Top Local Agencies in Vermont 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
7 Bennington Police Dept 15,297 41 59% 37 242 5% 19% 28 21 198
34 Brandon Town Police Dept 3,926 2 25% 2 51 0% 0% 6 3 19
10 Brattleboro Police Dept 11,706 28 65% 26 222 0% 35% 15 16 121
21 Burlington Police Dept 38,153 54 50% 47 123 2% 21% 54 39 333
36 Castleton Police Dept 4,384 2 67% 2 46 0% 50% 1 0 0
31 Chester Town Police Dept 3,092 2 100% 2 65 50% 0% 0 2 11
28 Colchester Police Dept 17,201 15 56% 12 70 0% 25% 12 18 115
29 Dover Police Dept 1,448 1 7% 1 69 0% 0% 13 1 11
41 Essex Junction Police Dept 19,350 3 8% 2 10 50% 0% 35 7 76
40 Grand Isle County Sheriff Department 7,816 1 33% 1 13 0% 0% 2 1 6
12 Hartford Police Dept 10,892 23 61% 23 211 4% 52% 15 5 23
38 Lamoille County Sheriff Department 14,162 3 75% 3 21 0% 33% 1 1 16
17 Middlebury Police Dept 8,194 11 58% 11 134 0% 45% 8 4 29
33 Milton Police Dept 10,469 9 53% 6 57 0% 17% 8 14 45
5 Montpelier Police Dept 7,944 22 81% 20 252 5% 25% 5 13 43
9 Morristown Police Dept 5,606 13 87% 13 232 0% 46% 2 7 43
3 Newport Police Dept 5,329 23 72% 23 432 4% 22% 9 5 86
26 Norwich Police Dept 3,551 3 100% 3 84 0% 0% 0 0 3
39 Randolph Town Police Dept 5,124 1 33% 1 20 0% 100% 2 1 20
35 Richmond Town Police Dept 4,128 2 100% 2 48 0% 50% 0 0 2
11 Rutland Police Dept 19,626 42 42% 42 214 10% 43% 58 17 265
14 Shelburne Police Dept 7,071 13 62% 13 184 0% 15% 8 2 21
27 South Burlington Police Dept 17,333 14 44% 14 81 14% 29% 18 11 107
20 Springfield Town Police Dept 8,752 11 61% 11 126 27% 36% 7 11 114
2 St Albans Police Dept 7,374 37 61% 32 434 3% 25% 24 24 103
4 St Johnsbury Police Dept 7,553 25 81% 25 331 4% 44% 6 4 66
32 Stowe Police Dept 4,822 3 100% 3 62 0% 0% 0 1 52
30 Vt. State Police-Bethel 18,490 17 53% 12 65 0% 8% 15 7 57
22 Vt. State Police-Brattle 22,988 36 63% 28 122 7% 21% 21 12 63
24 Vt. State Police-Derby 22,382 21 70% 19 85 0% 32% 9 8 78
13 Vt. State Police-Middleb 22,170 42 69% 41 185 2% 17% 19 3 44
15 Vt. State Police-Middles 20,214 34 77% 32 158 0% 25% 10 9 93
23 Vt. State Police-Rutland 32,297 31 56% 31 96 3% 39% 24 14 87
18 Vt. State Police-Shaftsb 16,194 22 61% 21 130 0% 24% 14 12 51
25 Vt. State Police-St Alba 34,322 31 60% 29 84 0% 24% 21 25 147
19 Vt. State Police-St. Joh 18,709 30 71% 24 128 4% 33% 12 18 99
16 Vt. State Police-Willist 16,479 24 42% 23 140 4% 4% 33 11 66
6 Williston Police Dept 8,363 21 72% 21 251 5% 29% 8 5 152
1 Wilmington Police Dept 2,358 12 100% 12 509 0% 17% 0 2 16
37 Windsor Police Dept 3,687 1 100% 1 27 0% 0% 0 1 6
8 Winooski Police Dept 6,284 15 50% 15 239 13% 7% 15 8 46

 

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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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