Top Local Agencies in Nevada 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 Storey County Sheriff Department 4,246 35 80% 35 824 3% 11% 9 6 35
2 Eureka County Sheriff Department 1,441 10 53% 10 694 0% 0% 9 6 14
3 Esmeralda County Sheriff Office 764 4 100% 4 524 0% 0% 0 0 5
4 West Wendover City Police Dept 5,128 32 67% 25 488 0% 16% 16 13 116
5 Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department 1,341,156 4,950 55% 4,515 337 40% 15% 4,017 3,175 19,367
6 Mineral County Sheriff Office 4,837 16 48% 16 331 6% 13% 17 10 48
7 Mesquite City Police Dept 15,660 48 42% 44 281 5% 9% 65 9 257
8 Fallon Police Dept 8,444 24 43% 22 261 0% 27% 32 36 100
9 Lincoln County Sheriff Department 4,788 13 45% 12 251 0% 8% 16 3 13
10 North Las Vegas Police Dept 211,419 497 43% 440 208 53% 20% 647 598 2,271
11 Nye County Sheriff Office 44,068 138 42% 91 207 1% 27% 189 107 517
12 Douglas County Sheriff Office 46,600 99 61% 91 195 1% 23% 63 38 430
13 Carlin Police Dept 2,121 4 40% 4 189 0% 0% 6 17 13
14 Henderson Police Dept 251,270 473 57% 471 187 18% 26% 356 243 2,995
15 Reno Police Dept 214,197 371 42% 367 171 23% 19% 518 637 3,872
16 Elko Police Dept 16,933 35 51% 23 136 0% 26% 33 17 187
17 Washoe County Sheriff Office 103,161 141 60% 139 135 6% 20% 93 162 783
18 Sparks Police Dept 86,884 126 21% 117 135 8% 25% 467 168 1,572
19 Boulder City Police Dept 15,028 19 38% 18 120 0% 56% 31 7 18
20 Carson City Sheriffs Dept 55,713 62 41% 62 111 2% 16% 90 140 474
21 Humboldt County Sheriff Department 9,568 8 62% 8 84 0% 0% 5 17 52
22 Churchill County Sheriff Office 16,640 12 71% 11 66 0% 27% 5 15 125
23 Elko County Sheriff Office 22,861 18 60% 15 66 13% 27% 12 6 36
24 Winnemucca Police Dept 8,051 8 73% 5 62 0% 20% 3 6 87
25 White Pine County Sheriff Office 9,108 7 30% 5 55 0% 40% 16 11 97

 

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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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