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Project Safe Neighborhoods is Working

U. S. Department of Justice United States Attorney Eastern District of Washington PRESS RELEASE U.S. ATTORNEY JOSEPH H. HARRINGTON ANNOUNCES PROGRESS IN MAKING OUR COMMUNITIES SAFER THROUGH PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS… Read More

Interim Chief Issues Statement on Incident at CWSF

The Yakima Police Department has been made aware of a video posting that involves a Yakima Police officer using force while effecting an arrest last night. Maintaining public trust is… Read More

YPD To Sell Ribbons to Fight Breast Cancer

    The 2018 Central Washington State Fair opens today in Yakima and the Yakima Police Department (“YPD”) once again will have a booth at the 10-day event. The YPD… Read More

West Chestnut Homicide Release

West Chestnut Homicide News Release   At 2:09 Thursday morning, Yakima Police (“YPD”) officers responded to a report of shots fired in the 700 block of West Chestnut. When officers… Read More

Yakima Police Department’s Lip Sync Video Goes Viral

After several weeks of preparation, filming, and editing, the Yakima Police Departments Lip Sync Challenge was released on Monday, August 13th, 2018. The YPD’s response to a national challenge has… Read More