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Rizzi has been searching for a new job for the last two years after being turned down for jobs in Spokane and Topeka, Kansas.

Starting Today Yakima's downtown will see a bicycle patrol unit. Chief Dominic Rizzi is hoping the patrols will help people feel safe while in the downtown area. Two officers everyday on 10 hour shifts will cruise all over the downtown area beginning this morning. They will work closely with downtown crews to help people feel safer while walking, shopping or dining in downtown Yakima.

Yakima police are finding a lot of homeless people and those who ask for money on city street corners in Yakima are actually from other areas.

Yakima Police Officers are on high alert after the terror bombings in Boston. Chief Dominic Rizzi says even though Yakima is a small city it could still be a target for terrorism. Rizzi says “it is not matter of Yakima or any other city it is a matter of where are these people going to inflict the most disruption and fear” Rizzi says he has told officers to look for anything suspicious in the days

With the revitalization of downtown and more people expected to enjoy the downtown area this spring and summer police patrols will start in mid June. Yakima Police Chief Dominic Rizzi says at any one time you will see four officers in the downtown area 7 days a week...

A push to make the Yakima Greenway safer for your family is taking shape and it starts with preventing crime. A reputation for the trail system as a haven for crime and homelessness has not made that easy according to Yakima Police. Chief Dominic Rizzi tells our news partner KIMA Action News among the recommendations are more lights and security cameras and he says during the summer Yakima Police

Yakima Police Chief Dominic Rizzi has been on the job less than a year, but is already putting his years of experience as a career Chicago police officer to use locally. Chief Rizzi was a guest on Thursday's Mike Bastinelli Show. Top...