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Toughest police on speeders
(all departments, alphabetically)

Note: Speeding citations only. * indicates department submitted no warnings. Readers are cautioned not to make much of percentages when they are based on a small number of cases, such as fewer than 50.

Source: Boston Globe analysis of tickets and warnings in Massachusetts, April and May 2001, from the Registry of Motor Vehicles.
See methodology and articles

Police Department	Citations	Tickets	Warnings	% Ticketed
Abington	68	9	59	13
Acton*	192	192	0	100*
Acushnet	62	47	15	76
Adams	45	16	29	36
Agawam	306	103	203	34
Amesbury	153	37	116	24
Amherst	290	28	262	10
Andover	383	156	227	41
Aquinnah	7	1	6	14
Arlington	282	25	257	9
Ashburnham	73	25	48	34
Ashby	129	52	77	40
Ashfield	23	18	5	78
Ashland	103	30	73	29
Athol	36	14	22	39
Attleboro	403	365	38	91
Auburn	253	214	39	85
Avon	142	105	37	74
Ayer	313	117	196	37
Barnstable	619	160	459	26
Barre	61	25	36	41
Becket	13	6	7	46
Bedford	183	41	142	22
Belchertown	177	114	63	64
Bellingham	425	256	169	60
Belmont	301	56	245	19
Berkley	39	38	1	97
Berlin	32	30	2	94
Bernardston	13	9	4	69
Beverly	282	143	139	51
Billerica	391	214	177	55
Blackstone	373	156	217	42
Blandford	11	5	6	45
Bolton	44	10	34	23
Boston	6656	3327	3329	50
Bourne	225	62	163	28
Boxborough	83	25	58	30
Boxford	83	24	59	29
Boylston	110	49	61	45
Braintree	461	43	418	9
Brewster	85	16	69	19
Bridgewater	787	53	734	7
Bridgewater State College	8	2	6	25
Brimfield	45	16	29	36
Brockton	126	103	23	82
Brookfield	173	126	47	73
Brookline	1349	593	756	44
Buckland	10	3	7	30
Burlington	376	110	266	29
Cambridge	270	81	189	30
Canton	495	197	298	40
Carlisle	62	21	41	34
Carver	28	3	25	11
Charlemont	29	6	23	21
Charlton	159	90	69	57
Chatham	57	17	40	30
Chelmsford	152	81	71	53
Chelsea	668	583	85	87
Cheshire	64	32	32	50
Chester	30	15	15	50
Chesterfield	47	32	15	68
Chicopee	285	173	112	61
Chilmark	3	0	3	0
Clarksburg	48	25	23	52
Clinton	89	39	50	44
Cohasset	166	40	126	24
Colrain	4	3	1	75
Concord	270	170	100	63
Conway	7	3	4	43
Cummington*	14	14	0	100*
Dalton	66	43	23	65
Danvers	351	73	278	21
Dartmouth	57	34	23	60
Dedham	776	261	515	34
Deerfield	77	19	58	25
Dennis	215	23	192	11
Dighton	10	3	7	30
Douglas	195	52	143	27
Dover	73	10	63	14
Dracut	332	51	281	15
Dudley	92	84	8	91
Dunstable	52	27	25	52
Duxbury	604	43	561	7
East Bridgewater	138	58	80	42
East Brookfield	108	33	75	31
East Longmeadow	86	57	29	66
Eastham	429	164	265	38
Easthampton	100	62	38	62
Easton	429	144	285	34
Edgartown	34	14	20	41
Egremont	167	88	79	53
Environmental Police	15	11	4	73
Erving	64	40	24	63
Essex	43	34	9	79
Everett	85	21	64	25
Fairhaven	80	29	51	36
Fall River	665	590	75	89
Falmouth	1138	187	951	16
Fitchburg	164	48	116	29
Foxborough	102	16	86	16
Framingham	196	106	90	54
Franklin	771	169	602	22
Freetown	136	74	62	54
Gardner	224	166	58	74
Georgetown	28	26	2	93
Gill	84	52	32	62
Gloucester*	21	21	0	100*
Goshen	38	27	11	71
Grafton	82	10	72	12
Granby	46	30	16	65
Granville	3	2	1	67
Great Barrington	36	26	10	72
Greenfield	115	50	65	43
Groton	95	53	42	56
Groveland	105	72	33	69
Hadley	152	49	103	32
Halifax	42	30	12	71
Hamilton	69	25	44	36
Hampden	105	65	40	62
Hanover	44	29	15	66
Hanson	190	145	45	76
Hardwick	47	28	19	60
Harvard	53	23	30	43
Harwich	161	21	140	13
Hatfield	34	23	11	68
Haverhill	96	88	8	92
Hingham	263	63	200	24
Hinsdale*	50	50	0	100*
Holbrook*	1	1	0	100
Holden	310	64	246	21
Holland	18	15	3	83
Holliston	110	52	58	47
Holyoke	88	75	13	85
Hopedale	125	30	95	24
Hopkinton	145	62	83	43
Hubbardston	91	32	59	35
Hudson	191	24	167	13
Hull	24	17	7	71
Huntington*	1	1	0	100*
Ipswich	20	9	11	45
Kingston	28	9	19	32
Lakeville	59	44	15	75
Lancaster	139	55	84	40
Lanesborough	51	30	21	59
Lawrence	181	49	132	27
Lee	48	33	15	69
Leicester	63	31	32	49
Lenox	357	91	266	25
Leominster	274	142	132	52
Leverett	40	33	7	83
Lexington	108	79	29	73
Leyden*	2	2	0	100*
Lincoln	358	173	185	48
Littleton	102	79	23	77
Longmeadow	218	46	172	21
Lowell	224	203	21	91
Ludlow	73	70	3	96
Lunenburg	38	18	20	47
Lynn	410	267	143	65
Lynnfield	12	7	5	58
Malden	350	284	66	81
Manchester-by-the-Sea	102	72	30	71
Mansfield	155	60	95	39
Marblehead	13	7	6	54
Marion	19	7	12	37
Marlborough	586	294	292	50
Marshfield	269	151	118	56
Mashpee	76	16	60	21
Massasoit Community College	27	20	7	74
Mattapoisett	101	13	88	13
Maynard	177	151	26	85
MBTA	30	26	4	87
Medfield	53	5	48	9
Medford	306	243	63	79
Medway	338	34	304	10
Melrose	67	22	45	33
Mendon	374	296	78	79
Merrimac	38	30	8	79
Methuen	172	69	103	40
Metro Police Lower Basin Dist.*	13	13	0	100*
Middleborough	340	278	62	82
Middleton	100	55	45	55
Milford	181	48	133	27
Millbury	46	29	17	63
Millis	34	21	13	62
Millville	42	12	30	29
Milton	367	63	304	17
Monson	89	39	50	44
Montague	17	7	10	41
Monterey*	45	45	0	100*
Nahant	16	8	8	50
Nantucket	17	11	6	65
Natick	626	497	129	79
Needham	179	8	171	4
New Bedford	249	89	160	36
New Braintree*	5	5	0	100*
New Salem	7	6	1	86
Newbury	149	67	82	45
Newburyport	513	127	386	25
Newton	1238	75	1163	6
Norfolk	162	12	150	7
North Adams	56	48	8	86
North Andover	310	152	158	49
North Attleborough	322	111	211	34
North Brookfield	33	14	19	42
North Reading	93	29	64	31
Northampton	172	19	153	11
Northborough	214	107	107	50
Northbridge	496	32	464	6
Northfield	85	72	13	85
Norton	118	24	94	20
Norwell	97	46	51	47
Norwood	679	126	553	19
Oak Bluffs	52	21	31	40
Oakham*	38	38	0	100*
Orange	36	23	13	64
Orleans	36	18	18	50
Otis	39	16	23	41
Oxford	37	9	28	24
Palmer	352	45	307	13
Paxton	182	42	140	23
Peabody	220	27	193	12
Pelham	151	126	25	83
Pembroke	239	57	182	24
Pepperell	199	30	169	15
Peru	3	0	3	0
Petersham	37	35	2	95
Phillipston	40	10	30	25
Pittsfield	350	256	94	73
Plainville	31	27	4	87
Plymouth	1434	211	1223	15
Plympton	66	31	35	47
Princeton	89	21	68	24
Provincetown	27	13	14	48
Quincy	486	31	455	6
Randolph	199	122	77	61
Raynham	122	107	15	88
Reading	356	24	332	7
Rehoboth	60	42	18	70
Revere	382	202	180	53
Rochester	35	13	22	37
Rockland	273	151	122	55
Rockport	40	23	17	58
Rowe	3	0	3	0
Rowley	79	46	33	58
Royalston*	14	14	0	100*
Rutland	71	28	43	39
Salem	213	196	17	92
Salisbury	93	75	18	81
Sandisfield*	1	1	0	100*
Sandwich	129	26	103	20
Saugus	42	32	10	76
Scituate	54	8	46	15
Seekonk	130	66	64	51
Sharon	97	58	39	60
Sheffield	97	96	1	99
Shelburne	28	20	8	71
Sherborn	156	26	130	17
Shirley	84	22	62	26
Shrewsbury	489	117	372	24
Shutesbury	55	36	19	65
Somerset	242	53	189	22
Somerville	59	29	30	49
South Hadley	55	40	15	73
Southampton	80	35	45	44
Southborough	186	27	159	15
Southbridge	80	49	31	61
Southwick	33	5	28	15
Spencer	127	79	48	62
Springfield	471	147	324	31
State Police	27454	21041	6413	77
Sterling	143	73	70	51
Stockbridge	57	3	54	5
Stoneham	17	3	14	18
Stoughton	364	349	15	96
Stow	52	26	26	50
Sturbridge	237	156	81	66
Sudbury	551	67	484	12
Sunderland	19	12	7	63
Sutton	103	46	57	45
Swampscott	149	78	71	52
Swansea	217	64	153	29
Taunton	53	13	40	25
Templeton	183	39	144	21
Templeton Developmental Center	3	0	3	0
Tewksbury	172	81	91	47
Tisbury	14	6	8	43
Tolland*	2	2	0	100*
Topsfield	87	64	23	74
Townsend	295	58	237	20
Truro	64	37	27	58
Tyngsborough	171	102	69	60
Tyringham	8	4	4	50
Univ Of Mass Amherst	44	34	10	77
Univ Of Mass Boston	20	7	13	35
Univ Of Mass Dartmouth	12	11	1	92
Univ Of Mass Lowell*	1	1	0	100
Univ Of Mass Worcester	6	2	4	33
Upton	210	69	141	33
Uxbridge	111	12	99	11
Wakefield	214	53	161	25
Wales*	1	1	0	100*
Walpole	220	50	170	23
Walter East Ferneld State School	1	0	1	0
Waltham	862	156	706	18
Ware	81	47	34	58
Wareham	168	105	63	63
Warren	22	11	11	50
Warwick*	1	1	0	100*
Watertown	663	371	292	56
Wayland*	32	32	0	100*
Webster	55	24	31	44
Wellesley	523	174	349	33
Wellfleet	226	102	124	45
Wendell	9	6	3	67
Wenham	114	31	83	27
West Boylston	86	32	54	37
West Bridgewater	124	42	82	34
West Brookfield	153	91	62	59
West Newbury	101	52	49	51
West Springfield	195	134	61	69
West Stockbridge	60	55	5	92
West Tisbury	49	13	36	27
Westborough	552	90	462	16
Westfield	257	136	121	53
Westfield State College	7	0	7	0
Westford	245	70	175	29
Westhampton	14	12	2	86
Westminster	251	212	39	84
Weston	265	49	216	18
Westport	125	88	37	70
Westwood	119	11	108	9
Weymouth	806	301	505	37
Whately	99	61	38	62
Whitman	52	48	4	92
Wilbraham	514	166	348	32
Williamsburg	60	49	11	82
Williamstown	168	68	100	40
Wilmington	355	46	309	13
Winchendon	32	16	16	50
Winchester	237	17	220	7
Windsor*	1	1	0	100*
Winthrop	107	92	15	86
Woburn*	305	305	0	100*
Worcester	1241	1052	189	85
Worcester County Sheriff	4	1	3	25
Worthington	14	10	4	71
Wrentham	192	96	96	50
Yarmouth	161	55	106	34

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