Top Local Agencies in Colorado 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 Lakeside Police Dept 19 19 83% 19 100,000 0% 26% 4 0 30
2 Black Hawk Police Dept 106 11 58% 11 10,377 0% 0% 8 1 62
3 Cripple Creek Police Dept 1,062 50 68% 38 3,578 3% 26% 24 8 23
4 Fraser/Winter Park 1,621 53 69% 49 3,023 2% 20% 24 11 11
5 Mount Crested Butte Police Dept 772 14 88% 14 1,813 0% 14% 2 2 5
6 Pagosa Springs Police Dept 1,699 31 84% 27 1,589 0% 26% 6 1 39
7 Central City Police Dept 514 6 100% 6 1,167 0% 50% 0 0 9
8 Sheridan Police Dept 5,443 52 76% 52 955 8% 31% 16 8 93
9 City Of Victor Police Dept 419 5 71% 4 955 0% 50% 2 1 7
10 Monument 2,633 24 96% 24 912 0% 25% 1 8 42
11 Northglenn Police Dept 33,226 312 83% 302 909 7% 39% 62 44 342
12 South Fork 552 10 77% 5 906 0% 20% 3 0 9
13 Grand Junction Police Dept 47,235 429 56% 420 889 3% 32% 333 107 892
14 Edgewater Police Dept 5,117 45 62% 44 860 0% 18% 28 10 180
15 Idaho Springs Police Dept 1,779 15 71% 15 843 0% 7% 6 2 31
16 Leadville Police Dept 2,690 20 77% 20 743 0% 15% 6 20 29
17 Gunnison Police Dept 5,296 39 72% 39 736 8% 59% 15 6 75
18 Crested Butte Marshal’S Dept 1,557 11 92% 11 706 0% 64% 1 0 19
19 Ault Police Dept 1,419 11 69% 10 705 10% 50% 5 5 30
20 Vail Police Dept 4,622 33 65% 31 671 3% 13% 18 9 43
21 Telluride Marshal’S Dept 2,274 17 41% 15 660 0% 13% 24 4 27
22 Parachute Police Dept 1,217 12 50% 8 657 0% 25% 12 5 22
23 Englewood Dept Of Public Safety 32,362 207 77% 206 637 7% 24% 61 92 658
24 Glenwood Springs Police Dept 8,904 59 75% 56 629 2% 38% 20 21 205
25 Craig Police Dept 9,262 56 73% 56 605 2% 27% 21 16 103
26 Walsenburg Police Dept 3,914 23 74% 23 588 0% 26% 8 12 52
27 Federal Heights Police Dept 11,697 68 74% 68 581 6% 21% 24 16 164
28 Lakewood Police Dept 139,407 680 68% 664 476 4% 30% 315 205 2,230
29 Loveland Police Dept 62,586 265 80% 260 415 3% 37% 65 49 526
30 Monte Vista Police Dept 4,102 20 67% 17 414 0% 35% 10 13 68
31 Manitou Springs Police Dept 5,085 26 79% 21 413 0% 33% 7 7 53
32 Pueblo Police Dept 103,958 437 68% 425 409 2% 35% 203 119 2,279
33 Avon Police Dept 6,517 26 65% 26 399 0% 31% 14 9 91
34 Dacono Town Police Dept 3,865 15 75% 15 388 0% 53% 5 5 27
35 Gilpin County Sheriff Department 4,500 18 95% 17 378 0% 6% 1 9 15
36 Steamboat Springs Police Dept 9,233 34 74% 34 368 0% 32% 12 31 112
37 Park County Sheriff Department 17,689 72 77% 65 367 0% 25% 22 21 55
38 Hinsdale County Sheriff Department 831 3 43% 3 361 0% 0% 4 0 0
39 Adams County Sheriff Department 88,980 331 60% 321 361 5% 23% 223 184 671
40 Brighton Police Dept 31,215 118 74% 112 359 1% 50% 42 42 373
41 Breckenridge Police Dept 2,822 10 77% 10 354 0% 40% 3 1 0
42 Delta Police Dept 8,473 29 83% 29 342 0% 21% 6 25 58
43 Woodland Park Police Dept 6,747 24 73% 23 341 0% 52% 9 9 59
44 Arvada Police Dept 105,197 376 70% 357 339 4% 41% 162 86 905
45 Cherry Hills Police Dept 6,218 21 88% 21 338 0% 38% 3 4 3
46 Sterling Police Dept 12,549 47 66% 42 335 5% 24% 24 19 99
47 Fort Morgan Police Dept 10,774 38 69% 36 334 0% 39% 17 16 137
48 San Miguel County Sheriff Department 5,008 19 76% 16 319 0% 0% 6 6 40
49 Burlington Police Dept 3,454 11 85% 11 318 0% 18% 2 4 33
50 Greenwood Village Police Dept 13,744 44 75% 43 313 9% 49% 15 6 129
51 New Castle Police Dept 3,526 13 76% 11 312 0% 45% 4 10 35
52 Thornton Police Dept 113,289 369 77% 343 303 4% 41% 108 105 1,130
53 Westminster Police Dept 106,383 319 78% 315 296 4% 38% 92 98 1,469
54 Littleton Police Dept 40,343 117 79% 116 288 6% 34% 31 42 511
55 Wheat Ridge Police Dept 30,718 87 70% 87 283 6% 22% 37 58 261
56 Jefferson County Sheriff Department 189,361 548 85% 522 276 1% 40% 95 93 904
57 Garfield County Sheriff Department 22,565 65 71% 62 275 2% 27% 26 41 213
58 Greeley Police Dept 90,707 261 53% 249 275 1% 40% 230 200 1,396
59 Hotchkiss Town Police Dept 1,099 3 33% 3 273 0% 100% 6 4 13
60 Glendale Police Dept 4,800 16 52% 13 271 62% 8% 15 13 191
61 Colorado Springs 374,112 1,077 62% 1,006 269 21% 26% 659 718 5,487
62 Fruita Police Dept 7,115 21 66% 19 267 0% 53% 11 10 101
63 Elizabeth Police Dept 1,509 4 67% 4 265 0% 25% 2 3 29
64 Castle Rock Police Dept 43,523 119 85% 115 264 4% 39% 21 13 203
65 Montrose Police Dept 17,024 43 83% 43 253 0% 44% 9 35 224
66 Florence Police Dept 3,692 9 82% 9 244 0% 11% 2 6 38
67 Boulder Police Dept 91,047 247 78% 221 243 1% 28% 71 114 999
68 Aurora Police Dept 307,621 791 53% 737 240 52% 34% 692 438 4,524
69 Lafayette Police Dept 24,340 60 86% 58 238 2% 38% 10 91 140
70 Brush Police Dept 5,216 12 57% 12 230 0% 17% 9 12 40
71 Alamosa Police Dept 8,714 22 71% 20 230 0% 10% 9 33 242
72 Aspen Police Dept 5,700 13 68% 13 228 8% 8% 6 29 59
73 Larimer County Sheriff Department 75,181 196 75% 171 227 2% 25% 66 51 329
74 Firestone Police Dept 8,463 19 70% 19 225 0% 37% 8 6 43
75 Eagle County Sheriff Department 30,807 69 78% 69 224 0% 52% 19 38 188
76 La Junta Police Dept 7,198 16 84% 16 222 6% 25% 3 11 87
77 Wiggins Police Dept 960 2 100% 2 208 0% 0% 0 0 0
78 Salida Police Dept 5,394 12 92% 11 204 0% 9% 1 3 60
79 Commerce City Police Dept 42,386 95 61% 86 203 3% 23% 61 55 548
80 Louisville Police Dept 18,335 37 88% 37 202 0% 59% 5 7 65
81 Clear Creek County Sheriff Department 6,020 13 76% 12 199 0% 33% 4 14 39
82 Town Of Estes Park Police Dept 6,078 12 86% 12 197 8% 8% 2 1 57
83 Mountain View Police Dept 517 3 33% 1 193 0% 0% 6 1 4
84 Parker Police Dept 44,624 86 80% 86 193 5% 48% 22 11 240
85 Golden Police Dept 17,244 36 72% 33 191 6% 48% 14 8 105
86 Eagle Police Dept 5,275 10 91% 10 190 0% 10% 1 2 31
87 Canon City Police Dept 16,198 34 69% 30 185 0% 47% 15 21 63
88 Lamar Police Dept 8,287 16 59% 15 181 0% 27% 11 12 59
89 Evans Police Dept 19,420 37 44% 35 180 0% 37% 48 15 151
90 Chaffee County Sheriff Department 9,607 17 61% 17 177 0% 35% 11 8 36
91 Boulder County Sheriff Department 58,278 135 73% 100 172 1% 35% 51 88 320
92 Erie Police Dept 15,759 26 81% 26 165 0% 38% 6 2 45
93 Fort Lupton Police Dept 7,464 12 44% 12 161 8% 25% 15 4 65
94 Windsor Police Dept 17,031 31 91% 27 159 0% 70% 3 3 64
95 Mesa County Sheriff Department 79,898 123 44% 122 153 2% 25% 157 64 394
96 El Paso County Sheriff Department 184,761 272 66% 269 146 14% 37% 138 573 295
97 Milliken Police Dept 6,380 9 82% 9 141 0% 22% 2 3 25
98 Frederick Police Dept 8,541 12 55% 12 141 0% 67% 10 43 38
99 Trindad Police Dept 9,135 13 27% 12 131 0% 33% 35 36 86
100 Prowers County Sheriff Department 5,507 7 50% 7 127 0% 14% 7 1 15
101 Center Police Dept 2,452 4 44% 3 122 0% 33% 5 4 15
102 Montrose County Sheriff Department 20,892 25 63% 25 120 0% 24% 15 13 110
103 Gunnison County Sheriff Department 6,875 8 73% 8 116 13% 38% 3 12 8
104 Lake County Sheriff Department 5,190 6 40% 6 116 0% 33% 9 11 70
105 Carbondale Police Dept 6,128 7 37% 7 114 0% 43% 12 5 41
106 Teller County Sheriff Department 14,385 16 57% 16 111 0% 6% 12 13 16
107 Moffat County Sheriff Department 4,606 5 42% 5 109 0% 20% 7 6 21
108 Ouray County Sheriff Department 2,765 3 38% 3 109 0% 0% 5 0 4
109 Montezuma County Sheriff Department 15,871 17 55% 17 107 0% 18% 14 25 62
110 Mineral County Sheriff Department 951 1 100% 1 105 0% 0% 0 0 2
111 Archuleta County Sheriff Department 11,173 11 73% 11 98 0% 18% 4 10 22
112 Morgan County Sheriff Department 10,509 10 48% 10 95 20% 10% 11 0 67
113 Fort Collins Police Dept 130,935 159 54% 121 92 3% 40% 134 109 965
114 Fountain Police Dept 20,012 17 100% 17 85 6% 47% 0 2 40
115 Mancos 1,242 1 100% 1 81 0% 0% 0 12 0
116 Las Animas Police Dept 2,503 2 100% 2 80 0% 100% 0 2 31
117 Johnstown Police Dept 9,021 10 91% 7 78 14% 71% 1 8 40
118 Platteville Police Dept 2,646 2 6% 2 76 0% 0% 34 0 32
119 Rocky Ford Police Dept 4,096 3 75% 3 73 0% 33% 1 20 33
120 Grand County Sheriff Department 10,491 8 57% 7 67 0% 0% 6 4 58
121 Hayden Police Dept 1,521 1 100% 1 66 0% 0% 0 1 17
122 Yuma Police Dept 3,245 3 60% 2 62 0% 0% 2 4 38
123 Alamosa County Sheriff Department 6,675 4 57% 4 60 0% 75% 3 5 25
124 Cortez Police Dept 8,513 5 63% 5 59 0% 40% 3 13 118
125 Arapahoe County Sheriff Department 83,599 47 59% 47 56 40% 23% 33 45 245
126 Bayfield Marshal’S Office 1,823 2 50% 1 55 0% 0% 2 1 22
127 La Salle Police Dept 1,927 2 33% 1 52 0% 0% 4 15 11
128 Centennial Police Dept 97,746 45 66% 45 46 9% 44% 23 36 209
129 Weld County Sheriff Department 54,742 25 34% 24 44 0% 29% 49 69 239
130 Meeker Police Dept 2,309 1 50% 1 43 0% 0% 1 8 11
131 Douglas County Sheriff Department 183,122 94 20% 76 42 4% 38% 368 81 733
132 Pueblo County Sheriff Department 51,894 21 36% 21 40 0% 57% 38 5 206
133 Fremont County Sheriff Department 28,770 11 73% 11 38 0% 36% 4 20 58
134 Palisade Police Dept 2,756 1 100% 1 36 0% 100% 0 0 1
135 Lone Tree 9,349 3 100% 3 32 0% 0% 0 0 42
136 Elbert County Sheriff Department 21,008 5 100% 5 24 0% 40% 0 3 20
137 Logan County Sheriff Department 8,423 4 67% 2 24 0% 50% 2 3 32
138 Washington County Sheriff Department 4,624 1 50% 1 22 0% 0% 1 3 38
139 Rio Grande County Sheriff Department 5,707 1 4% 1 18 0% 0% 22 4 18
140 Las Animas County Sheriff Department 6,599 2 40% 1 15 0% 0% 3 4 9
141 Delta County Sheriff Department 17,555 2 22% 2 11 0% 50% 7 2 39
142 Denver Police Dept 573,387 116 8% 65 11 28% 26% 1,337 1,123 1,968

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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 top 142 agencies that report the most 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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