Top Local Agencies in Rhode Island 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 New Shoreham Police Dept 1,023 19 95% 18 1,760 0% 50% 1 0 39
2 Charlestown Police Dept 8,131 39 80% 38 467 0% 50% 10 3 25
3 Warren Police Dept 11,089 37 73% 34 307 6% 29% 14 11 86
4 Sp: Wickford 6,201 20 71% 18 290 17% 22% 8 1 16
5 Richmond Police Dept 7,665 22 88% 21 274 0% 43% 3 2 40
6 Newport Police Dept 24,192 66 66% 64 265 33% 50% 34 51 305
7 Middletown Police Dept 16,278 44 73% 43 264 9% 47% 16 3 132
8 East Providence Police Dept 48,668 132 64% 125 257 17% 38% 74 26 278
9 Hopkinton Police Dept 7,976 24 59% 20 251 5% 20% 17 7 31
10 Glocester Police Dept 10,498 26 96% 26 248 0% 50% 1 1 37
11 Foster Police Dept 4,467 11 100% 11 246 0% 18% 0 2 18
12 Smithfield Police Dept 21,495 53 77% 52 242 2% 37% 16 4 164
13 Central Falls Police Dept 18,818 51 53% 44 234 48% 34% 45 49 200
14 Bristol Police Dept 24,274 56 79% 54 222 6% 50% 15 9 89
15 Providence Police Dept 173,719 402 43% 361 208 46% 28% 532 54 331
16 Westerly Police Dept 23,197 59 69% 48 207 8% 38% 26 16 154
17 Woonsocket Police Dept 43,529 92 52% 90 207 14% 26% 86 59 498
18 Narragansett Police Dept 16,552 36 90% 32 193 9% 38% 4 5 122
19 West Greenwich Police Dept 6,371 12 92% 12 188 0% 42% 1 2 16
20 North Providence Police Dept 32,685 63 74% 57 174 11% 33% 22 14 230
21 Pawtucket Police Dept 72,319 137 52% 126 174 36% 41% 129 141 711
22 North Smithfield Police Dept 11,183 18 100% 18 161 6% 33% 0 3 64
23 Tiverton Police Dept 15,074 23 68% 22 146 5% 36% 11 7 109
24 South Kingstown Police Dept 29,172 42 81% 41 141 2% 51% 10 7 115
25 Warwick Police Dept 85,139 118 71% 111 130 8% 43% 49 37 979
26 Johnston Police Dept 28,585 43 72% 37 129 14% 41% 17 13 172
27 East Greenwich Police Dept 13,338 16 73% 16 120 13% 69% 6 3 51
28 North Kingstown Police Dept 26,475 35 83% 31 117 10% 32% 7 8 156
29 West Warwick Police Dept 29,293 42 61% 34 116 6% 53% 27 19 318
30 Burrillville Police Dept 16,392 20 87% 18 110 0% 39% 3 12 72
31 Cumberland Police Dept 34,027 41 84% 37 109 8% 59% 8 14 121
32 Coventry Police Dept 34,353 41 72% 37 108 5% 32% 16 24 231
33 Portsmouth Police Dept 16,853 19 83% 18 107 6% 33% 4 5 115
34 Barrington Police Dept 16,414 20 87% 17 104 12% 65% 3 2 63
35 Little Compton Police Dept 3,510 3 75% 3 85 0% 67% 1 1 14
36 Lincoln Police Dept 21,855 20 71% 16 73 25% 31% 8 16 107
37 Cranston Police Dept 80,724 51 47% 45 56 9% 42% 58 52 657
38 Jamestown Police Dept 5,484 5 100% 3 55 0% 67% 0 0 31
39 North Scituate Police Dept 10,814 6 75% 5 46 0% 40% 2 0 44

 

 

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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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