patrols

As Officers continue speed patrols in the city they continue to see a consistent number of DUI arrests.

The Officers issued 238 citations so a majority of drivers are getting warnings not tickets.

Over the last year thousands of drivers have been warned or cited during ongoing speed emphasis patrols.

During the week of July 16 through July 22 Officers made 677 traffic stops and issued 234 citations.

Officers made 857 traffic stops during the week, not as many as the 923 stops the week before but police say they're busy trying to control traffic. 393 drivers were ticketed.

It's the highest number of stops and citations issued since the program started late last summer.

During the week of June 18 thorugh June 24 Officers made a total of 693 traffic stops and issued 280 citations.

In fact during the week of June 11 through the 17 Officers made 770 stops and issued 330 citations.

With a shortage of Officers police say they can't afford to place officers sitting idle to watch specific intersections.

Yakima Police continue to urge driver to stop for red lights and they were seeing a decrease in red light collisions over the past month.

Good news; Yakima Police say the number of people getting in crashes by running red lights is falling every week.

Both Yakima Police Chief Matthew Murray and Union Gap Police Chief Greg Cobb have called special emphasis patrols