{"id":172559,"date":"2026-02-10T23:19:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T23:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/172559\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T23:19:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T23:19:07","slug":"santa-clara-california-sheriff-tests-translation-tool-ahead-of-fifa-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/172559\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Clara, California, Sheriff tests translation tool ahead of FIFA World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Days before the Super Bowl and months ahead of the FIFA World Cup, the Santa Clara, California, Sheriff\u2019s Office launched a new speech translation pilot project to help strengthen communication between the law enforcement, correctional officers and non-English speaking members of its community.<\/p>\n<p>The technology, called Pocketalk, and which includes a physical device and app, translates speech into 92 languages. Expansion of the year-long pilot, funded by the Sheriff\u2019s advisory board, will depend on feedback from deputies and community interactions, particularly during the World Cup. Levi\u2019s Stadium, in the San Francisco Bay Area\u2019s Santa Clara, will host six matches.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifa.com\/en\/tournaments\/mens\/worldcup\/canadamexicousa2026\/articles\/fifa-celebrates-one-year-to-go-until-the-fifa-world-cup-26#:~:text=The%202026%20edition%20is%20expected,continent%20and%20globe%20through%20football.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FIFA<\/a> projects the international event will bring 6.5 million in-person attendees to stadiums across Canada, Mexico and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis could really improve communications, especially for deputies in the field,\u201d Brooks Jarosz, a county spokesperson, said in an interview. \u201cAnd this is not a mandate or something that our deputies have to use is just another optional tool in their tool belt to allow them to better communicate with visitors and residents alike.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Similar to Google Translate, users can speak into the device or app, and within seconds, the tool translates the speech into the selected written and spoken language. Jarosz said that the department vetted the technology for data privacy and security, and determined not to add data retention and only use the tool for investigative purposes during the trial period. However, conversations are saved in the app for 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The pilot launched Feb. 2.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted the deputies to be able to go back and review or see as well what what the conversation looked like,\u201d Jarosz said.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative is part of the a larger effort by the sheriff\u2019s department to modernize law enforcement technology, including exploring drones as first responders, expanding license plate readers for crime tracking and launching a more public database for more transparency. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770765547_60_sophiafox.jpg\" alt=\"Sophia Fox-Sowell\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tWritten by Sophia Fox-Sowell<br \/>\n\t\t\tSophia Fox-Sowell reports on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and government regulation for StateScoop. She was previously a multimedia producer for CNET, where her coverage focused on private sector innovation in food production, climate change and space through podcasts and video content. She earned her bachelor\u2019s in anthropology at Wagner College and master\u2019s in media innovation from Northeastern University.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Days before the Super Bowl and months ahead of the FIFA World Cup, the Santa Clara, California, Sheriff\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172560,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5608,7,9,8,11190,23,197,17963],"class_list":{"0":"post-172559","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"tag-accessibility","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-california-headlines","11":"tag-california-news","12":"tag-fifa-world-cup","13":"tag-local-news","14":"tag-santa-clara","15":"tag-technology-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}