Top Local Agencies in Arizona by Marijuana Possession Arrest Rate,
Listed Alphabetically, (2007)
      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
44 Apache Junction Police Dept 30,925 83 66% 83 268 0% 35% 42 65 450
78 Avondale Police Dept 83,487 26 52% 23 28 9% 17% 24 8 204
2 Benson Police Dept 4,913 67 78% 66 1,343 3% 24% 19 8 133
39 Bisbee Police Dept 6,077 23 77% 17 280 0% 18% 7 9 66
62 Buckeye Police Dept 34,618 62 54% 55 159 9% 27% 52 13 206
23 Bullhead City Police Dept 41,209 182 69% 170 413 8% 27% 81 55 756
28 Camp Verde Marshal'S Office 10,780 50 72% 37 343 0% 32% 19 10 128
43 Casa Grande Police Dept 35,951 107 59% 98 273 9% 37% 73 109 799
57 Chandler Police Dept 250,868 520 67% 470 187 8% 35% 252 299 2,061
40 Chino Valley Police Agency 10,886 42 69% 30 276 3% 27% 19 10 89
69 Clarkdale Police Dept 3,904 4 100% 4 102 0% 0% 0 0 3
77 Clifton Police Dept 2,285 1 100% 1 44 0% 100% 0 10 42
49 Cochise County Sheriff Department 50,636 155 86% 123 243 7% 22% 26 111 290
30 Coconono County Sheriff Department 53,040 172 87% 171 322 2% 27% 25 62 289
79 Colorado City Marshal'S Office 4,816 1 100% 1 21 0% 100% 0 0 3
7 Coolidge Police Dept 7,875 65 74% 59 749 17% 34% 23 36 286
15 Cottonwood Police Dept 11,455 63 71% 58 506 2% 33% 26 33 243
33 Douglas Police Dept 17,077 61 73% 52 305 0% 50% 23 12 296
61 Eagar Police Dept 4,324 9 64% 7 162 0% 29% 5 8 57
76 El Mirage Police Dept 30,823 15 50% 15 49 13% 33% 15 0 65
14 Eloy Police Dept 10,795 60 41% 55 510 7% 35% 86 32 256
4 Flagstaff Police Dept 58,978 604 88% 593 1,005 6% 24% 82 196 1,641
65 Florence Police Dept 16,964 25 89% 24 141 13% 63% 3 22 58
37 Fredonia Police Dept 1,066 3 75% 3 281 0% 33% 1 1 14
26 Gila County Sheriff Department 26,757 108 68% 99 370 2% 25% 50 38 120
38 Gilbert Police Dept 206,681 607 70% 581 281 6% 42% 261 127 1,708
67 Glendale Police Dept 250,444 310 39% 297 119 14% 26% 495 101 902
6 Globe Police Dept 7,097 67 60% 58 817 0% 29% 45 25 247
66 Goodyear Police Dept 53,834 74 28% 73 136 14% 53% 190 28 714
70 Graham County Sheriff Department 18,551 25 86% 15 81 7% 33% 4 19 13
74 Greenlee County Sheriff Department 5,361 3 43% 3 56 0% 0% 4 1 15
10 Holbrook Police Dept 5,186 36 86% 34 656 9% 41% 6 47 211
75 Huachuca Police Dept 1,886 1 100% 1 53 0% 0% 0 0 12
60 Kearny Police Dept 3,000 6 86% 5 167 0% 40% 1 4 7
46 Kingman Police Dept 28,306 75 59% 74 261 4% 34% 53 52 588
36 La Paz County Sheriff Department 13,698 46 66% 39 285 3% 13% 24 24 49
42 Lake Havasu City Police Dept 58,699 163 62% 161 274 2% 33% 99 95 564
3 Mammoth Police Dept 2,347 25 86% 25 1,065 4% 4% 4 2 10
59 Maricopa County Sheriff Department 289,650 506 59% 500 173 8% 34% 354 417 1,333
50 Mesa Police Dept 454,576 1,114 49% 1,087 239 9% 30% 1,144 763 5,741
9 Miami Police Dept 1,809 12 39% 12 663 0% 50% 19 11 44
52 Mohave County Sheriff Department 66,309 155 36% 149 225 0% 28% 279 213 952
73 Navajo County Sheriff Department 72,866 64 62% 52 71 2% 8% 40 65 189
12 Nogales Police Dept 20,747 124 86% 124 598 0% 52% 20 129 225
21 Oro Valley Police Dept 40,364 195 54% 187 463 4% 40% 165 10 247
72 Paradise Valley Police Dept 14,594 11 24% 11 75 9% 55% 34 2 36
1 Parker Police Dept 3,211 44 70% 44 1,370 7% 34% 19 3 37
68 Payson Police Dept 15,496 18 45% 18 116 0% 17% 22 17 104
63 Peoria Police Dept 147,223 236 62% 233 158 9% 42% 146 104 821
58 Phoenix Police Dept 1,541,698 3,213 46% 2,840 184 21% 27% 3,732 2,524 16,741
25 Pima County Sheriff Department 344,401 1,566 51% 1,375 399 6% 29% 1,501 275 3,099
24 Pima Police Dept 1,967 8 80% 8 407 13% 25% 2 3 21
71 Pinal County Sheriff Department 177,209 215 80% 143 81 11% 25% 54 223 806
34 Prescott Police Dept 42,674 144 66% 129 302 4% 21% 74 66 534
18 Prescott Valley Police Dept 38,204 193 65% 181 474 2% 18% 102 79 464
13 Quartzsike Marshal'S Office 3,473 23 79% 19 547 0% 16% 6 4 20
31 Sahuarita 16,011 58 51% 50 312 4% 42% 56 7 123
56 Santa Cruz County Sheriff Department 22,290 67 100% 42 188 0% 26% 0 4 53
35 Scottsdale Police Dept 235,243 713 60% 705 300 12% 25% 475 211 1,797
32 Sedona 11,484 35 49% 35 305 3% 31% 36 2 107
11 Show Low Police Dept 11,588 72 69% 72 621 4% 42% 33 50 241
48 Sierra Vista Dept Of Public Safety 43,441 113 69% 111 256 23% 30% 50 58 766
41 Snowflake-Taylor Police Dept 9,448 26 51% 26 275 4% 35% 25 25 89
29 Somerton Police Dept 11,370 39 76% 38 334 0% 50% 12 17 77
8 South Tucson Police Dept 5,579 41 18% 40 717 13% 28% 192 58 447
55 Springerville Police Dept 2,002 4 100% 4 200 0% 25% 0 5 43
54 Surprise Police Dept 98,965 246 70% 218 220 15% 38% 104 79 734
53 Tempe Police Dept 171,320 666 67% 378 221 21% 25% 335 213 2,543
47 Thatcher Police Dept 4,285 11 69% 11 257 0% 64% 5 1 43
45 Tolleson Police Dept 7,121 19 68% 19 267 11% 58% 9 24 94
16 Tucson Police Dept 523,299 2,731 40% 2,649 506 12% 26% 4,092 811 9,562
5 Wellton Marshal'S Office 1,898 18 72% 16 843 25% 25% 7 2 16
27 Wickenburg Police Dept 6,507 24 67% 24 369 13% 8% 12 5 65
19 Willcox Police Dept 3,842 19 59% 18 469 6% 33% 13 23 71
22 Winslow Police Dept 10,018 50 81% 45 449 9% 38% 12 54 256
51 Yavapai County Sheriff Department 87,868 307 53% 205 233 1% 25% 274 166 621
17 Youngtown Police Dept 5,062 25 36% 25 494 0% 12% 45 5 27
64 Yuma County Sheriff Department 66,095 111 63% 98 148 4% 31% 64 58 378
20 Yuma Police Dept 88,874 425 76% 414 466 4% 30% 131 259 1,233

 

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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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