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Yakima Police Chief Dominic Rizzi says he is looking forward to expanding the city gang unit to fight local gangs. Rizzi is doubling the unit from five to ten officers who will focus their efforts on arresting and jailing local gang members...

Investigators say a Utah man turned himself in to Yakima police Friday and provided information that led authorities to his girlfriend's dead body. Steven Grey is now a murder suspect in the death of 44-year-old Jennifer Brackenbury. Police in Orem, Utah received word from Yakima Police this past Friday that Grey had turned himself in...

The event will also allow you to dispose of old and unused prescription medications as well.

It's time to show off the Yakima Police Department. Lt. Mike Merryman says the department is holding an open house October 10th so the community can meet the new police chief and become familiar with city police programs and services. Police Chief Dominic Rizzi Jr...

On Sunday morning a 23 year old Selah was treated at a local hospital for a gunshot wound to his foot. He told Yakima Sheriff Officers and Yakima Police Department officer’s that he had gotten very drunk while at a local tavern and someone had apparently shot him in his foot...

Yakima Police and City Prosecutors are looking at a new way to get tough on car thieves. KIMA learned they've come up with a plan to prosecute suspected car thieves in municipal court instead of the Yakima County Courthouse. "I looked outside and it wasn't there any more," said Tony Valencia, a Yakima man who had his car stolen...

One of the key findings of the 2012 Yakima Citizen Survey that the Yakima City Council focused on during its retreat in late August showed that some Yakima residents don’t feel as safe as they would like to in the downtown area, particularly after dark...

Tight space and rising costs; two big issues facing the Yakima City Jail. The 78-bed facility only houses men being held on misdemeanor charges; however, tight times have led to the jail becoming overcrowded, housing more than one-hundred inmates sending these overflow inmates to the county jail cuts deep into Yakima's pockets...

Former Yakima Police Sergeant Erik Hildebrand is fighting to keep his own credentials. Hildebrand resigned while under an internal investigation. His ability to work as an officer again is now in the hands of the state. The Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission will review whether he can keep his credentials...

A sergeant with the Yakima Police Department (YPD) is no longer on the force after being the subject of repeated internal investigations. Erik Hildebrand resigned from YPD on May 18, stepping down before the city decided on any punishment for their latest investigation...