Top Local Agencies in Mississippi 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
34 Aberdeen Police Dept 6,138 37 74% 29 472 93% 21% 13 25 187
40 Adams County Sheriff Department 15,300 69 32% 52 340 85% 15% 147 36 212
29 Amory Police Dept 7,332 43 57% 43 586 42% 26% 33 9 128
22 Batesville Police Dept 7,767 51 75% 51 657 69% 25% 17 21 235
54 Booneville Police Dept 8,669 20 59% 20 231 50% 25% 14 6 110
26 Brandon Police Dept 20,621 124 69% 123 596 46% 18% 57 10 172
62 Brookhaven Police Dept 9,991 18 64% 16 160 63% 50% 10 5 29
27 Bruce Town Police Dept 2,018 14 93% 12 595 17% 8% 1 0 12
5 Byhalia 714 10 45% 10 1,401 50% 0% 12 4 26
38 Chickasaw County Sheriff Office 12,129 57 36% 45 371 56% 18% 100 18 68
11 City Of Bay St Louis Police Dept 6,399 68 49% 62 969 23% 21% 70 9 198
56 Claiborne County Sheriff Department 9,701 31 67% 22 227 100% 23% 15 31 220
41 Clarksdale Police Dept 18,650 77 81% 63 338 97% 21% 18 19 514
8 Cleveland Police Dept 12,500 148 90% 148 1,184 80% 26% 16 30 489
19 Collins Town Police Dept 2,788 19 95% 19 681 53% 16% 1 0 57
60 Columbus Police Dept 23,968 48 47% 46 192 85% 22% 55 40 258
68 Desoto County Sheriff Office 41,497 85 35% 50 120 46% 24% 159 46 213
65 Eupora City Police Dept 2,236 4 44% 3 134 100% 0% 5 4 23
45 Fulton Police Dept 4,127 13 72% 12 291 50% 25% 5 0 29
64 Grenada County Sheriff Department 8,262 19 48% 13 157 23% 8% 21 9 75
13 Grenada Police Dept 14,487 130 76% 125 863 70% 22% 41 53 469
17 Gulfport Police Dept 64,455 478 47% 462 717 65% 26% 532 112 2,011
21 Harrison County Sheriff Department 42,086 281 52% 278 661 25% 22% 264 21 773
9 Hattiesburg Police Dept 48,384 506 62% 489 1,011 83% 18% 313 98 796
24 Heidelberg Police Dept 806 5 100% 5 620 80% 40% 0 0 19
51 Hernando Police Dept 11,115 29 94% 29 261 48% 48% 2 7 101
47 Holly Springs Police Dept 7,970 30 81% 22 276 86% 18% 7 67 218
58 Horn Lake Police Dept 23,125 52 28% 46 199 52% 33% 133 19 401
53 Indianola Police Dept 11,143 28 61% 26 233 96% 8% 18 35 376
61 Iuka Police Dept 2,947 5 26% 5 170 60% 0% 14 0 24
75 Jackson County Sheriff Department 75,783 27 9% 24 32 46% 17% 282 55 232
55 Lamar County Sheriff Office 41,670 96 55% 95 228 56% 15% 77 10 92
30 Laurel Police Dept 18,437 114 48% 107 580 75% 21% 125 68 695
63 Leflore County Sheriff Department 16,945 31 55% 27 159 81% 15% 25 17 268
46 Leland Police Dept 5,008 15 75% 14 280 93% 14% 5 18 211
43 Lexington Police Dept 1,902 6 100% 6 315 100% 0% 0 3 19
66 Lincoln County Sheriff Department 24,483 38 61% 31 127 45% 19% 24 14 42
6 Long Beach Police Dept 15,371 193 53% 192 1,249 32% 27% 174 11 184
35 Louisville Police Dept 6,671 29 85% 29 435 86% 21% 5 11 67
52 Lowndes County Sheriff Office 35,433 101 27% 90 254 60% 9% 275 63 169
20 Lucedale Police Dept 3,026 20 80% 20 661 35% 15% 5 7 63
23 Madison County Sheriff Office 36,688 239 73% 229 624 82% 10% 88 9 207
1 Magee City Police Dept 4,314 113 68% 113 2,619 64% 17% 52 7 123
32 Magnolia Police Dept 2,126 17 94% 11 517 82% 9% 1 4 19
72 Marion County Sheriff Department 19,155 15 13% 15 78 40% 13% 97 53 148
15 Mccomb Police Dept 13,583 113 71% 107 788 87% 20% 47 35 550
25 Meridian Police Dept 37,954 231 77% 231 609 74% 23% 68 61 1,286
50 Morton Town Police Dept 3,421 13 72% 9 263 56% 0% 5 1 41
59 New Albany City Police Dept 8,113 30 91% 16 197 38% 38% 3 2 78
42 Newton Police Dept 3,698 12 92% 12 325 83% 33% 1 1 26
14 Ocean Springs Police Dept 17,216 146 83% 145 842 19% 30% 30 13 223
39 Oktibbeha County Sheriff Office 18,647 105 40% 64 343 73% 14% 158 53 140
74 Olive Branch Police Dept 31,223 13 5% 11 35 18% 45% 239 19 323
33 Oxford City Police Dept 14,362 71 42% 71 494 41% 23% 97 20 187
57 Panola County Sheriff Office 25,721 57 39% 53 206 72% 17% 91 20 76
36 Pascagoula Police Dept 23,555 93 46% 91 386 65% 24% 111 36 325
44 Pass Christian Police Dept 6,041 19 56% 18 298 50% 39% 15 10 51
37 Pearl River County Sheriff Department 43,138 200 31% 165 382 19% 8% 440 107 691
18 Petal Police Dept 10,302 74 81% 71 689 25% 17% 17 8 80
3 Picayune Police Dept 11,805 187 66% 176 1,491 44% 26% 98 9 161
76 Pontotoc County Sheriff Department 29,135 9 53% 9 31 56% 0% 8 2 8
7 Poplarville Police Dept 2,781 35 80% 33 1,187 33% 24% 9 1 28
4 Purvis Police Dept 2,579 39 87% 38 1,473 0% 8% 6 0 3
12 Ridgeland Police Dept 21,701 210 54% 201 926 60% 15% 176 50 597
16 Ripley City Police Dept 5,680 43 83% 42 739 50% 10% 9 27 19
73 Senatobia Police Dept 6,908 3 100% 3 43 0% 0% 0 3 19
77 Southaven Police Dept 43,228 5 33% 5 12 20% 20% 10 5 40
10 Starkville Police Dept 22,663 234 80% 227 1,002 68% 16% 60 21 273
31 Summit Town Police Dept 1,641 9 64% 9 548 89% 33% 5 2 9
69 Tate County Sheriff Department 18,320 21 55% 20 109 80% 20% 17 7 55
71 Tippah County Sheriff Department 15,597 16 22% 15 96 53% 20% 58 22 119
28 Tupelo Police Dept 36,142 213 59% 212 587 60% 15% 151 11 207
78 Union County Sheriff Department 19,061 5 6% 2 10 50% 0% 75 9 85
70 Warren County Sheriff Department 23,498 23 18% 23 98 48% 35% 107 20 241
48 Washington County Sheriff Department 11,893 43 34% 32 269 78% 28% 84 29 111
2 Waveland Police Dept 5,668 111 63% 94 1,658 29% 23% 66 21 211
49 Waynesboro Police Dept 5,655 18 90% 15 265 67% 53% 2 5 77
67 Winona Police Dept 4,740 13 81% 6 127 83% 0% 3 5 79

 

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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 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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