Top Local Agencies in Vermont by Marijuana Possession Arrest Rate, (2006)

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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
Wilmington
2,334
11 85% 11 471 0% 9% 2 2 25
2
St. Albans
7,486
34 74% 32 427 3% 28% 12 23 98
3
Shelburne
7,005
29 91% 25 357 4% 16% 3 3 26
4
Middlebury
8,163
33 83% 29 355 10% 21% 7 2 26
5
Morristown
5,530
18 86% 16 289 0% 25% 3 9 58
6
Newport
5,214
15 88% 15 288 7% 47% 2 8 65
7
Rutland
17,069
49 37% 48 281 6% 27% 84 25 280
8
Stowe
4,739
14 70% 13 274 0% 31% 6 3 57
9
Dover
1,447
3 20% 3 207 0% 0% 12 1 13
10
Williston
8,254
17 85% 17 206 12% 35% 3 3 88
11
Brattleboro
11,865
30 48% 23 194 4% 35% 32 17 144
12
Burlington
38,584
79 61% 72 187 1% 21% 51 66 450
13
Bennington
15,396
31 61% 28 182 4% 36% 20 16 169
14
Windsor
3,740
6 67% 6 160 0% 33% 3 8 29
15
Hartford
10,837
16 80% 15 138 0% 40% 4 2 37
16
Springfield
8,903
12 75% 12 135 0% 42% 4 8 91
17
Montpelier
8,014
11 79% 10 125 0% 10% 3 1 46
18
South Burlington
17,016
17 65% 17 100 6% 41% 9 8 132
19
Chester
3,116
3 75% 3 96 0% 33% 1 6 22
20
Grand Isle
7,714
7 47% 7 91 0% 43% 8 1 14
21
Norwich
3,572
3 75% 3 84 0% 100% 1 0 1
22
Milton
10,183
9 15% 8 79 0% 13% 52 12 65
23
Colchester
17,189
14 61% 13 76 0% 62% 9 24 138
24
Hardwick
3,234
2 100% 2 62 0% 0% 0 11 42
25
Winooski
6,362
3 27% 3 47 0% 0% 8 13 55
26
Essex
19,172
7 22% 7 37 0% 71% 25 12 80
27
Thetford
2,788
1 100% 1 36 0% 100% 0 0 0
28
Swanton
6,463
2 100% 2 31 0% 0% 0 2 35
29
Lamoille
14,260
4 57% 4 28 0% 25% 3 8 31
30
Brandon
3,952
1 100% 1 25 0% 0% 0 0 6
31
Richmond
4,116
2 67% 1 24 0% 0% 1 0 15
32
Randolph
5,061
1 50% 1 20 0% 100% 1 3 20

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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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