Connecticut State Police law enforcement officers grappled with 150 drug equipment violations in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 12 per month in 2020.

Of all types of crime tracked by the NIBRS, drug equipment violation was the eighth most popular crime handled by the Connecticut State Police office.

Officers in Connecticut State Police were involved in 5,446 incidents throughout the year.

The NIBRS was designed to provide detail and context around crime stats. Under the previous system, only the most serious crime related to an incident would be logged. If an incident involved a homicide as well as aggravated assault and theft, only a homicide would be recorded in criminal statistics.

It is used by law enforcement at all levels, from local to federal.

100 locations with highest amount of drug equipment violation offenses across US in 2020
LOCATION NUMBER OF OFFENCES INCIDENTS PER MONTH
Missouri State Highway Patrol 4,461 371
Mesa 3,107 258
Utah Highway Patrol 2,753 229
Idaho State Police 2,194 182
Highway Patrol 1,968 164
Charlotte-Mecklenburg 1,664 138
Gilbert 1,610 134
Plano 1,525 127
Indianapolis 1,482 123
Clarksville 1,451 120
Metropolitan Nashville Police Department 1,451 120
Ohio State Highway Patrol 1,301 108
Memphis 1,301 108
Salt Lake City 1,298 108
Chesapeake 1,284 107
Austin 1,275 106
Houston 1,195 99
Chattanooga 1,191 99
Department of Safety 1,128 94
Iredell 1,126 93
Boise 1,081 90
Nampa 1,063 88
Richardson 1,063 88
Knoxville 1,042 86
Irving 1,038 86
Fargo 1,001 83
Albuquerque 997 83
Lexington 984 82
Grand Prairie 979 81
Springfield 960 80
Cleveland 909 75
Fort Worth 909 75
Pima 880 73
Arlington 876 73
Greenville 866 72
West Jordan 864 72
Calcasieu 840 70
Lubbock 838 69
Raleigh 820 68
State Police, Sussex County 819 68
Roanoke County Police Department 813 67
Bismarck 795 66
Jacksonville 778 64
Lakewood 764 63
Murfreesboro 764 63
Greensboro 755 62
New Hanover 746 62
Corpus Christi 744 62
St. Louis County Police Department 735 61
Ogden 728 60
Salt Lake County Unified Police Department 723 60
Jonesboro 716 59
San Angelo 705 58
Amarillo 689 57
Akron 686 57
Colorado Springs 683 56
South Salt Lake 680 56
Dallas 670 55
Bothell 662 55
Virginia Beach 658 54
Olathe 644 53
Forsyth 632 52
Garland 627 52
Green Bay 626 52
Everett 613 51
Kingsport 603 50
Little Rock 601 50
Wilmington 599 49
Utah 595 49
Yuma 592 49
Sedgwick 585 48
West Allis 585 48
St. George 578 48
North Dakota Highway Patrol 570 47
Farmington 561 46
Gastonia 561 46
Lynnwood 546 45
Conway 537 44
Davenport 537 44
Meridian 534 44
El Paso 526 43
Oklahoma City 518 43
Knox 506 42
Hickory 504 42
Rapid City 501 41
Marysville 500 41
Surprise 499 41
Lewisville 499 41
Billings 493 41
Ada 490 40
Adams 488 40
Frisco 485 40
Kootenai 477 39
Sandy 472 39
Bristol 470 39
Casa Grande 469 39
North Little Rock 464 38
DeSoto 464 38
Asheville 456 38
Fort Smith 452 37
Smyrna 452 37

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Reprinted with permission from SC Connecticut News/Metric Media