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This chart was provided by Sgt. Mark Brown of the Kern County Sheriff's Frazier Park substation. Crime analyst Kim Miller said that the N/A designations under "Change" are a statistics convention when dealing with small sample numbers to avoid distorting overall outcomes.
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Frazier Park substation Sergeant Mark Brown compiled the statistics and wrote a narrative indicating a sharp drop off in drug and alcohol arrests. He said there has been no drop off in enforcement vigilance by deputies.
Mountain’s Arrests Plummet
By Patric Hedlund
An analysis compiled by Frazier Park substation Sergeant Mark Brown at the request of The Mountain Enterprise was released last week. It shows a notable drop in the number of alcohol and drug related arrests in the Mountain Communities for the first six months of 2011, compared with 2010.
Brown reports that, even with consistent enforcement, drug related crimes (possession of a controlled substance, under the influence of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana, possession of marijuana for sale, marijuana cultivation and possession of concentrated cannabis), were down 35 percent and alcohol crimes (DUI and Public Intoxication) were down 20 percent. Possession of marijuana for sale increased from zero to three. There were no DUI arrests. Marijuana cultivation was unchanged at one. All other drug and alcohol crime decreased.
In the chart at right, Kern County Sheriff’s Crime Analyst Kim Miller said ‘NA’ (not applicable) excludes numbers too small to accurately reflect a change in activity.
This is part of the August 26, 2011 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.
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