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Top Local Agencies in Louisiana by Marijuana Possession Arrest Rate, 6 Arrest Minimum, (2006)

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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
West Monroe
12,358
 328 81% 327 2,646 33% 17% 78 46 378
2
Sterlington
1,181
 28 53% 28 2,371 64% 14% 25 3 33
3
Gretna
16,266
 367 46% 341 2,096 70% 22% 432 112 750
4
Golden Meadow
2,033
 34 69% 34 1,672 6% 24% 15 3 56
5
Westwego
9,942
 168 58% 165 1,660 45% 19% 124 34 224
6
Alexandria
43,311
 565 44% 565 1,305 78% 18% 729 298 1,463
7
Bossier
39,279
 507 65% 504 1,283 33% 19% 269 227 494
8
Baton Rouge
210,486
 2,889 76% 2,518 1,196 85% 19% 922 844 7,290
9
Harahan
9,209
 110 72% 110 1,194 23% 33% 43 14 116
10
Gonzales
8,056
 93 100% 93 1,154 35% 31% 0 16 235
11
Folsom
617
 7 88% 7 1,135 0% 0% 1 0 7
12
Slidell
25,441
 257 43% 257 1,010 26% 28% 345 121 820
13
Denham Springs
9,674
 98 49% 95 982 22% 26% 100 46 306
14
Minden
12,589
 123 62% 120 953 64% 35% 77 28 226
15
Mandeville
11,026
 101 70% 99 898 7% 47% 44 44 211
16
Farmerville
3,471
 36 69% 31 893 81% 26% 16 9 177
17
Pineville
13,349
 117 68% 116 869 34% 29% 55 21 150
18
Iowa
2,456
 21 78% 21 855 57% 10% 6 3 20
19
Plaquemine
6,367
 55 68% 54 848 85% 43% 26 50 104
20
Thibodaux
13,657
 118 65% 115 842 69% 26% 64 64 333
21
Haughton
2,645
 70 74% 22 832 23% 27% 24 34 24
22
Crowley
13,138
 113 52% 109 830 44% 20% 106 79 179
23
Ouachita
75,777
 616 84% 613 809 50% 14% 118 133 715
24
Lafayette
106,189
 906 34% 854 804 61% 21% 1,773 568 2,148
25
Zachary
11,619
 103 61% 90 775 47% 21% 67 20 193
26
Leesville
5,839
 52 62% 45 771 42% 18% 32 24 150
27
Covington
8,860
 73 59% 68 767 28% 26% 51 42 162
28
Franklin
7,414
 57 50% 54 728 70% 22% 56 32 210
29
St. Charles
47,993
 370 63% 327 681 50% 27% 218 101 827
30
Elton
1,184
 8 33% 8 676 38% 38% 16 0 5
31
Plaquemines
27,483
 187 59% 182 662 24% 20% 129 48 246
32
St. James
13,625
 123 60% 86 631 62% 16% 83 70 324
33
Westlake
4,327
 23 52% 22 508 27% 23% 21 9 46
34
Bossier City
57,350
 292 60% 289 504 47% 23% 197 307 721
35
Kinder
1,994
 12 75% 10 502 40% 10% 4 0 7
36
Natchitoches
19,753
 132 64% 98 496 52% 15% 73 121 274
37
Berwick
4,063
 20 56% 20 492 10% 20% 16 11 12
38
Concordia
10,896
 50 45% 49 450 67% 14% 60 14 54
39
Richland
12,755
 60 56% 57 447 77% 12% 47 8 106
40
Ruston
19,589
 95 66% 86 439 57% 23% 48 58 191
41
Kenner
66,266
 343 49% 290 438 59% 27% 360 193 902
42
West Baton Rouge
11,483
 83 55% 50 435 64% 10% 68 102 278
43
Lake Charles
66,876
 353 41% 290 434 75% 15% 502 210 696
44
East Baton Rouge
155,302
 659 72% 658 424 73% 28% 261 330 3,469
45
Baker
12,559
 54 66% 53 422 87% 32% 28 25 343
46
Blanchard
2,208
 9 64% 9 408 11% 33% 5 3 7
47
Caddo
44,593
 176 76% 175 392 51% 29% 56 113 601
48
Clinton
1,822
 9 69% 7 384 100% 43% 4 32 35
49
La Salle
9,298
 35 47% 34 366 9% 9% 39 56 69
50
Shreveport
188,505
 889 54% 684 363 78% 17% 755 602 3,519
51
Lake Arthur
2,760
 10 31% 10 362 0% 60% 22 8 20
52
Homer
3,367
 13 93% 12 356 67% 17% 1 7 35
53
Vidalia
3,990
 18 69% 14 351 57% 7% 8 11 39
54
St. Tammany
158,832
 583 49% 554 349 26% 27% 616 346 1,310
55
Grant
18,127
 69 53% 63 348 19% 27% 62 38 203
56
Bogalusa
12,288
 48 38% 42 342 67% 17% 77 86 329
57
Haynesville
2,408
 10 100% 8 332 38% 0% 0 2 7
58
Calcasieu
77,433
 276 65% 254 328 50% 28% 146 78 384
59
Morehouse
16,669
 52 44% 52 312 60% 23% 67 24 160
60
Mamou
3,254
 13 43% 10 307 50% 40% 17 25 97
61
Lincoln
16,038
 63 91% 49 306 59% 47% 6 34 209
62
Morgan City
11,308
 66 41% 34 301 26% 12% 96 10 82
63
Gramercy
6,422
 24 63% 19 296 63% 16% 14 11 45
64
West Carroll
11,190
 35 90% 32 286 38% 28% 4 19 116
65
Ascension
76,455
 205 55% 201 263 29% 24% 169 340 1,105
66
St. Landry
46,205
 131 39% 120 260 63% 24% 207 64 324
67
Houma
30,431
 90 49% 78 256 50% 14% 92 158 628
68
Eunice
10,926
 28 47% 27 247 44% 22% 32 7 223
69
De Ridder
9,456
 23 70% 23 243 30% 17% 10 6 68
70
Assumption
21,334
 69 61% 51 239 57% 31% 44 37 152
71
Jeanerette
5,635
 14 58% 13 231 77% 31% 10 15 55
72
Franklin
19,317
 53 52% 44 228 75% 18% 49 98 204
73
Jackson
10,798
 26 76% 24 222 50% 13% 8 8 30
74
Washington
26,493
 56 27% 54 204 33% 15% 153 55 234
75
Lafourche
71,683
 155 40% 145 202 32% 21% 235 184 461
76
Livingston
92,340
 212 28% 183 198 14% 17% 552 297 1,043
77
Mansfield
5,217
 10 71% 10 192 50% 30% 4 12 82
78
Vernon
37,993
 74 51% 67 176 34% 13% 70 26 98
79
Sabine
19,883
 40 34% 35 176 31% 11% 78 44 209
80
Union
16,599
 33 79% 29 175 52% 10% 9 13 45
81
Madison
4,080
 9 41% 7 172 86% 57% 13 21 107
82
Lake Providence
4,345
 7 100% 7 161 100% 43% 0 48 227
83
Terrebonne
71,455
 116 61% 111 155 41% 40% 74 204 1,327
84
East Carroll
3,954
 15 94% 6 152 100% 0% 1 8 18
85
Webster
20,133
 38 43% 30 149 53% 7% 50 48 118
86
Jennings
10,097
 16 24% 15 149 40% 27% 51 26 98
87
De Soto
18,000
 29 51% 26 144 38% 15% 28 48 83
88
Beauregard
23,628
 37 42% 32 135 19% 19% 52 16 75
89
Caldwell
10,012
 17 27% 12 120 33% 8% 47 21 113
90
Catahoula
9,479
 13 52% 10 106 10% 20% 12 49 20
91
Rapides
56,784
 72 46% 59 104 66% 24% 83 43 170
92
Red River
6,881
 15 34% 7 102 43% 14% 29 38 80
93
West Feliciana
12,864
 14 29% 13 101 31% 0% 35 49 56
94
St. Mary
18,600
 18 37% 18 97 33% 28% 31 13 97
95
Cameron
9,060
 8 28% 8 88 0% 0% 21 7 32
96
Jefferson
327,531
 201 28% 187 57 65% 27% 521 1,765 1,776
97
Bienville
14,385
 24 32% 6 42 50% 17% 51 26 63
98
Acadia
29,183
 12 26% 11 38 27% 0% 35 16 87
99
Lafayette
61,897
 18 100% 18 29 6% 50% 0 36 265
100
Avoyelles
32,398
 9 90% 9 28 0% 33% 1 56 103
101
Tangipahoa
70,167
 13 2% 8 11 13% 63% 729 454 1,344

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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 top 101 agencies that report the most 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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