YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — A Walmart store in Yakima gave the police department a new computer to replace one the department had been using for eight years.
It recently crashed and the department says it did not have the resources for repairs or a replacement.
Police use the computer to investigate Internet crimes against children, forgery and other crimes using computers.
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