Top Local Agencies in Nevada 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
West Wendover
5,132
26 59% 24 468 0% 25% 18 13 153
2
Carlin
2,153
11 69% 9 418 0% 0% 5 19 7
3
Mineral
5,074
27 49% 21 414 33% 10% 28 4 81
4
Eureka
1,476
6 50% 6 407 17% 50% 6 3 13
5
Las Vegas Metro PD
1,315,625
4,148 51% 3,652 278 40% 17% 3,959 2,585 20,187
6
Mesquite
13,975
37 36% 36 258 0% 14% 67 6 245
7
Fallon
8,374
24 53% 21 251 5% 10% 21 41 85
8
Esmeralda
813
2 100% 2 246 0% 0% 0 3 4
9
Storey
4,210
11 31% 10 238 0% 0% 25 0 38
10
North Las Vegas
182,540
422 37% 388 213 55% 18% 711 473 1,990
11
Henderson
239,906
416 52% 416 173 13% 32% 390 266 2,564
12
Nye
41,830
96 32% 67 160 4% 15% 208 107 548
13
Sparks
84,794
139 17% 133 157 9% 30% 676 165 1,171
14
Humboldt
9,718
21 75% 15 154 7% 27% 7 8 60
15
Reno
210,354
312 41% 310 147 18% 18% 446 513 3,806
16
Elko
17,243
39 68% 19 110 0% 26% 18 25 245
17
Douglas
48,589
60 54% 51 105 4% 31% 51 23 409
18
Winnemucca
7,984
8 100% 8 100 0% 50% 0 7 100
19
Carson City
57,936
54 37% 54 93 6% 24% 93 180 459
20
Lincoln
4,538
5 42% 4 88 0% 0% 7 1 15
21
Boulder City
15,684
15 24% 13 83 0% 31% 48 10 20
22
Washoe
107,757
87 41% 87 81 5% 29% 124 182 658
23
Yerington
3,603
2 40% 2 56 0% 0% 3 0 4
24
Lyon
45,500
30 23% 22 48 0% 18% 100 6 66
25
Elko
22,565
10 42% 10 44 0% 40% 14 3 51
26
White Pine
9,295
3 33% 3 32 0% 33% 6 12 92
27
Churchill
17,003
2 100% 1 6 0% 0% 0 18 133

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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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