We are working to create an Open Data/Transparency Portal to make our data more available to you! Please be patient with us, as we are working to complete this as soon as possible. Status: In Progress (12/18/2023 – 1/8/ Source ..read more

Chief Murray address the Memphis Police Atrocity and discusses how the police are deterring crime. Community Letter February 8... Source ..read more

A report on the good work that the Dispute Resolution Center has been doing in our community. The Yakima Police Department has had the pleasure of being a cooperative partner with the DRC to reduce violent crime. Yakima-Community-Meetings-ReportDownload... Source ..read more

Detectives from the Yakima Police Department’s Gang and Major Crimes Units are searching for two people they believe were behind Tuesday morning’s 8 th homicide in the city. Three people were shot around 12:54 a.m. in the Rocky Mart mini-mart parking lot at 1003 W. Nob Hill Blvd, Captain Jay Seely said. The investigation revealed around 12:54 a.m., the 32-year-old victim was working on his vehicle... Source ..read more

On May 20, 2022, at about 3:00 am, the driver of a vehicle traveling at an extremely high rate of speed eastbound on Washington Avenue was unable to maintain control of the vehicle through the curve at 24 th Avenue. The vehicle veered off the road and, ultimately, it impacted the Yakima Airport air traffic control tower. The driver, 19-year-old Vance T. Jourdan III, was transported to Yakima... Source ..read more

A 43-year-old Yakima man was shot and killed early Sunday morning in what police believe was a gang-related incident. While being questioned, one of the suspects in the shooting told police he was involved in another homicide that occurred last October. At about 12:30 am yesterday (May 15 th), Yakima police responded to reports of shots being fired in the 900 block of LaSalle Street. Source ..read more

The identity of the officers involved in Sunday morning’s critical incident are identified as: Sergeant Eric Jones (six (6) years with YPD) Officer Les Henderson (four and a half (4.5) years with YPD) The Yakima Police Department is conducting an administrative investigation into the incident for purposes of determining whether the officers’ actions were in accordance with Yakima Police Department... Source ..read more

Through the cooperation of local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, a suspect in the alleged kidnapping and molestation of a 6-year-old girl last week was arrested Wednesday. The suspect will appear in Yakima County Superior Court for a preliminary hearing today at 1:30 pm. Police are not releasing the name of the suspect until he appears in court. The suspect was arrested after... Source ..read more

Late last week, a man who was already in jail facing other charges was arrested in connection with the February homicide of 71-year-old Gerald Moore outside his house on South 8 th Street. Detectives from the Yakima Police Department’s (YPD) Criminal Investigations Division arrested 25-year-old Vincent Mora-Worthington, who was already being held at the Yakima County Jail on charges of eluding and... Source ..read more

A 42-year-old man police identified as a known gang member was critically wounded during a drive-by shooting early Sunday morning and was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for higher-level care. At about 4:00 am on Sunday, March 13 th, multiple calls were made to 9-1-1 reporting shots fired in the 1300 block of West Lincoln Avenue. As police officers were on their way to the scene... Source ..read more