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Stay Out of Areas of Prostitution <br /> Declaration of Sergeant James Collier <br /> December 30, 2019 <br /> I, James Collier certify (or declare)under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of <br /> Washington that the following is true and correct: <br /> 1. I am a Sergeant with the Everett Police Department and have been assigned as the <br /> Special Investigations and Property Crimes Unit(s) Sergeant. <br /> 2. I have been a police officer with the Everett Police Department since April 16th, 2001. <br /> Prior to my employment with the Everett Police Department, I was a police officer <br /> with the El Paso Police Department from May 1995 to April 2001 <br /> 3. During my service in Everett I have worked as a Patrol Officer, Downtown Bicycle <br /> Officer, Special Investigations Detective,Registered Sex Offender Detective, Patrol <br /> Sergeant, Special Investigations Sergeant, and Property Crimes Sergeant. <br /> Additionally, I also supervised the digital and computer forensics unit <br /> During my last 3 years as a police officer in El Paso, Texas; I was assigned to the <br /> Tactical Gang Unit(CRASH). <br /> 4. The Special Investigations Unit(SIU)has numerous responsibilities. SIU gathers <br /> intelligence and is the intelligence hub for the northern half of western Washington. I <br /> also oversee investigations that involve prostitution, organized crime, and domestic <br /> terrorism. <br /> 5. During my assignment in the Special Investigations section, I have been made aware <br /> of prostitution related activity through a variety of sources,which include reports <br /> from patrol officers, supervisors, referrals from the Everett Police Department <br /> community web page, command-level personnel, as well as direct contact and <br /> complaints from citizens and business owners in the community. The Detectives and . <br /> myself within the Special Investigations Unit also drive and monitor the areas <br /> described in the"stay out of prostitution areas". <br /> I have participated in numerous planned arrest operations where we contact subjects <br /> who were seeking to engage the services of a prostitute ("John Stings") as well as <br /> investigations involving"promotion of prostitution"(pimping and sex trafficking <br /> cases). I also participated in these types of operations during my assignments in patrol <br /> and the Special Investigation Unit. I have become educated and extremely familiar <br /> with the behavior and trafficking patterns of people who would engage in acts of <br /> prostitution. <br /> 6. I have reviewed all of the aforementioned available data from our Crime Analyst <br /> Unit dating back to January 2017 and I also consulted with other members of the <br /> Special Investigations Unit. Additionally,this past summer we conducted multiple <br /> 1 <br /> 1 <br />