Top Local Agencies in Connecticut 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 Hartford Police Dept 124,558 965 31% 956 768 56% 20% 2,101 657 5,260
2 Windsor Police Dept 28,712 187 76% 185 644 50% 32% 58 16 531
3 Willimantic Police Dept 16,272 92 44% 91 559 10% 32% 117 26 295
4 Manchester Police Dept 55,774 275 63% 269 482 35% 25% 165 1,574 830
5 Plainville Police Dept 17,294 77 55% 73 422 14% 22% 62 25 311
6 Enfield Police Dept 45,229 201 70% 181 400 8% 35% 87 28 631
7 Meriden Police Dept 59,607 269 43% 206 346 18% 30% 361 84 641
8 Wethersfield Police Dept 25,977 109 48% 86 331 14% 28% 118 26 289
9 New London Police Dept 25,890 81 37% 81 313 47% 21% 136 63 236
10 Norwich Police Dept 36,353 133 46% 113 311 34% 19% 158 139 967
11 Bridgeport Police Dept 137,655 428 37% 413 300 54% 27% 742 583 2,142
12 Bloomfield Police Dept 20,759 76 80% 62 299 77% 42% 19 27 322
13 Hamden Police Dept 57,982 178 58% 171 295 44% 20% 129 57 868
14 Old Saybrook Police Dept 10,597 34 92% 31 293 3% 19% 3 0 76
15 Stonington Police Dept 18,261 59 78% 53 290 2% 36% 17 2 130
16 North Branford Police Dept 14,527 42 56% 41 282 7% 46% 33 9 66
17 Newington Police Dept 29,567 82 71% 81 274 11% 32% 34 211 212
18 Vernon Police Dept 29,843 87 60% 81 271 28% 31% 58 45 193
19 Groton City Police Dept 9,314 27 64% 25 268 40% 12% 15 6 127
20 Waterbury Police Dept 107,241 303 30% 287 268 56% 33% 707 259 2,078
21 Ansonia Police Dept 18,620 56 57% 48 258 46% 29% 43 28 256
22 Winchester Town Police Dept 10,888 29 78% 28 257 0% 39% 8 8 284
23 Easton Police Dept 7,455 20 80% 19 255 0% 79% 5 2 17
24 Middletown Police Dept 47,743 116 37% 116 243 36% 25% 194 37 480
25 New Britain Police Dept 70,630 220 39% 170 241 28% 36% 338 154 1,328
26 East Hartford Police 48,752 126 69% 114 234 59% 37% 57 107 1,052
27 West Hartford Police Dept 60,644 143 35% 137 226 17% 40% 263 21 548
28 East Windsor Police Dept 10,650 25 74% 24 225 17% 25% 9 7 173
29 Southington Police Dept 42,522 101 66% 94 221 11% 45% 51 19 381
30 Woodbridge Police Dept 9,261 20 77% 20 216 10% 55% 6 0 22
31 Seymour Police Dept 16,327 43 61% 35 214 23% 29% 27 40 81
32 Farmington Police Dept 25,190 50 52% 49 195 10% 47% 47 12 412
33 Stamford Police Dept 119,510 285 52% 208 174 54% 33% 265 200 1,117
34 West Haven Police Dept 52,770 89 29% 89 169 35% 36% 218 21 464
35 Windsor Locks Police Dept 12,475 21 78% 21 168 19% 38% 6 18 167
36 Ridgefield Police Dept 24,040 44 83% 40 166 0% 43% 9 3 33
37 New Haven Police Dept 124,034 228 35% 200 161 64% 28% 425 497 2,260
38 Torrington Police Dept 35,997 63 47% 57 158 9% 39% 71 38 477
39 Bristol Police Dept 61,292 113 37% 96 157 5% 25% 194 112 740
40 Simsbury Police Dept 23,674 39 95% 36 152 0% 53% 2 5 101
41 Prospect Police Dept 9,707 14 52% 14 144 29% 0% 13 2 61
42 Naugatuck Police Dept 31,994 49 51% 46 144 9% 28% 47 16 250
43 Guilford Police Dept 22,462 35 71% 32 142 9% 59% 14 23 87
44 Milford Police Dept 55,404 93 36% 78 141 27% 35% 162 29 579
45 Avon Police Dept 17,526 24 73% 24 137 8% 29% 9 3 58
46 Canton Town Police Dept 10,252 14 78% 14 137 7% 29% 4 1 44
47 Glastonbury Police Dept 33,179 50 56% 45 136 4% 44% 39 21 208
48 Waterford Police Dept 18,780 32 70% 25 133 8% 28% 14 30 415
49 Watertown Police Dept 22,419 29 54% 29 129 3% 52% 25 39 252
50 Groton Town Police Dept 29,377 47 69% 37 126 24% 49% 21 6 329
51 Bethel Police Dept 18,670 23 92% 23 123 9% 39% 2 2 106
52 Plainfield Police Dept 15,538 20 69% 19 122 0% 21% 9 11 77
53 Derby Police Dept 12,465 19 35% 15 120 33% 20% 35 18 156
54 Norwalk Police Dept 84,343 96 38% 95 113 48% 27% 157 202 1,336
55 Wallingford Police Dept 44,979 49 48% 48 107 10% 40% 54 14 313
56 Stratford Police Dept 49,440 70 56% 52 105 29% 35% 54 83 383
57 Clinton Police Dept 13,695 14 74% 14 102 0% 36% 5 9 126
58 Westport Police Dept 26,704 31 54% 26 97 12% 38% 26 13 196
59 Fairfield Police Dept 57,889 56 88% 56 97 5% 57% 8 22 315
60 Putnam Police Dept 9,352 14 78% 9 96 11% 11% 4 12 162
61 Wilton Police Dept 17,879 17 68% 17 95 6% 35% 8 0 60
62 East Haven Police Dept 28,755 34 35% 27 94 4% 33% 62 24 351
63 Rocky Hill Police Dept 18,923 21 68% 17 90 6% 47% 10 23 125
64 Granby Police Dept 11,285 10 71% 10 89 0% 80% 4 4 58
65 New Canaan Police Dept 20,009 18 78% 17 85 0% 53% 5 1 85
66 Danbury Police Dept 79,893 67 39% 67 84 13% 36% 105 75 658
67 Darien Police Dept 20,501 18 51% 17 83 6% 35% 17 2 81
68 North Haven Police Dept 24,168 26 43% 20 83 0% 65% 34 12 151
69 Shelton Police Dept 40,425 46 59% 33 82 6% 36% 32 18 301
70 Newtown Police Dept 27,262 22 65% 22 81 14% 55% 12 3 129
71 Berlin Police Dept 20,380 16 48% 16 79 38% 31% 17 10 206
72 Suffield Police Dept 15,334 14 52% 12 78 0% 33% 13 2 66
73 Monroe Police Dept 19,599 15 79% 15 77 0% 47% 4 4 53
74 Trumbull Police Dept 35,055 26 70% 25 71 8% 44% 11 13 474
75 Greenwich Police Dept 62,196 50 68% 44 71 14% 36% 24 16 249
76 Orange Police Dept 13,942 10 59% 9 65 11% 22% 7 8 210
77 Wolcott Police Dept 16,419 13 59% 10 61 0% 30% 9 1 125
78 Coventry Police Dept 12,292 8 67% 7 57 14% 14% 4 3 53
79 New Milford Police Dept 28,890 18 90% 16 55 25% 56% 2 14 224
80 Middlebury Police Dept 7,232 4 50% 4 55 0% 50% 4 4 22
81 East Hampton Police Dept 12,666 9 82% 7 55 14% 57% 2 2 43
82 Branford Police Dept 29,074 17 38% 16 55 6% 44% 28 17 389
83 Brookfield Police Dept 16,498 9 82% 9 55 0% 56% 2 2 77
84 Cheshire Police Dept 28,868 15 52% 15 52 13% 60% 14 3 87
85 Cromwell Police Dept 13,612 7 70% 6 44 50% 67% 3 5 115
86 Thomaston Police Dept 7,972 3 30% 3 38 0% 67% 7 11 86
87 Madison Police Dept 18,873 10 53% 7 37 0% 43% 9 6 67
88 Redding 8,990 3 100% 3 33 0% 33% 0 1 12
89 Weston Police Dept 10,277 5 83% 2 19 0% 100% 1 1 34
90 Plymouth Police Dept 12,225 2 18% 2 16 0% 50% 9 10 32
91 South Windsor Police Dept 26,214 68 73% 4 15 0% 75% 25 19 360

 

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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. In many areas of Connecticut, the State Police are the primary law enforcement agency and are responsible for most ot the arrests for marijuana and other criminal offenses.

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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