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Toughest police on speeders
(larger departments)

Note: Speeding citations only. Includes only departments with at least 100 citations.

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

Rank	Police Department	Citations	Tickets	Warnings	% Ticketed
1	Stoughton	364	349	15	96
2	Salem	213	196	17	92
3	Attleboro	403	365	38	91
3	Lowell	224	203	21	91
5	Fall River	665	590	75	89
6	Raynham	122	107	15	88
7	Chelsea	668	583	85	87
8	Winthrop	107	92	15	86
9	Auburn	253	214	39	85
9	Maynard	177	151	26	85
9	Worcester	1,241	1,052	189	85
12	Westminster	251	212	39	84
13	Pelham	151	126	25	83
14	Brockton	126	103	23	82
14	Middleborough	340	278	62	82
16	Malden	350	284	66	81
17	Medford	306	243	63	79
17	Mendon	374	296	78	79
17	Natick	626	497	129	79
20	Littleton	102	79	23	77
20	State Police	27,454	21,041	6,413	77
22	Hanson	190	145	45	76
23	Avon	142	105	37	74
23	Gardner	224	166	58	74
25	Brookfield	173	126	47	73
25	Lexington	108	79	29	73
25	Pittsfield	350	256	94	73
28	Manchester-by-the-Sea	102	72	30	71
29	Westport	125	88	37	70
30	Groveland	105	72	33	69
30	West Springfield	195	134	61	69
32	Sturbridge	237	156	81	66
33	Lynn	410	267	143	65
34	Belchertown	177	114	63	64
35	Concord	270	170	100	63
35	Wareham	168	105	63	63
37	Easthampton	100	62	38	62
37	Hampden	105	65	40	62
37	Spencer	127	79	48	62
40	Chicopee	285	173	112	61
40	Randolph	199	122	77	61
42	Bellingham	425	256	169	60
42	Tyngsborough	171	102	69	60
44	West Brookfield	153	91	62	59
45	Charlton	159	90	69	57
46	Marshfield	269	151	118	56
46	Watertown	663	371	292	56
48	Billerica	391	214	177	55
48	Middleton	100	55	45	55
48	Rockland	273	151	122	55
51	Framingham	196	106	90	54
51	Freetown	136	74	62	54
53	Chelmsford	152	81	71	53
53	Egremont	167	88	79	53
53	Revere	382	202	180	53
53	Westfield	257	136	121	53
57	Leominster	274	142	132	52
57	Swampscott	149	78	71	52
59	Beverly	282	143	139	51
59	Seekonk	130	66	64	51
59	Sterling	143	73	70	51
59	West Newbury	101	52	49	51
63	Boston	6,656	3,327	3,329	50
63	Marlborough	586	294	292	50
63	Northborough	214	107	107	50
63	Wrentham	192	96	96	50
67	North Andover	310	152	158	49
68	Lincoln	358	173	185	48
69	Holliston	110	52	58	47
69	Tewksbury	172	81	91	47
71	Boylston	110	49	61	45
71	Newbury	149	67	82	45
71	Sutton	103	46	57	45
71	Wellfleet	226	102	124	45
75	Brookline	1,349	593	756	44
76	Greenfield	115	50	65	43
76	Hopkinton	145	62	83	43
78	Blackstone	373	156	217	42
78	East Bridgewater	138	58	80	42
80	Andover	383	156	227	41
81	Ashby	129	52	77	40
81	Canton	495	197	298	40
81	Lancaster	139	55	84	40
81	Methuen	172	69	103	40
81	Williamstown	168	68	100	40
86	Mansfield	155	60	95	39
87	Eastham	429	164	265	38
88	Ayer	313	117	196	37
88	Weymouth	806	301	505	37
90	New Bedford	249	89	160	36
91	Agawam	306	103	203	34
91	Dedham	776	261	515	34
91	Easton	429	144	285	34
91	North Attleborough	322	111	211	34
91	West Bridgewater	124	42	82	34
91	Yarmouth	161	55	106	34
97	Upton	210	69	141	33
97	Wellesley	523	174	349	33
99	Hadley	152	49	103	32
99	Wilbraham	514	166	348	32
101	East Brookfield	108	33	75	31
101	Springfield	471	147	324	31
103	Cambridge	270	81	189	30
104	Ashland	103	30	73	29
104	Burlington	376	110	266	29
104	Fitchburg	164	48	116	29
104	Swansea	217	64	153	29
104	Westford	245	70	175	29
109	Bourne	225	62	163	28
110	Douglas	195	52	143	27
110	Lawrence	181	49	132	27
110	Milford	181	48	133	27
110	Wenham	114	31	83	27
114	Barnstable	619	160	459	26
115	Lenox	357	91	266	25
115	Newburyport	513	127	386	25
115	Wakefield	214	53	161	25
118	Amesbury	153	37	116	24
118	Cohasset	166	40	126	24
118	Hingham	263	63	200	24
118	Hopedale	125	30	95	24
118	Pembroke	239	57	182	24
118	Shrewsbury	489	117	372	24
124	Paxton	182	42	140	23
124	Walpole	220	50	170	23
126	Bedford	183	41	142	22
126	Franklin	771	169	602	22
126	Somerset	242	53	189	22
129	Danvers	351	73	278	21
129	Holden	310	64	246	21
129	Longmeadow	218	46	172	21
129	Templeton	183	39	144	21
133	Norton	118	24	94	20
133	Sandwich	129	26	103	20
133	Townsend	295	58	237	20
136	Belmont	301	56	245	19
136	Norwood	679	126	553	19
138	Waltham	862	156	706	18
138	Weston	265	49	216	18
140	Milton	367	63	304	17
140	Sherborn	156	26	130	17
142	Falmouth	1,138	187	951	16
142	Foxborough	102	16	86	16
142	Westborough	552	90	462	16
145	Dracut	332	51	281	15
145	Pepperell	199	30	169	15
145	Plymouth	1,434	211	1,223	15
145	Southborough	186	27	159	15
149	Harwich	161	21	140	13
149	Hudson	191	24	167	13
149	Mattapoisett	101	13	88	13
149	Palmer	352	45	307	13
149	Wilmington	355	46	309	13
154	Peabody	220	27	193	12
154	Sudbury	551	67	484	12
156	Dennis	215	23	192	11
156	Northampton	172	19	153	11
156	Uxbridge	111	12	99	11
159	Amherst	290	28	262	10
159	Medway	338	34	304	10
161	Arlington	282	25	257	9
161	Braintree	461	43	418	9
161	Westwood	119	11	108	9
164	Bridgewater	787	53	734	7
164	Duxbury	604	43	561	7
164	Norfolk	162	12	150	7
164	Reading	356	24	332	7
164	Winchester	237	17	220	7
169	Newton	1,238	75	1,163	6
169	Northbridge	496	32	464	6
169	Quincy	486	31	455	6
172	Needham	179	8	171	4

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