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EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A Snohomish County judge has ruled that the public has the right to copies of police surveillance videos showing bikini baristas engaging in illegal activity. The Daily Herald reports that the city of Everett has resisted a demand for copies of the videos, arguing that it has a duty to protect the baristas' privacy rights...

Yakima Police Chief Dominic Rizzi says the department's prostitution sting along North First Street is making an impact. Rizzi tells KIT News the word is getting out that police are cracking down on the problem of prostitution. “The officers say customers are coming up to the undercover officers warning them that police are working in the area...

This is the week Yakima Police are making public the names and pictures of people arrested for trying to hire a prostitute.  Yakima Police Captain Rod Light says "for the past month police have been focusing on a problem area for the city, North First Street, where a lot of prostitutes work, we have undercover police who are working as prostitutes and we are making a plethora of arrest... Rea

Yakima Police have a warning. If you are caught picking up prostitutes on North First Street, it is likely your arrest would not go unnoticed.

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