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Stay Out of Areas of Prostitution Declaration of Lieutenant Jim Duffy December, 2015 I, James Duffy, 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 a Lieutenant with the Everett Police Department, and have been assigned as the Lieutenant of the Special Investigations section of the Investigations Division since April 2010. 2. I have been a police officer with the Everett Police Department since June 30, 1985. During my service in Everett I have worked as a patrol officer for 10 years, including 7 as a K-9 Officer. I was then assigned as a narcotics detective for 4 years, patrol sergeant for approximately 1 year and then a sergeant at the Snohomish Regional Drug Task Force for 5 years. This was followed by another year plus as a patrol and Pro-Act unit sergeant. In June 2008 I was promoted to Lieutenant and worked as a nightshift Watch Commander. In April 2010, I was assigned to supervise the Special Investigations Division, which oversees intelligence, gangs, organized crime, prostitution, domestic terrorism, digital and computer forensics. 3. The Special Investigations Division is responsible for investigating crimes that include prostitution related offenses in the City of Everett. I have been involved in the arrests of prostitutes and individuals who were attempting to engage the services of prostitutes during my assignment in Special Investigations. During this assignment I have become educated and extremely familiar with the behavior and trafficking patterns of people who would engage in acts of prostitution. 4. During my assignment in the Special Investigations section, I have been made aware of prostitution related activity through a variety of sources, which include reports from patrol officers and supervisors, referrals from the Everett Police Department community web page, command-level personnel, as well as direct contact and complaints from citizens and business owners in the community. 5. During my tenure in Special Investigations I have participated in numerous planned operations to contact subjects who were seeking to engage the services of a prostitute ("John Stings") as well as numerous operations to contact and arrest working prostitutes in various locales within the city of Everett. I also participated in these types of operations during my assignments to patrol and the Pro-Act Unit. 6. I have reviewed all of the aforementioned available data and also consulted with other members of the Special Investigations Unit, whose responsibilities include