Top Local Agencies in South Dakota by Marijuana Possession Arrest Rate,
Listed Alphabetically, (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
22 Aberdeen City Police Dept 23,992 65 89% 60 250 3% 38% 8 18 276
29 Aurora County Sheriff Office 2,919 7 100% 4 137 0% 0% 0 0 9
54 Beadle County Sheriff Department 4,877 1 100% 1 21 0% 0% 0 0 9
48 Belle Fourche City Police Dept 4,769 2 100% 2 42 0% 50% 0 2 16
20 Bennett County Sheriff Department 2,554 7 88% 7 274 0% 43% 1 3 9
6 Box Elder Police Dept 3,112 19 90% 17 546 0% 24% 2 1 24
55 Brandon Police Dept 7,956 3 100% 1 13 0% 100% 0 3 23
53 Brookings County Sheriff Department 9,737 2 100% 2 21 0% 50% 0 0 18
15 Brown County Sheriff Office 9,616 35 80% 31 322 10% 23% 9 3 51
41 Campbell County Sheriff Office 1,475 1 100% 1 68 0% 0% 0 0 2
32 Canton Police Dept 3,237 4 80% 4 124 0% 25% 1 2 26
18 Charles Mix County Sheriff Department 6,410 19 83% 18 281 0% 33% 4 3 37
41 Clay County Sheriff Department 2,950 2 100% 2 68 0% 100% 0 1 2
43 Davison County Sheriff Office 4,427 3 100% 3 68 67% 33% 0 1 8
1 Deadwood Police Dept 1,269 37 88% 37 2,916 3% 5% 5 2 50
14 Deuel County Sheriff Department 4,327 14 82% 14 324 0% 7% 3 2 10
44 Edmunds County Sheriff Department 4,073 2 50% 2 49 0% 0% 2 0 1
50 Hamlin County Sheriff Department 5,028 2 100% 2 40 0% 0% 0 1 15
25 Jerauld County Sheriff Department 2,069 4 100% 4 193 0% 0% 0 0 4
34 Lawrence County Sheriff Department 8,396 10 91% 7 83 0% 43% 1 7 41
26 Lead City Police Dept 2,837 8 100% 5 176 0% 60% 0 6 20
35 Lemmon City Police Dept 1,205 1 33% 1 83 0% 0% 2 0 2
46 Lennox City Police Dept 2,154 1 100% 1 46 0% 0% 0 2 1
33 Lincoln County Sheriff Office 12,698 11 65% 11 87 0% 45% 6 4 23
45 Madison Police Dept 6,221 3 100% 3 48 0% 0% 0 6 42
47 Marshall County Sheriff Office 4,466 2 50% 2 45 0% 0% 2 1 25
4 Martin 1,029 7 88% 7 680 0% 29% 1 3 25
24 Meade County Sheriff Department 18,216 42 71% 38 209 0% 13% 17 9 83
28 Mellette County Sheriff Office 2,128 3 100% 3 141 0% 67% 0 0 3
49 Minnehaha County Sheriff Department 29,846 12 60% 12 40 0% 42% 8 1 25
23 Mitchell Police Dept 14,894 46 69% 36 242 0% 28% 21 12 410
12 Mobridge Police Dept 3,188 12 86% 12 376 17% 17% 2 4 64
39 Moody County Sheriff Department 3,878 3 100% 3 77 0% 33% 0 2 22
9 New Effington Police Dept 225 1 100% 1 444 0% 100% 0 0 0
3 North Sioux City Police Dept 2,545 33 72% 26 1,022 4% 35% 13 1 6
37 Pennington County Sheriff Office 30,090 24 59% 24 80 4% 46% 17 12 160
11 Pierre Police Dept 14,124 59 56% 55 389 0% 29% 46 14 202
31 Potter County Sheriff Department 752 1 100% 1 133 0% 100% 0 0 0
8 Rapid City Police Dept 63,162 305 76% 287 454 3% 27% 96 100 1,478
19 Roberts County Sheriff Department 6,453 18 100% 18 279 0% 33% 0 2 14
38 Sanborn County Sheriff Office 2,528 2 100% 2 79 50% 50% 0 4 8
30 Sioux Falls Police Dept 144,985 199 61% 194 134 9% 18% 128 45 521
36 Spearfish Police Dept 9,796 8 73% 8 82 0% 13% 3 3 91
27 Spink County Sheriff Office 6,940 15 83% 11 159 0% 36% 3 2 31
51 Stanley County Sheriff Office 2,856 1 100% 1 35 0% 0% 0 2 5
2 Sturgis Police Dept 6,090 72 91% 66 1,084 2% 24% 7 8 78
13 Sully County Sheriff Office 1,437 5 63% 5 348 0% 20% 3 0 6
40 Turner County Sheriff Department 6,735 5 83% 5 74 20% 20% 1 4 23
7 Union County Sheriff Office 6,555 32 74% 30 458 3% 27% 11 1 16
17 Vermillion Police Dept 9,810 32 100% 28 285 18% 18% 0 4 23
10 Wagner Police Dept 1,596 7 100% 7 439 0% 43% 0 2 28
21 Watertown Police Dept 20,568 52 70% 52 253 0% 44% 22 14 288
16 Winner Police Dept 2,892 11 100% 9 311 0% 11% 0 3 37
52 Yankton County Sheriff Department 8,272 2 67% 2 24 0% 0% 1 3 17
5 Yankton Police Dept 13,805 90 89% 88 637 7% 27% 11 15 122

 

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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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