ANDY SAWYER/Yakima Herald-Republic
Yakima Police Department Sgt. Joe Salinas, head of the Yakima Police Department's Gang Enforcement Unit, takes a suspected gang member into temporary custody on Saturday, March 24, 2007. Pressure by the GET team has forced gang members from Yakima into the outlying areas of the county, says Salinas.


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TJ MULLINAX/Yakima Herald-Republic
Overall crime in the city of Yakima has declined 56.5 percent since the high of 1988, when there were 175.3 crimes for every 1,000 residents. Last year that rate dropped to 76.3.


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