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Everett Police recommend modest SODA zone changes; council to act June 25
Summary
Police briefed the council on drug‑related data and recommended keeping most existing SODA (prohibited areas related to drug trafficking) zones, adding a block on North Broadway near Everett Community College and removing Wiggum's Hollow Park; final action was scheduled for June 25.
City Attorney staff and Everett Police briefed the council on the biennial review of so‑called SODA areas (locations where certain drug‑trafficking prohibitions are adopted by resolution). The briefing summarized overdose and narcotics data, park calls for service and on‑the‑ground observations and recommended keeping most existing prohibited areas, adding one zone on North Broadway and removing Wiggum's Hollow Park.
Why it matters: SODA zones are local resolutions that set prohibited areas intended to reduce open‑air drug dealing and trafficking in locations with documented activity. Police said the…
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