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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 women	% ticketed men	Citations women	Citations men
Abington	10%	16%	29	38
Acton*	100%	100%	73	110
Acushnet	55%	80%	11	51
Adams	41%	32%	17	28
Agawam	26%	39%	125	180
Amesbury	16%	30%	67	86
Amherst	8%	11%	120	169
Andover	34%	46%	165	216
Aquinnah	N/A	14%	0	7
Arlington	5%	12%	111	171
Ashburnham	30%	37%	27	46
Ashby	22%	46%	32	97
Ashfield	57%	88%	7	16
Ashland	32%	27%	47	56
Athol	36%	41%	14	22
Attleboro	91%	90%	195	208
Auburn	79%	87%	76	175
Avon	76%	73%	37	105
Ayer	34%	39%	104	208
Barnstable	20%	32%	312	306
Barre	34%	47%	29	32
Becket	67%	40%	3	10
Bedford	15%	27%	67	116
Belchertown	52%	71%	61	116
Bellingham	52%	65%	152	273
Belmont	11%	24%	123	178
Berkley	92%	100%	13	26
Berlin	91%	95%	11	21
Bernardston	80%	63%	5	8
Beverly	49%	53%	138	143
Billerica	45%	62%	172	218
Blackstone	36%	46%	157	216
Blandford	33%	100%	9	2
Bolton	19%	22%	16	27
Boston	47%	52%	2,636	3,998
Bourne	17%	34%	84	140
Boxborough	21%	36%	33	50
Boxford	30%	29%	27	55
Boylston	35%	52%	46	63
Braintree	4%	13%	182	278
Brewster	10%	24%	31	54
Bridgewater	3%	10%	358	429
Bridgewater State College	50%	0%	4	4
Brimfield	25%	39%	16	28
Brockton	91%	78%	35	91
Brookfield	70%	75%	71	101
Brookline	40%	47%	545	799
Buckland	38%	0%	8	2
Burlington	23%	33%	154	222
Cambridge	28%	31%	99	171
Canton	32%	45%	218	274
Carlisle	25%	37%	16	46
Carver	0%	16%	9	19
Charlemont	20%	21%	10	19
Charlton	50%	61%	64	94
Chatham	23%	35%	26	31
Chelmsford	46%	58%	52	99
Chelsea	84%	89%	224	442
Cheshire	54%	45%	24	38
Chester	40%	52%	5	25
Chesterfield	56%	74%	16	31
Chicopee	64%	59%	97	188
Chilmark	N/A	0%	0	3
Clarksburg	33%	61%	15	33
Clinton	40%	48%	43	46
Cohasset	26%	22%	81	85
Colrain	0%	100%	1	3
Concord	59%	66%	118	152
Conway	50%	33%	4	3
Cummington*	100%	100%	6	8
Dalton	67%	64%	24	42
Danvers	13%	27%	154	195
Dartmouth	60%	59%	15	41
Dedham	31%	35%	306	466
Deerfield	23%	26%	39	38
Dennis	9%	11%	65	150
Dighton	50%	25%	2	8
Douglas	19%	30%	59	135
Dover	6%	20%	33	40
Dracut	16%	15%	128	204
Dudley	93%	90%	40	52
Dunstable	47%	53%	15	36
Duxbury	5%	9%	283	315
East Bridgewater	29%	50%	52	86
East Brookfield	22%	34%	32	76
East Longmeadow	57%	71%	30	56
Eastham	33%	41%	159	269
Easthampton	54%	70%	50	50
Easton	23%	43%	209	219
Edgartown	36%	47%	14	19
Egremont	45%	57%	64	103
Environmental Police	100%	67%	1	12
Erving	35%	75%	20	44
Essex	69%	83%	13	29
Everett	16%	29%	25	59
Fairhaven	31%	41%	39	41
Fall River	87%	90%	308	356
Falmouth	13%	19%	482	655
Fitchburg	16%	40%	74	90
Foxborough	9%	23%	54	48
Framingham	53%	54%	90	105
Franklin	21%	23%	362	405
Freetown	49%	57%	43	93
Gardner	65%	79%	75	149
Georgetown	90%	94%	10	18
Gill	54%	69%	39	45
Gloucester*	100%	100%	3	18
Goshen	79%	67%	14	24
Grafton	4%	16%	25	57
Granby	63%	67%	19	27
Granville	N/A	67%	0	3
Great Barrington	75%	74%	8	27
Greenfield	37%	50%	57	58
Groton	50%	61%	44	51
Groveland	65%	71%	49	56
Hadley	28%	38%	83	69
Halifax	61%	79%	18	24
Hamilton	36%	36%	36	33
Hampden	57%	67%	49	55
Hanover	50%	69%	8	36
Hanson	77%	76%	73	117
Hardwick	56%	62%	18	29
Harvard	38%	46%	16	37
Harwich	7%	18%	72	89
Hatfield	59%	76%	17	17
Haverhill	97%	89%	29	66
Hingham	15%	29%	96	167
Hinsdale*	100%	100%	18	32
Holbrook	100%	N/A	1	0
Holden	14%	26%	137	172
Holland	75%	85%	4	13
Holliston	55%	42%	44	66
Holyoke	93%	78%	41	46
Hopedale	23%	25%	48	77
Hopkinton	45%	41%	53	92
Hubbardston	38%	33%	37	54
Hudson	6%	17%	70	121
Hull	50%	86%	10	14
Huntington*	N/A	100%	0	1
Ipswich	50%	43%	6	14
Kingston	18%	56%	17	9
Lakeville	79%	73%	14	45
Lancaster	27%	51%	67	72
Lanesborough	69%	57%	13	37
Lawrence	15%	34%	61	114
Lee	60%	72%	15	32
Leicester	33%	54%	15	48
Lenox	18%	32%	169	187
Leominster	48%	54%	102	171
Leverett	64%	92%	14	25
Lexington	74%	73%	38	70
Leyden*	N/A	100%	0	2
Lincoln	45%	51%	145	212
Littleton	64%	88%	44	58
Longmeadow	19%	23%	94	124
Lowell	92%	90%	71	153
Ludlow	100%	94%	26	47
Lunenburg	46%	48%	13	25
Lynn	68%	63%	177	233
Lynnfield	75%	50%	4	8
Malden	77%	84%	145	205
Manchester-by-the-Sea	68%	72%	38	64
Mansfield	40%	38%	62	93
Marblehead	50%	55%	2	11
Marion	38%	36%	8	11
Marlborough	46%	53%	250	333
Marshfield	45%	65%	124	144
Mashpee	13%	25%	30	44
Massasoit Community College	56%	83%	9	18
Mattapoisett	9%	16%	43	58
Maynard	81%	87%	58	117
MBTA	75%	90%	8	20
Medfield	4%	15%	27	26
Medford	77%	80%	114	189
Medway	6%	13%	127	209
Melrose	26%	41%	35	32
Mendon	79%	79%	171	203
Merrimac	67%	83%	9	29
Methuen	34%	45%	79	93
Metro Police Lower Basin Dist.*	100%	100%	3	10
Middleborough	79%	83%	107	231
Middleton	47%	63%	51	49
Milford	11%	36%	66	115
Millbury	63%	63%	16	30
Millis	50%	68%	12	22
Millville	20%	33%	15	27
Milton	14%	19%	138	229
Monson	27%	51%	26	63
Montague	29%	50%	7	10
Monterey*	100%	100%	15	29
Nahant	67%	46%	3	13
Nantucket	50%	69%	4	13
Natick	75%	83%	266	359
Needham	5%	2%	93	85
New Bedford	24%	46%	111	136
New Braintree*	100%	100%	1	4
New Salem	100%	80%	2	5
Newbury	33%	50%	48	101
Newburyport	20%	29%	255	257
Newton	5%	7%	522	703
Norfolk	4%	12%	85	77
North Adams	90%	81%	29	27
North Andover	41%	56%	139	170
North Attleborough	31%	37%	145	177
North Brookfield	50%	40%	8	25
North Reading	19%	36%	27	66
Northampton	9%	13%	89	83
Northborough	38%	57%	81	131
Northbridge	2%	9%	209	286
Northfield	89%	82%	28	57
Norton	8%	26%	38	80
Norwell	57%	43%	30	67
Norwood	15%	21%	285	392
Oak Bluffs	27%	46%	15	37
Oakham*	100%	100%	14	24
Orange	60%	65%	10	26
Orleans	30%	58%	10	26
Otis	25%	45%	8	31
Oxford	8%	36%	13	22
Palmer	10%	15%	159	193
Paxton	12%	31%	74	108
Peabody	8%	18%	130	89
Pelham	82%	84%	62	88
Pembroke	23%	24%	111	128
Pepperell	5%	22%	80	119
Peru	0%	0%	1	2
Petersham	93%	96%	14	23
Phillipston	8%	33%	13	27
Pittsfield	73%	73%	156	194
Plainville	80%	90%	10	21
Plymouth	11%	18%	656	777
Plympton	46%	48%	35	31
Princeton	15%	29%	33	56
Provincetown	50%	48%	6	21
Quincy	4%	8%	186	284
Randolph	51%	69%	85	114
Raynham	85%	90%	61	60
Reading	4%	9%	152	204
Rehoboth	54%	74%	13	47
Revere	45%	59%	166	211
Rochester	38%	36%	13	22
Rockland	56%	54%	124	149
Rockport	25%	71%	12	28
Rowe	N/A	0%	0	3
Rowley	44%	66%	25	53
Royalston*	100%	100%	7	7
Rutland	36%	40%	14	57
Salem	87%	95%	87	125
Salisbury	75%	85%	40	52
Sandisfield*	N/A	100%	0	1
Sandwich	12%	26%	52	77
Saugus	71%	82%	24	17
Scituate	15%	14%	26	28
Seekonk	49%	52%	59	71
Sharon	58%	60%	38	58
Sheffield	97%	100%	36	58
Shelburne	50%	80%	8	20
Sherborn	12%	19%	57	99
Shirley	24%	27%	25	59
Shrewsbury	15%	31%	208	280
Shutesbury	50%	76%	22	33
Somerset	17%	26%	112	129
Somerville	36%	52%	14	44
South Hadley	63%	81%	24	31
Southampton	29%	54%	31	48
Southborough	7%	20%	82	104
Southbridge	48%	70%	33	47
Southwick	0%	21%	9	24
Spencer	59%	64%	41	86
Springfield	27%	34%	204	267
State Police	74%	78%	8,848	18,512
Sterling	44%	56%	59	82
Stockbridge	7%	3%	28	29
Stoneham	0%	25%	5	12
Stoughton	96%	96%	161	203
Stow	33%	61%	21	31
Sturbridge	52%	75%	96	141
Sudbury	10%	14%	229	322
Sunderland	56%	70%	9	10
Sutton	18%	60%	38	65
Swampscott	46%	59%	76	73
Swansea	25%	35%	113	104
Taunton	35%	19%	17	36
Templeton	16%	27%	93	90
Templeton Developmental Center	N/A	0%	0	3
Tewksbury	33%	55%	66	105
Tisbury	0%	42%	1	12
Tolland*	N/A	100%	0	2
Topsfield	70%	77%	44	43
Townsend	12%	23%	102	192
Truro	50%	61%	18	46
Tyngsborough	57%	61%	58	113
Tyringham	25%	75%	4	4
Univ Of Mass Amherst	60%	86%	15	29
Univ Of Mass Boston	0%	41%	3	17
Univ Of Mass Dartmouth	100%	89%	3	9
Univ of Mass Lowell	N/A	100%	0	1
Univ Of Mass Worcester	25%	50%	4	2
Upton	30%	34%	83	126
Uxbridge	10%	12%	52	59
Wakefield	18%	30%	94	120
Wales*	N/A	100%	0	1
Walpole	21%	24%	107	103
Walter East Ferneld State School	N/A	0%	0	1
Waltham	17%	19%	344	517
Ware	59%	58%	29	52
Wareham	50%	70%	62	106
Warren	40%	58%	10	12
Warwick*	N/A	100%	0	1
Watertown	45%	63%	254	409
Wayland*	100%	100%	8	24
Webster	48%	41%	21	34
Wellesley	24%	39%	204	319
Wellfleet	39%	49%	85	141
Wendell	100%	63%	1	8
Wenham	25%	29%	55	59
West Boylston	35%	38%	34	52
West Bridgewater	27%	38%	48	76
West Brookfield	53%	62%	47	106
West Newbury	48%	53%	42	57
West Springfield	69%	68%	94	101
West Stockbridge	96%	89%	23	37
West Tisbury	19%	30%	16	33
Westborough	12%	20%	238	313
Westfield	48%	57%	116	141
Westfield State College	0%	0%	3	4
Westford	20%	35%	106	139
Westhampton	67%	100%	6	8
Westminster	84%	84%	116	134
Weston	17%	20%	107	157
Westport	58%	77%	43	81
Westwood	6%	11%	49	70
Weymouth	34%	41%	358	442
Whately	59%	65%	41	57
Whitman	89%	94%	19	33
Wilbraham	28%	36%	232	282
Williamsburg	76%	87%	29	31
Williamstown	37%	42%	68	99
Wilmington	12%	13%	143	210
Winchendon	25%	65%	12	20
Winchester	7%	7%	110	126
Windsor*	100%	N/A	1	0
Winthrop	81%	88%	37	69
Woburn*	100%	100%	142	163
Worcester	83%	86%	528	710
Worcester County Sheriff	50%	0%	2	2
Worthington	67%	73%	3	11
Wrentham	57%	47%	69	122
Yarmouth	22%	44%	72	89

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