{"id":339811,"date":"2026-06-17T13:26:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T13:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/339811\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T13:26:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T13:26:24","slug":"tarrant-county-sheriffs-office-releases-guide-on-local-laws-for-tourists-during-the-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/339811\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office releases guide on local laws for tourists during the World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office has released a guide for international visitors to help understand state laws and city regulations amid this year’s FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n

The guide, titled<\/a> “Understanding Law Enforcement & Arrest Procedures” warns visitors they may be arrested in case any law is violated during their stay and what to do if that occurs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe criminal justice system in Texas \u2014 and in the United States as a whole \u2014 can look very different from the systems used in many other countries,” Robbie Hoy, spokesperson for the sheriff’s office told KERA News in an email. <\/p>\n

“For visitors who may be unfamiliar with how arrests, custody, and court procedures work here, the process can feel confusing or overwhelming,” Hoy said.<\/p>\n

It explains the jail intake process, court appearances, a person’s rights, types of bonds and how to pay them.<\/p>\n

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The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office also provides translation services both in the jail and through the sheriff\u2019s office communications channels.<\/p>\n

Arlington is hosting nine World Cup matches<\/a> \u2014 the most of any host city.<\/p>\n

The first match took place Sunday as Japan came from behind twice to draw the Netherlands 2-2.<\/p>\n

The matches are expected to draw millions of visitors from across the world onto the region at Dallas Stadium – as AT&T Stadium will be known for the duration of the tournament.<\/p>\n

Penelope Rivera is KERA’s Tarrant County Accountability Reporter. Got a tip? Email Penelope Rivera at\u00a0privera@kera.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

KERA News is made possible through the generosity of our members. If you find this reporting valuable, consider\u00a0making a tax-deductible gift today<\/a>. Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office has released a guide for international visitors to help understand state laws and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-339811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}