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Crime Analysis Overview Date: 2/5/2016 Topic: Arrests Where Only Charge is Possession of Marijuana Up To Ounce

Purpose: Gain a better understanding of the distribution of arrests where the arrestee was only charged with possession of marijuana up to ounce or less (charge code 3550). Long-Term Trends: CMPD has had a steady decline in these arrests. We experienced a -41.8% decrease when comparing 2015 (383 arrests) to the 5-year average 2010-2014 (658 arrests). Almost all patrol divisions have trended downward over this time period.

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All race categories have trended downward as well overall. In addition, almost all patrol divisions have trended downward across race categories.

RACE 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2010-2014

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Black 695 643 562 459 451 336 562 -40.2% Hispanic 46 32 31 21 12 13 28 -54.2% White 73 86 66 48 36 29 62 -53.1%

PATROL DIVISION RACE 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2010-2014 5 YR AVG

% CHANGE 5 YR AVG vs 2015

CENTRAL Black 53 52 44 27 24 19 37 -47.9% CENTRAL Hispanic 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 300.0% CENTRAL White 2 9 3 3 1 0 3 -100.0% EASTWAY Black 38 39 37 37 40 23 36 -35.5% EASTWAY Hispanic 5 5 5 2 1 1 3 -68.4% EASTWAY White 8 6 5 6 1 1 5 -77.8% FREEDOM Black 91 84 83 56 62 31 68 -54.3% FREEDOM Hispanic 2 5 0 1 0 0 1 -100.0% FREEDOM White 12 15 10 6 5 2 8 -76.0%

HICKORY GROVE Black 32 24 18 26 32 32 27 17.1% HICKORY GROVE Hispanic 10 2 3 1 3 5 4 25.0% HICKORY GROVE White 3 0 2 3 2 2 2 0.0% INDEPENDENCE Black 26 37 24 28 24 20 27 -24.5% INDEPENDENCE Hispanic 1 0 5 4 2 1 2 -53.8% INDEPENDENCE White 2 8 2 5 3 1 4 -71.4%

METRO Black 145 117 88 71 68 46 89 -48.4% METRO Hispanic 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 -100.0% METRO White 7 2 8 0 5 5 5 11.1% NORTH Black 33 47 30 19 19 23 29 -19.3% NORTH Hispanic 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 -100.0% NORTH White 4 5 5 2 2 2 3 -40.0%

NORTH TRYON Black 85 65 55 43 53 32 56 -42.3% NORTH TRYON Hispanic 11 5 1 1 0 2 3 -40.0% NORTH TRYON White 3 6 2 1 3 3 3 0.0% PROVIDENCE Black 21 12 10 11 22 10 14 -30.2% PROVIDENCE Hispanic 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 -100.0% PROVIDENCE White 3 3 1 2 3 1 2 -53.8%

SOUTH Black 7 5 6 7 4 5 6 -11.8% SOUTH Hispanic 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 -14.3% SOUTH White 11 5 7 4 3 3 6 -45.5%

STEELE CREEK Black 34 54 54 43 25 26 39 -33.9% STEELE CREEK Hispanic 8 8 2 2 4 0 4 -100.0% STEELE CREEK White 3 12 8 4 1 3 5 -41.9%

UNIVERSITY CITY Black 31 22 35 31 15 16 25 -36.0% UNIVERSITY CITY Hispanic 0 3 5 4 1 0 2 -100.0% UNIVERSITY CITY White 7 5 7 5 2 3 5 -37.9%

WESTOVER Black 63 60 51 52 57 47 55 -14.5% WESTOVER Hispanic 2 1 4 0 1 0 1 -100.0% WESTOVER White 5 7 6 5 4 3 5 -40.0%

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2015 Arrests: The top 3 patrol divisions with the highest volume of these arrests were Metro, Westover, and Hickory Grove. The following statistics provide the number of arrests per division and each divisions percentage of total:

Metro 51 (13.6%) Freedom 33 (8.8%) Central 22 (5.9%) South 9 (2.4%) Westover 51 (13.6%) Steele Creek 29 (7.7%) Independence 22 (5.9%) Hickory Grove 41 (10.9%) Eastway 26 (6.9%) University City 19 (5.1%) North Tryon 37 (9.8%) North 25 (6.6%) Providence 11 (2.9%)

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The highest concentrations of these 2015 arrests occurred in the following areas:

16 arrests in the West Bv / Remount Rd area (Westover Division) 13 arrests in the I-85 / W Sugar Creek Rd area (North Tryon Division) 13 arrests in the Beatties Ford Rd / Catherine Simmons Av area (Metro Division) 11 arrests in the Albemarle Rd / Farm Pond Ln area (Hickory Grove Division) 10 arrests in the Remount Rd / Brookhill Rd area (Westover Division) 9 arrests in the Milton Rd / E WT Harris Bv area (Hickory Grove Division)

These 6 small areas account for almost 20% of the total arrests (383) where the arrestee was only charged with possession of marijuana up to ounce or less (charge code 3550).

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The following map depicts concentrations of these 2015 arrests overlaid on top of the Citys Quality Of Life Study Neighborhood Profile Areas (NPAs). NPAs are shaded based on disorder-related call rate per population. The majority of these arrests occur in areas with higher rates of disorder that require police response.

Arrest Concentration Disorder-Related Call Rate Low High Low High

Note: Disorder-related calls include ABC violations, armed person, disturbance, drug paraphernalia, drug possession, prescription fraud, drug sale/purchase, fight, intoxicated person, loitering, noise complaint, overdose, prostitution, public urination, suspicious person, suspicious vehicle, trash/littering, and trespass.

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The following map depicts concentrations of these 2015 arrests overlaid on top of the Citys Quality Of Life Study Neighborhood Profile Areas (NPAs) once again. This time, NPAs are shaded based on violent crime rate per population. The majority of these arrests occur in areas with higher rates of violent crime.

Arrest Concentration Violent Crime Rate Low High Low High

Note: Violent crimes include homicide, rape, armed robbery, strong arm robbery, and aggravated assault.