police Dept 71,233 84 61% 73 102 11% 30% 53 41 555
8 Wayne City Police Dept 18,203 131 72% 124 681 40% 27% 52 51 241
123 West Bloomfield Police Dept 64,616 58 70% 48 74 31% 44% 25 26 153
26 Westland Police Dept 84,293 391 62% 327 388 44% 24% 242 244 1,533
98 White Lake Twp Police Dept 30,412 39 85% 36 118 6% 39% 7 11 213
55 Wyandotte Police Dept 26,290 70 53% 64 243 13% 33% 62 63 118
99 Wyoming Police Dept 70,243 91 71% 83 118 17% 30% 38 125 879
20 Ypsilanti Police Dept 21,672 117 48% 97 448 79% 21% 127 103 218

 

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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 134 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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