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7 <br /> Stay Out of Areas of Prostitution <br /> Declaration of Lieutenant Jim Duffy <br /> December 2-011 <br /> I, James Duffy, 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 Lieutenant with the Everett Police Department, and have been assigned as the <br /> Lieutenant of the Special Investigations section of the Investigations Division since <br /> April 2010. <br /> 2. I have been a police officer with the Everett Police Department since June 30, 1985. <br /> During my service in Everett I have worked as a patrol officer for 10 years,including <br /> 7 as a K-9 Officer. I was then assigned as a Narcotics Detective for 4 years,Patrol <br /> Sergeant for approximately 1 year and a sergeant at the Drug Task Force for 5 years. <br /> This was followed by another year plus as a patrol and ProAct unit sergeant. <br /> In June 2008 I was promoted to Lieutenant and worked as a nightshift Watch <br /> Commander. In April 2010,I was assigned to the Special Investigations Division. <br /> 3. The Special Investigations Division is responsible for investigating crimes including <br /> Prostitution and related offenses in the City of Everett.I have been involved in the <br /> arrests of prostitutes and people who were attempting to engage the services of <br /> prostitutes during my assignment to Special Investigations. During this assignment I <br /> have become educated and familiar with the behavior and trafficking patterns of <br /> people who would engage in acts of prostitution. <br /> 4. During my assignment in the Special Investigations section,I have been made aware <br /> of complaints of prostitution activity through a variety of sources,including reports <br /> from patrol officers and supervisors,referrals from the Everett Police Department <br /> community web page,command-level persons, as well as citizens and business <br /> owners in the community. <br /> 5. During my tenure in Special Investigations I have participated in several planned <br /> operations to contact people who were seeking to engage the services of a prostitute <br /> ("John Stings")as well as numerous operations to contact and arrest working <br /> prostitutes in various locales within the city of Everett. I also participated in these <br /> types of operations during my assignments on patrol and in the ProAct Unit. <br /> 6. In early September,2011 I requested and received information related to 911 calls <br /> complaining of Prostitution activity in the City of Everett between January 1,2010, <br /> and the date of my request. In reviewing the dispatch and investigative data,it <br /> became clear to me that the entire length of Evergreen Way, from the 4700 block to <br /> the south city limits, and the entire area extending from the 1000 block to 41st Street <br /> Page lof2 <br /> 29 <br />