News & Events
Meet Your YPD District Officer Event is Friday
Community members will have morning and evening opportunities to meet Yakima Police Department (YPD) officers assigned to Districts 7, 8 and 9 during an event this Friday, August 23rd. The “Meet Your District Officer” event will be from 7:00 am to 8:00 am and 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm at Newsroom Coffee, Chalet Place, 5261 … Read More
Names of Two Victims of 8th Street Shooting Released
Yakima police have released the names of the two victims of a late-night shooting that occurred Saturday in the 300 block of North 8th Street. One of the victims, 18-year-old Amador Ruiz, was transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on Sunday and is reported to be in critical but stable condition there. The second … Read More
Sliger Road Homicide Suspect Arrested
The Yakima Police Department (YPD) arrested a suspect yesterday, Thursday, in connection with a homicide that occurred on Sunday, April 21st. Nathaniel Garcia, 20, is charged with 1st degree Murder in the shooting death of 16-year-old David Martinez. At 1:50 am on April 21st, a robbery occurred at 18th Street and Sliger Road. One of … Read More
Man Shot During Apparent Robbery Attempt
Yakima police responded to a report of a man having been shot at about 9:25 pm Wednesday night in the 1600 block of East Race Street. When police arrived on scene, they found 30-year-old Cesar Salgado-Martinez had been shot in the abdomen during what he and witnesses described as a robbery attempt. Salgado-Martinez was taken … Read More
Shooting Leads to Vehicle Accident at 6th Avenue and Nob Hill
Yakima police responded to a two-vehicle collision at about 11:15 am today near the intersection of 6th Avenue and Nob Hill Boulevard. Witnesses reported that a person on foot and a person in a vehicle had exchanged gunfire in the area near the intersection just prior to the collision occurring. As the vehicle involved in … Read More
YPD Police Services to Close for Training on July 30th
The Yakima Police Department (YPD) Police Services Division will close at 11:45 am on Tuesday, July 30th for employee training. The Division will re-open at 8:00 am on Wednesday, July 31st. During the closure, the City’s Information Technology Services Division will route Police Services calls to SunComm. The Police Services Division holds periodic training opportunities … Read More
OPERATION INVICTUS CIVITAS, UNDEFEATABLE COMMUNITY, NETS 100th ARREST
Yakima, Wash. – The U.S. Marshals Service Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force (PNVOTF) announced today that Operation Invictus Civitas, Undefeatable Community, made their 100th arrest since launching the operation on June 3, 2019. According to Chief Ed Levesque of the Yakima County Sheriff’s Office, “the efforts of our law enforcement partnership are truly paying … Read More
Independent Examination Underway of City Jail Inmate’s Attempted Suicide
The Yakima Police Department has asked the Yakima Valley Special Investigations Unit, which is comprised of multiple law enforcement agencies throughout the region, to examine an attempted suicide early Wednesday morning by an inmate at the Yakima Municipal Jail. The Special Investigations Unit provides independent reviews of certain incidents involving Yakima-area law enforcement entities. At … Read More
Multiple Agencies Partnering on Operation Invictus to Fight Violent Crime
The Yakima Police Department (YPD) and a dozen other local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies are joining together for what’s being called Operation Invictus, a targeted effort to identify, locate, and apprehend violent crime fugitives throughout the Central Washington region this summer. In addition to the YPD, local law enforcement agencies participating in Operation … Read More
Yakima Police Arrest Suspect at Yakima Airport and Find Gun in His Car
At about 6:00 pm Sunday, a man called 9-1-1 in Yakima and told calltakers he had set his house on fire and was headed to the Yakima airport with a firearm. The man gave calltakers a description of his vehicle and said he would be waiting at the airport for police. Yakima police arrived at … Read More