Top Local Agencies in North Dakota 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
Burke
1,756
12 67% 12 683 17% 8% 6 0 3
2
Devils Lake
6,807
46 36% 45 661 4% 11% 82 17 130
3
Emerado
482
3 60% 3 622 0% 0% 2 1 10
4
Mercer
2,968
25 52% 15 505 7% 13% 23 0 6
5
Burleigh
14,126
87 58% 69 488 0% 30% 63 8 54
6
Rugby
2,685
13 72% 13 484 0% 15% 5 0 6
7
Bismarck
57,304
209 76% 202 353 2% 34% 67 46 805
8
Grand Forks
11,968
54 49% 39 326 0% 31% 57 3 32
9
Williams
7,080
26 68% 23 325 0% 4% 12 4 32
10
Pembina
6,587
19 90% 19 288 5% 5% 2 1 15
11
Rolla
1,440
4 80% 4 278 0% 50% 1 0 43
12
Pierce
1,601
4 100% 4 250 0% 25% 0 0 1
13
Richland
9,108
24 77% 22 242 5% 32% 7 1 30
14
West Fargo
19,462
51 61% 47 242 2% 40% 32 6 134
15
Grand Forks
50,239
111 75% 106 211 5% 36% 38 30 495
16
Minot
34,939
81 67% 73 209 14% 22% 40 17 373
17
Fargo
90,818
205 58% 185 204 5% 35% 147 73 928
18
Dickinson
15,646
31 94% 31 198 6% 45% 2 3 142
19
Hillsboro
1,527
3 75% 3 196 0% 0% 1 0 6
20
Wahpeton
8,210
17 100% 15 183 20% 47% 0 4 72
21
Bottineau
6,732
12 100% 12 178 0% 0% 0 0 14
22
Ramsey
4,607
9 64% 8 174 0% 13% 5 3 8
23
Cass
20,574
43 64% 35 170 0% 11% 24 1 29
24
Valley City
6,431
10 48% 10 156 10% 30% 11 3 37
25
Sheridan
1,428
2 100% 2 140 0% 0% 0 0 8
26
Grafton
4,243
5 56% 5 118 0% 20% 4 1 21
27
Jamestown
14,807
17 74% 16 108 6% 31% 6 11 199
28
Mckenzie
4,232
4 100% 4 95 0% 0% 0 0 4
29
Ward
20,757
19 73% 19 92 0% 37% 7 4 95
30
Nelson
3,420
3 100% 3 88 0% 0% 0 0 11
31
Emmons
2,683
2 100% 2 75 0% 50% 0 1 25
32
Traill
4,277
3 60% 3 70 0% 0% 2 0 8
33
Stutsman
6,001
7 33% 4 67 0% 50% 14 3 18
34
Mountrail
6,505
4 67% 4 61 0% 0% 2 0 6
35
Harvey
1,757
1 100% 1 57 0% 0% 0 0 2
36
Rolette
12,406
7 64% 7 56 0% 14% 4 2 26
37
Kidder
1,785
1 50% 1 56 0% 0% 1 0 1
38
Mandan
17,203
9 69% 9 52 0% 11% 4 13 103
39
Sargent
4,145
2 50% 2 48 0% 0% 2 1 9
40
Morton
8,293
4 44% 4 48 0% 0% 5 5 23
41
Wells
2,265
1 100% 1 44 0% 0% 0 0 9
42
Griggs
2,494
1 100% 1 40 0% 0% 0 0 9
43
Mchenry
5,504
2 100% 2 36 0% 0% 0 1 5
44
Stark
6,103
2 100% 2 33 0% 0% 0 1 8
45
Lamoure
3,494
1 100% 1 29 0% 0% 0 0 1
46
Ransom
3,569
1 100% 1 28 0% 0% 0 0 24
47
Dickey
3,634
1 100% 1 28 0% 100% 0 0 5
48
Barnes
4,630
1 100% 1 22 0% 0% 0 0 6
49
Williston
12,177
2 67% 2 16 0% 50% 1 7 106
50
Mclean
8,593
1 50% 1 12 0% 100% 1 0 11

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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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