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Stay out of Areas of Prostitution <br /> Declaration of Captain William L. Deckard <br /> December 2007 <br /> I, William L. Deckard, certify (or declare) under penalty of perjury under the laws <br /> of the State of Washington that the following is true and correct: <br /> I am a Captain with the Everett Police Department and have been the Captain of <br /> the North Precinct since January 16, 2006. <br /> 1. During my :32 year law enforcement career, I have spent 6 years as a <br /> Narcotics Detective and received in excess of 350 hours of instruction in <br /> the identification and detection of Narcotics as well as trafficking and sales <br /> of illegal Narcotics. Further, during this time I was also assigned to the <br /> Special Investigations Unit of the Everett Police Department and became <br /> educated and familiar with the trafficking patterns of persons who would <br /> engage in acts of prostitution. <br /> 2. I have been assigned as the North Precinct Captain since January 2006. <br /> 3. The North Precinct encompasses the area from 41st St. on the South to <br /> the City of Marysville in the North. East West boundaries run from the <br /> Snohomish River on the Eastside to 1/4 of a mile out into Port Gardner Bay <br /> on the Westside. <br /> 4. During my tenure as north precinct captain I have met with numerous <br /> business owners, residents and organized groups of citizens who have not <br /> only complained about prostitution activity in their neighborhoods, but <br /> have schooled themselves in the trafficking patterns of persons who <br /> would engage in acts of prostitution. Further, these groups have become <br /> active in the past "John School" program. <br /> 5. During my career at the Everett Police Department, I have facilitated <br /> special emphasis activities for additional enforcement of laws related to <br /> prostitution, narcotics and drug activity as well as other vice-related <br /> crimes in the areas described as North Broadway, Broadway, Evergreen <br /> Way, Hewitt Avenue, Rucker Avenue, Everett Mall and Casino Road. <br /> 6. In April of this year I requested arrest information for the above areas in <br /> an effort to ascertain data for 2005 and 2006 prostitution-related arrests. <br /> My intent behind my request was to ascertain the arrest data as a factor, <br /> but not the sole determining factor, as to whether or not Prostitution <br /> SOAP areas declaration <br /> Capt. Deckard Page 1 of 3 <br />