Top Local Agencies in South Dakota 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
Deadwood
1,306
31 76% 31 2,374 0% 19% 10 2 60
2
Wagner
1,613
14 88% 12 744 0% 42% 2 2 36
3
Sturgis
6,308
48 87% 46 729 2% 22% 7 8 65
4
Mitchell
14,809
109 89% 96 648 0% 18% 14 21 323
5
Yankton
13,822
88 85% 88 637 7% 32% 15 11 96
6
Martin
1,056
6 100% 6 568 0% 50% 0 2 23
7
Aberdeen
24,284
117 81% 114 469 4% 27% 28 30 317
8
New Effington
228
1 100% 1 439 0% 100% 0 0 0
9
Rapid City
62,647
230 81% 225 359 6% 20% 55 57 790
10
North Sioux City
2,513
9 69% 9 358 22% 44% 4 2 12
11
Pierre
14,160
48 69% 47 332 0% 26% 22 13 124
12
Charles Mix
6,324
20 71% 20 316 0% 15% 8 1 32
13
Box Elder
3,015
9 100% 9 299 11% 33% 0 3 19
14
Meade
18,027
61 62% 53 294 2% 25% 37 16 80
15
Brown
9,314
25 100% 24 258 0% 17% 0 2 15
16
Union
6,102
18 75% 15 246 7% 20% 6 0 4
17
Vermillion
10,041
24 100% 24 239 4% 38% 0 2 46
18
Faith
478
1 100% 1 209 0% 0% 0 0 0
19
Lawrence
8,090
13 48% 13 161 8% 38% 14 2 31
20
Brookings
9,479
14 100% 14 148 7% 50% 0 1 39
21
Sioux Falls
140,593
210 65% 206 147 15% 24% 113 36 331
22
Potter
752
1 100% 1 133 0% 100% 0 0 1
23
Campbell
1,577
2 20% 2 127 0% 100% 8 0 1
24
Tripp
3,172
4 100% 4 126 0% 75% 0 0 6
25
Jerauld
2,152
2 67% 2 93 0% 50% 1 0 1
26
Deuel
4,329
4 100% 4 92 0% 50% 0 1 8
27
Chamberlain
2,276
2 67% 2 88 0% 50% 1 0 3
28
Yankton
8,063
7 100% 7 87 0% 43% 0 2 27
29
Madison
6,271
10 100% 5 80 0% 40% 0 3 90
30
Minnehaha
25,813
19 68% 19 74 0% 32% 9 2 36
31
Winner
2,940
2 67% 2 68 0% 0% 1 0 63
32
Turner
6,284
4 67% 4 64 0% 0% 2 0 15
33
Davison
4,113
2 100% 2 49 0% 100% 0 1 5
34
Hot Springs
4,134
2 100% 2 48 0% 50% 0 1 21
35
Edmunds
4,144
2 100% 2 48 0% 100% 0 0 1
36
Marshall
4,452
2 40% 2 45 0% 100% 3 4 6
37
Butte
4,687
2 100% 2 43 0% 0% 0 2 18
38
Belle Fourche
4,711
2 50% 2 42 0% 0% 2 0 27
39
Pennington
28,640
12 75% 12 42 8% 17% 4 14 77
40
Clay
2,866
1 100% 1 35 0% 100% 0 0 0
41
Canton
3,189
1 100% 1 31 0% 0% 0 2 21
42
Watertown
20,421
6 75% 6 29 0% 33% 2 11 283
43
Lincoln
11,208
3 50% 3 27 0% 33% 3 1 16
44
Hamlin
5,059
1 100% 1 20 0% 100% 0 1 6

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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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