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Ticketing locals vs. out-of-towners
(all departments, alphabetically)

Note: Speeding citations only. Readers are cautioned not to make much of percentages when they are based on a small number of cases, such as fewer than 50.

An asterisk (*) indicates department submitted no warnings.

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	% ticketed in-town	% ticketed out-of-town	Citations in-town	Citations out-of-town
Abington	0%	15%	9	59
Acton*	100%	100%	57	134
Acushnet	77%	75%	22	40
Adams	15%	44%	13	32
Agawam	30%	39%	170	131
Amesbury	18%	29%	62	91
Amherst	12%	8%	86	201
Andover	33%	45%	128	253
Aquinnah	N/A	14%	0	7
Arlington	7%	10%	85	197
Ashburnham	41%	31%	17	54
Ashby	50%	40%	6	122
Ashfield	33%	85%	3	20
Ashland	24%	32%	34	69
Athol	29%	47%	17	19
Attleboro	93%	90%	150	248
Auburn	73%	87%	40	212
Avon	67%	74%	3	138
Ayer	31%	39%	49	264
Barnstable	23%	29%	337	278
Barre	21%	47%	14	47
Becket	N/A	46%	0	13
Bedford	10%	26%	39	142
Belchertown	56%	68%	50	127
Bellingham	43%	65%	97	324
Belmont	16%	19%	49	247
Berkley	75%	100%	4	35
Berlin	N/A	94%	0	32
Bernardston	N/A	69%	0	13
Beverly	42%	57%	110	171
Billerica	38%	63%	129	260
Blackstone	30%	47%	102	264
Blandford	N/A	45%	0	11
Bolton	25%	23%	4	40
Boston	51%	49%	3,225	3,369
Bourne	23%	30%	81	143
Boxborough	5%	38%	20	63
Boxford	24%	31%	25	58
Boylston	50%	45%	6	103
Braintree	11%	9%	118	343
Brewster	27%	15%	30	54
Bridgewater	6%	7%	241	541
Brimfield	0%	37%	3	41
Brockton	77%	87%	71	55
Brookfield	43%	74%	7	166
Brookline	37%	46%	266	1,070
Buckland	N/A	30%	0	10
Burlington	16%	34%	90	284
Cambridge	29%	30%	42	225
Canton	22%	45%	115	378
Carlisle	33%	34%	9	53
Carver	20%	9%	5	23
Charlemont	N/A	21%	0	29
Charlton	48%	60%	40	119
Chatham	32%	29%	19	38
Chelmsford	51%	55%	45	104
Chelsea	89%	87%	128	537
Cheshire	13%	55%	8	56
Chester	0%	56%	3	27
Chesterfield	33%	73%	6	41
Chicopee	58%	63%	106	179
Chilmark	N/A	0%	0	3
Clarksburg	N/A	52%	0	48
Clinton	45%	43%	22	67
Cohasset	6%	28%	31	134
Colrain	100%	67%	1	3
Concord	57%	65%	65	205
Conway	0%	60%	2	5
Cummington*	N/A	100%	0	14
Dalton	56%	67%	9	57
Danvers	21%	20%	75	274
Dartmouth	65%	55%	26	31
Dedham	22%	36%	113	662
Deerfield	16%	29%	25	52
Dennis	10%	12%	82	129
Dighton	0%	33%	1	9
Douglas	15%	31%	53	142
Dover	9%	15%	11	62
Dracut	18%	14%	141	189
Dudley	87%	92%	15	76
Dunstable	33%	54%	6	46
Duxbury	7%	7%	173	431
East Bridgewater	39%	43%	36	102
East Brookfield	0%	31%	3	104
East Longmeadow	56%	71%	27	58
Eastham	20%	40%	40	383
Easthampton	56%	65%	34	66
Easton	30%	36%	185	240
Edgartown	70%	29%	10	24
Egremont	25%	53%	4	160
Erving	0%	65%	2	62
Essex	63%	83%	8	35
Everett	21%	26%	24	61
Fairhaven	31%	39%	29	51
Fall River	90%	87%	311	350
Falmouth	14%	18%	430	696
Fitchburg	18%	40%	82	82
Foxborough	14%	17%	36	66
Framingham	53%	54%	90	105
Franklin	21%	23%	333	434
Freetown	36%	59%	25	111
Gardner	61%	79%	59	165
Georgetown	75%	96%	4	24
Gill	N/A	62%	0	84
Gloucester*	100%	100%	11	10
Goshen	N/A	73%	0	37
Grafton	21%	7%	28	54
Granby	25%	69%	4	42
Granville	N/A	67%	0	3
Great Barrington	64%	75%	11	24
Greenfield	47%	42%	43	72
Groton	46%	60%	28	67
Groveland	58%	70%	12	93
Hadley	26%	33%	19	132
Halifax	67%	72%	3	39
Hamilton	27%	38%	11	58
Hampden	31%	67%	13	91
Hanover	62%	68%	13	31
Hanson	57%	79%	23	167
Hardwick	20%	66%	5	41
Harvard	44%	43%	18	35
Harwich	12%	14%	50	111
Hatfield	57%	70%	7	27
Haverhill	90%	93%	52	43
Hingham	22%	25%	78	184
Hinsdale*	100%	100%	7	42
Holbrook	100%	N/A	1	0
Holden	25%	19%	110	200
Holland	100%	81%	2	16
Holliston	50%	46%	28	82
Holyoke	81%	87%	27	61
Hopedale	13%	26%	16	109
Hopkinton	30%	50%	53	92
Hubbardston	40%	35%	10	81
Hudson	10%	14%	71	120
Hull	64%	80%	14	10
Huntington*	100%	N/A	1	0
Ipswich	46%	43%	13	7
Kingston	22%	37%	9	19
Lakeville	25%	78%	4	55
Lancaster	19%	43%	21	118
Lanesborough	33%	60%	3	48
Lawrence	36%	22%	66	112
Lee	50%	73%	8	40
Leicester	33%	54%	15	48
Lenox	17%	27%	47	308
Leominster	45%	60%	150	124
Leverett	25%	89%	4	36
Lexington	74%	73%	35	73
Leyden*	100%	100%	1	1
Lincoln	23%	52%	40	315
Littleton	43%	80%	7	94
Longmeadow	9%	27%	68	148
Lowell	89%	92%	89	131
Ludlow	93%	98%	29	44
Lunenburg	20%	52%	5	33
Lynn	61%	69%	213	194
Lynnfield	75%	50%	4	8
Malden	81%	81%	59	291
Manchester-by-the-Sea	50%	74%	14	88
Mansfield	34%	42%	64	91
Marblehead	50%	56%	4	9
Marion	25%	40%	4	15
Marlborough	49%	51%	259	325
Marshfield	58%	53%	154	115
Mashpee	15%	24%	26	49
Mattapoisett	12%	13%	26	75
Maynard	67%	88%	24	152
MBTA	100%	86%	1	29
Medfield	14%	9%	7	46
Medford	78%	80%	85	220
Medway	6%	11%	72	263
Melrose	22%	37%	18	49
Mendon	26%	82%	19	354
Merrimac	50%	87%	6	30
Methuen	40%	40%	78	94
Middleborough	66%	85%	61	277
Middleton	50%	56%	12	88
Milford	19%	32%	77	103
Millbury	40%	73%	15	30
Millis	50%	64%	6	28
Millville	33%	28%	3	39
Milton	13%	18%	72	295
Monson	37%	49%	38	51
Montague	100%	33%	2	15
Monterey*	100%	100%	1	44
Nahant	50%	50%	4	12
Nantucket	62%	75%	13	4
Natick	74%	81%	123	503
Needham	8%	3%	61	114
New Bedford	41%	27%	159	90
New Braintree*	N/A	100%	0	5
New Salem	N/A	86%	0	7
Newbury	7%	49%	14	135
Newburyport	26%	25%	139	331
Newton	7%	6%	365	845
Norfolk	0%	11%	52	109
North Adams	84%	87%	25	31
North Andover	33%	54%	75	234
North Attleborough	28%	37%	95	223
North Brookfield	36%	45%	11	22
North Reading	18%	39%	34	59
Northampton	11%	11%	53	119
Northborough	30%	56%	50	163
Northbridge	8%	6%	179	317
Northfield	64%	88%	11	74
Norton	6%	26%	32	86
Norwell	67%	42%	24	72
Norwood	10%	21%	135	542
Oak Bluffs	0%	43%	3	49
Oakham*	100%	100%	5	33
Orange	50%	71%	12	24
Orleans	40%	52%	5	29
Otis	0%	43%	2	37
Oxford	20%	25%	5	32
Palmer	13%	12%	97	253
Paxton	15%	24%	13	169
Peabody	14%	12%	74	146
Pelham	N/A	83%	0	150
Pembroke	19%	28%	102	137
Pepperell	16%	15%	69	129
Peru	N/A	0%	0	3
Petersham	0%	97%	1	36
Phillipston	N/A	25%	0	40
Pittsfield	67%	79%	167	181
Plainville	N/A	87%	0	31
Plymouth	15%	14%	822	610
Plympton	25%	48%	4	62
Princeton	8%	26%	12	77
Provincetown	50%	47%	8	19
Quincy	8%	5%	221	264
Randolph	56%	65%	80	119
Raynham	88%	88%	26	96
Reading	8%	6%	138	217
Rehoboth	75%	69%	8	52
Revere	52%	54%	133	246
Rochester	0%	43%	5	30
Rockland	46%	59%	76	197
Rockport	33%	72%	15	25
Rowe	N/A	0%	0	3
Rowley	42%	62%	12	66
Royalston*	N/A	100%	0	14
Rutland	31%	41%	13	58
Salem	98%	90%	51	162
Salisbury	50%	84%	10	82
Sandisfield*	N/A	100%	0	1
Sandwich	19%	21%	59	70
Saugus	71%	77%	7	35
Scituate	11%	25%	38	16
Seekonk	27%	56%	22	108
Sharon	40%	67%	25	72
Sheffield	92%	100%	13	84
Shelburne	N/A	71%	0	28
Sherborn	12%	17%	17	138
Shirley	36%	24%	14	70
Shrewsbury	13%	29%	143	341
Shutesbury	50%	66%	2	53
Somerset	23%	21%	113	128
Somerville	35%	56%	20	39
South Hadley	78%	73%	9	44
Southampton	25%	46%	12	67
Southborough	3%	17%	29	156
Southbridge	49%	73%	39	41
Southwick	21%	11%	14	18
Spencer	49%	70%	47	80
Springfield	37%	26%	217	252
State Police	68%	77%	2,180	24,726
Sterling	40%	53%	25	118
Stockbridge	0%	6%	5	49
Stoneham	17%	18%	6	11
Stoughton	92%	97%	73	289
Stow	40%	50%	5	46
Sturbridge	38%	73%	50	187
Sudbury	9%	14%	175	375
Sunderland	100%	56%	3	16
Sutton	29%	47%	14	89
Swampscott	68%	50%	22	127
Swansea	12%	35%	49	165
Taunton	23%	26%	30	23
Templeton	17%	24%	69	114
Tewksbury	50%	45%	66	104
Tisbury	20%	56%	5	9
Tolland*	N/A	100%	0	2
Topsfield	75%	73%	12	75
Townsend	9%	24%	86	205
Truro	N/A	55%	0	60
Tyngsborough	59%	60%	29	138
Tyringham	N/A	50%	0	8
Upton	20%	34%	20	190
Uxbridge	3%	14%	29	81
Wakefield	23%	26%	75	139
Wales*	N/A	100%	0	1
Walpole	16%	26%	80	140
Waltham	16%	19%	226	625
Ware	40%	66%	25	56
Wareham	60%	66%	72	94
Warren	25%	56%	4	18
Warwick*	N/A	100%	0	1
Watertown	47%	58%	116	544
Wayland*	100%	100%	6	26
Webster	39%	46%	18	37
Wellesley	36%	32%	127	395
Wellfleet	18%	47%	11	212
Wendell	50%	80%	4	5
Wenham	25%	27%	8	106
West Boylston	42%	36%	12	73
West Bridgewater	0%	36%	7	117
West Brookfield	40%	61%	10	142
West Newbury	47%	52%	17	84
West Springfield	70%	68%	33	161
West Stockbridge	0%	93%	1	59
West Tisbury	0%	28%	3	46
Westborough	13%	17%	123	428
Westfield	46%	57%	92	165
Westford	19%	37%	116	127
Westhampton	N/A	86%	0	14
Westminster	74%	85%	19	230
Weston	8%	20%	36	226
Westport	60%	74%	35	90
Westwood	6%	10%	18	101
Weymouth	29%	42%	302	504
Whately	0%	63%	2	97
Whitman	100%	90%	12	40
Wilbraham	28%	34%	171	340
Williamsburg	67%	82%	3	56
Williamstown	21%	45%	33	134
Wilmington	9%	14%	89	264
Winchendon	36%	57%	11	21
Winchester	9%	7%	67	168
Windsor*	N/A	100%	0	1
Winthrop	82%	89%	44	63
Woburn*	100%	100%	49	253
Worcester	85%	84%	593	645
Worcester County Sheriff	0%	33%	1	3
Worthington	0%	77%	1	13
Wrentham	42%	52%	38	154
Yarmouth	31%	36%	61	100

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