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Stay Out of Drug Areas Declaration of Sergeant Michael McAvoy December 2011 I, Michael McAvoy, certify or declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Washington that the following is true and correct: 1. I am currently assigned as the supervisor for the Everett Police Department's Anti Crime Team (ACT) and have been since February of 2011. One of ACT's responsibilities is narcotics arrests and investigations. ACT focuses on problem people (such as recurring offenders) and locations in the city with the goal of reducing crime, including narcotics related crimes, proactively. 2. I have been a commissioned Police Officer since October 1993, starting with the Honolulu Police Department (HPD). While employed with HPD I purchased narcotics in an undercover capacity approximately five times. In February 1997 I was hired by the Everett Police Department. I have worked in Patrol and was an officer in ACT when it was established for approximately two years. I have been a Master Police Officer responsible for training new officers and was promoted to Sergeant in March 2009. 3. I have made or been involved in hundreds of narcotics arrests in both Honolulu and the City of Everett, including include Stay Out of Drug Areas ("SODA") Order violations. I have attended numerous hours of training related to narcotics investigations. 4. The purpose of this declaration is to provide information on active SODA areas and, in my opinion, based on my training and experience, they should remain SODA areas. 5. Since the last declaration in 2009 there have been 1578 narcotics related incidents in the SODA areas through September 2011. Attached and incorporated by reference to my declaration are two maps. The SODA areas are outlined and the dots indicate the narcotics related incidents for the years 2010 and 2011 through September. The data and maps were provided to me by Everett Police Department Criminal Analyst Erica Bennett. Page 1 of 3