Top Local Agencies in Utah by Marijuana Possession Arrest Rate, (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
1 Brian Head Police Dept 117 4 100% 3 2,564 0% 67% 0 0 5
2 Blanding Police Dept 3,161 43 84% 40 1,265 3% 13% 8 4 50
3 Utah County Sheriff Office 31,902 394 79% 389 1,219 1% 37% 106 22 227
4 Salina Police Dept 2,399 28 80% 27 1,125 0% 26% 7 3 34
5 Parowan Police Dept 2,545 23 82% 23 904 13% 22% 5 0 9
6 Helper Police Dept 1,869 19 49% 14 749 7% 14% 20 3 17
7 Daggett County Sheriff Office 967 6 67% 6 620 0% 17% 3 1 2
8 Moab Police Dept 4,886 29 66% 29 594 0% 14% 15 5 127
9 Hurricane Police Dept 12,749 72 79% 68 533 4% 25% 19 15 249
10 Price Police Dept 7,954 49 46% 42 528 0% 38% 57 7 242
11 Kane County Sheriff Office 2,526 12 80% 12 475 17% 17% 3 0 8
12 Woods Cross Police Dept 8,440 39 64% 39 462 3% 44% 22 5 108
13 Cedar City Police Dept 26,479 158 86% 120 453 1% 39% 25 21 376
14 Richfield Police Dept 7,139 29 59% 28 392 4% 18% 20 4 117
15 Naples City Police Dept 1,533 6 32% 6 391 17% 33% 13 1 19
16 Grand County Sheriff Office 4,364 17 68% 17 390 0% 18% 8 5 15
17 Park City Police Dept 8,132 34 79% 31 381 3% 35% 9 2 114
18 Nephi Police Dept 5,276 20 59% 20 379 0% 30% 14 6 47
19 Wayne County Sheriff Office 2,592 9 82% 9 347 0% 56% 2 2 16
20 Beaver County Sheriff Office 5,597 20 71% 19 339 11% 26% 8 19 48
21 San Juan County Sheriff Office 9,430 36 88% 32 339 0% 25% 5 5 14
22 Carbon County Sheriff Office 7,043 23 50% 23 327 9% 4% 23 10 65
23 Centerville Police Dept 15,140 49 41% 49 324 4% 22% 71 2 119
24 Uintah County Sheriff Office 19,107 63 47% 60 314 2% 17% 70 24 168
25 Sevier County Sheriff Office 10,567 34 61% 33 312 0% 33% 22 12 69
26 Washington County Sheriff Department 20,179 61 55% 60 297 3% 20% 49 11 62
27 Payson Police Dept 17,378 52 79% 48 276 0% 48% 14 7 245
28 Grantsville Police Dept 8,329 23 70% 23 276 0% 39% 10 3 62
29 Iron County Sheriff Office 13,194 63 83% 36 273 3% 22% 13 6 31
30 Vernal Police Dept 8,231 22 36% 21 255 0% 48% 39 1 95
31 Salt Lake City Police Dept 178,449 474 23% 449 252 9% 25% 1,558 483 4,456
32 Orem Police Dept 91,816 208 59% 197 215 5% 42% 143 56 1,196
33 Sandy City Police Dept 94,975 210 59% 202 213 2% 33% 149 60 1,362
34 La Verkin 4,260 9 90% 9 211 22% 33% 1 1 13
35 American Fork Police Dept 35,945 75 60% 74 206 0% 41% 50 22 477
36 Washington 16,607 34 52% 34 205 6% 41% 32 8 173
37 Kanab Police Dept 3,781 7 70% 7 185 0% 43% 3 6 7
38 Provo Police Dept 115,264 217 49% 211 183 2% 32% 223 110 1,501
39 Gunnison Police Dept 2,768 5 83% 5 181 0% 0% 1 0 20
40 Emery County Sheriff Office 10,853 19 42% 19 175 5% 16% 26 2 42
41 North Salt Lake Police Dept 12,070 21 70% 21 174 0% 29% 9 2 97
42 Springville Police Dept 26,883 47 69% 46 171 2% 61% 21 17 227
43 Juab County Sheriff Office 4,491 11 39% 7 156 0% 14% 17 2 19
44 Ogden Police Dept 78,160 129 35% 118 151 10% 30% 238 136 1,119
45 Pleasant Grove Police Dept 41,890 62 48% 61 146 0% 44% 67 16 331
46 Harrisville Police Dept 5,514 8 73% 8 145 0% 13% 3 4 31
47 Duchesne County Sheriff Department 11,445 16 40% 16 140 0% 38% 24 5 35
48 Salem Police Dept 5,790 8 53% 8 138 0% 75% 7 0 37
49 Bountiful Police Dept 41,132 56 67% 55 134 2% 49% 27 25 373
50 Morgan County Sheriff Office 8,433 11 73% 11 130 0% 27% 4 1 7
51 West Valley City Police Dept 121,447 161 37% 151 124 4% 39% 277 189 2,613
52 Mapleton Police Dept 7,363 9 69% 9 122 0% 22% 4 0 26
53 Lehi Police Dept 39,483 53 64% 48 122 0% 42% 30 4 202
54 Santaquin Police Dept 8,367 10 91% 10 120 0% 30% 1 3 58
55 Clinton Police Dept 19,882 23 55% 23 116 4% 52% 19 8 126
56 Riverdale Police Dept 8,023 10 16% 9 112 0% 0% 54 7 100
57 Box Elder County Sheriff Office 15,688 18 33% 17 108 6% 35% 36 10 63
58 Tooele Police Dept 30,019 35 65% 32 107 0% 47% 19 58 514
59 Brigham City Police Dept 18,609 19 36% 18 97 0% 56% 34 8 124
60 Rich County Sheriff Department 2,088 2 67% 2 96 0% 0% 1 6 9
61 Roosevelt Police Dept 4,740 9 56% 4 84 0% 25% 7 5 54
62 Perry Police Dept 3,579 3 43% 3 84 0% 0% 4 2 8
63 Salt Lake County Sheriff Office 280,392 238 45% 229 82 3% 36% 295 156 1,621
64 Alpine Police Dept 24,586 20 74% 20 81 0% 65% 7 1 52
65 Summit County Sheriff Office 27,331 26 47% 22 80 5% 36% 29 1 132
66 Farmington Police Dept 16,078 14 67% 12 75 0% 25% 7 4 75
67 Weber County Sheriff Department 53,279 40 49% 39 73 8% 21% 42 24 232
68 Taylorsville City 57,944 45 31% 42 72 0% 40% 98 41 689
69 Tremonton Police Dept 6,383 4 36% 4 63 0% 75% 7 8 60
70 Pleasant View Police Dept 6,607 4 57% 4 61 0% 0% 3 1 17
71 West Jordan Police Dept 96,681 68 52% 57 59 4% 46% 64 56 1,361
72 Midvale Police Dept 27,275 16 59% 16 59 13% 6% 11 2 126
73 West Bountiful Police Dept 5,287 3 75% 3 57 0% 67% 1 1 29
74 Roy Police Dept 35,366 19 53% 19 54 5% 5% 17 12 284
75 Monticello Police Dept 1,918 1 14% 1 52 0% 0% 6 0 6
76 Saratoga Springs 12,315 6 60% 6 49 0% 50% 4 4 47
77 Layton Police Dept 63,284 31 33% 30 47 3% 43% 62 33 1,104
78 South Ogden Police Dept 15,473 7 23% 7 45 14% 29% 23 14 117
79 Spanish Fork Police Dept 28,950 12 39% 12 41 0% 67% 19 2 46
80 Ivins 7,663 3 43% 3 39 33% 33% 4 1 31
81 Syracuse Police Dept 21,544 8 32% 6 28 17% 50% 17 11 133
82 South Jordan Police Dept 46,571 13 25% 12 26 0% 58% 40 12 383
83 Ephraim Police Dept 5,163 1 100% 1 19 0% 100% 0 0 14
84 Draper 38,875 5 8% 5 13 0% 40% 59 10 190
85 Kaysville Police Dept 24,050 2 8% 2 8 0% 0% 23 5 102
86 Murray Police Dept 44,748 3 2% 3 7 0% 33% 126 50 795
87 North Ogden Police Dept 17,050 1 9% 1 6 0% 0% 10 5 36
88 St George Police Dept 70,579 4 1% 4 6 0% 25% 359 70 975
89 Logan Police Dept 48,403 1 1% 1 2 0% 0% 97 19 532

 

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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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