Kyle PD goes for 60-day trial on translation kiosk

When a non-English speaker calls 911, Kyle Police have avenues available to be able to understand their problem most of the time.

But that option doesn’t exist for officers in the field who may encounter someone with whom they cannot communicate.

Jeff Barnett, chief of police in Kyle, posed a potential solution for that during the Feb. 4 meeting of the Kyle City Council, suggesting the city enter a 60-day free trial with VOYCE that would supply the city with a tablet-like device capable of translating up to 100 foreign languages as well as sign language.