Top Local Agencies in Alaska 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
Soldotna
4,126 47 69% 46 1,115 7% 20% 21 34 174
2
North Pole
1,795 17 94% 17 947 0% 6% 1 3 11
3
Palmer
6,987 58 47% 51 730 2% 16% 65 33 163
4
Craig
1,229 8 89% 8 651 0% 25% 1 16 51
5
Kenai
7,536 48 76% 48 637 2% 17% 15 10 142
6
Homer
5,416 20 71% 15 277 0% 40% 8 31 41
7
Houston
1,630 4 57% 4 245 0% 25% 3 1 14
8
North Slope Borough
6,991 20 87% 17 243 0% 53% 3 19 233
9
Fairbanks
31,626 71 74% 69 218 10% 23% 25 134 502
10
Seward
3,045 4 50% 4 131 0% 0% 4 7 40
11
State Troopers
217,572 351 71% 267 123 3% 23% 141 410 1,192
12
Skagway
836 1 100% 1 120 0% 0% 0 1 4
13
Wrangell
2,137 2 100% 2 94 0% 0% 0 2 11
14
Haines
2,294 6 100% 2 87 0% 0% 0 4 58
15
Sitka
9,073 7 50% 7 77 0% 29% 7 5 119
16
Bethel
6,322 4 100% 4 63 0% 0% 0 30 203
17
Juneau
31,285 18 47% 16 51 0% 25% 20 35 354
18
Kodiak
6,333 8 47% 3 47 33% 33% 9 13 52
19
Cordova
2,349 1 33% 1 43 0% 0% 2 14 7
20
Anchorage
277,692 116 24% 100 36 26% 30% 360 773 4,608
21
Wasilla
8,553 2 100% 2 23 0% 50% 0 3 38

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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. 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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