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A year after the end of the Civil War, the general was out cruising in his carraige.

The most recent statistics available from the Yakima Police Department show officers made 25,237 traffic stops in 2022 compared with 39,712 in 2023

You may disagree because of the roads you drive but officials at geotab.com have found Interstate 5 to be the most deadly roads in all of Washington state.

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

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.

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.

There are reported speed light cameras located on I-90 in Western Washington state in these following 6 locations that I know of.

During the week of February 12 through February 18 Officers investigated 26 collisions, 12 the result of a driver not stopping for a red light.

Do you think it's a good idea? Several WA State officials don't think it's a bad idea.