Top Local Agencies in New Mexico by Marijuana Possession Arrest Rate, (2007)
      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 Dexter Police Dept 1,243 14 88% 13 1,046 0% 31% 2 2 4
2 Socorro Police Dept 8,570 81 63% 79 922 0% 22% 47 33 114
3 Bloomfield Police Dept 7,529 65 81% 62 823 0% 16% 15 23 104
4 Hobbs Police Dept 29,378 226 68% 217 739 10% 30% 105 79 638
5 Las Cruces Police Dept 87,958 610 85% 594 675 6% 34% 105 239 1,757
6 Alamogordo Police Dept 36,162 245 77% 242 669 9% 32% 72 49 707
7 Roswell Police Dept 45,581 251 51% 250 548 1% 33% 246 95 692
8 Clovis Police Dept 33,395 177 100% 177 530 16% 29% 0 79 483
9 Rio Rancho Police Dept 74,542 359 88% 359 482 3% 43% 50 161 335
10 Cuba Police Dept 640 5 71% 3 469 0% 67% 2 1 0
11 Aztec City Police Dept 7,154 32 71% 32 447 0% 28% 13 18 81
12 Silver City Police Dept 9,903 43 88% 43 434 0% 16% 6 36 178
13 Artesia Police Dept 10,563 43 26% 41 388 0% 56% 125 107 111
14 Ruidoso Downs Police Dept 2,080 6 75% 6 288 0% 50% 2 39 21
15 Belen Police Dept 7,128 19 49% 19 267 0% 21% 20 15 80
16 Chaves County Sheriff Department 15,627 43 67% 40 256 3% 20% 21 43 178
17 Carlsbad Police Dept 25,360 62 70% 61 241 5% 49% 27 80 386
18 Dona Ana County Sheriff Office 89,917 214 88% 206 229 2% 34% 29 86 492
19 Milan 2,651 6 67% 6 226 0% 33% 3 1 27
20 Lovington Police Dept 9,723 29 66% 19 195 11% 37% 15 5 53
21 Carrizozo Police Dept 1,099 2 100% 2 182 0% 50% 0 3 1
22 Springer Police Dept 1,185 2 100% 2 169 0% 50% 0 1 3
23 Farmington Police Dept 44,396 200 42% 70 158 3% 50% 278 192 1,253
24 San Juan County Sheriff Department 69,215 99 66% 98 142 1% 22% 52 96 290
25 Melrose Marshals Office 721 1 100% 1 139 0% 100% 0 1 10
26 Santa Rosa Police Dept 2,450 5 63% 3 122 0% 0% 3 7 13
27 Eunice Police Dept 2,636 3 43% 3 114 0% 33% 4 2 26
28 Lordsburg Police Dept 2,691 3 30% 3 111 0% 0% 7 0 1
29 Valencia County Sheriff Department 40,927 67 67% 44 108 0% 45% 33 48 102
30 Angel Fire 1,115 1 100% 1 90 0% 0% 0 1 4
31 Sierra County Sheriff Department 5,701 5 71% 5 88 0% 40% 2 8 21
32 Sunland Park City Police Dept 14,364 14 70% 11 77 0% 55% 6 16 35
33 Luna County Sheriff Department 11,995 10 56% 9 75 0% 22% 8 29 16
34 Lea County Sheriff Department 12,956 10 56% 9 69 0% 11% 8 21 70
35 Otero County Sheriff Office 23,057 13 42% 13 56 0% 8% 18 75 22
36 Rio Arriba County Sheriff Department 23,196 18 75% 13 56 0% 38% 6 65 69
37 Eddy County Sheriff Department 15,766 14 24% 7 44 0% 14% 45 14 99
38 Socorro County Sheriff Department 9,659 4 50% 4 41 0% 25% 4 13 19
39 Sandoval County Sheriff Office 26,324 13 72% 10 38 10% 0% 5 41 21
40 Catron County Sheriff Department 3,442 3 50% 1 29 0% 100% 3 4 13
41 Bosque Farms Police Dept 3,991 1 13% 1 25 0% 0% 7 3 2
42 Albuquerque Police Dept 513,124 127 8% 71 14 15% 27% 1,544 1,313 4,356
43 Corrales Police Dept 7,936 1 4% 1 13 0% 0% 22 6 10
44 Mckinley County Sheriff Department 44,281 2 5% 2 5 0% 50% 42 59 166
45 Bernalillo County Sheriff Department 109,185 15 3% 4 4 50% 0% 545 301 587

 

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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 local agencies that report 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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