A decrease in the number of traffic stops over the course of 12 months highlighted the Kyle Police Department’s annual racial profiling statistics, which were made public earlier this year. Jeff Barnett, Kyle Police Department chief, said the decrease is attributed to reassigning patrol officers bac...

An update to Kyle’s existing animal control ordinance now allows for private individuals to borrow cage traps to capture small nuisance animals. The caveat, however, is those who use the traps will be held responsible for ensuring any animals that are trapped are treated humanely, said Kyle Police D...

he rumble of motorcycles of all makes and models shook the pavement at Cabela’s last weekend as the Capital of Texas Police Motorcycle Chute Out revved into Buda. The event, according to the Kyle Chamber of Commerce website, has grown from 65 competitors the first year to 124 last year. This year, 1...

The Kyle Police Department continues to investigate an officer-involved shooting that occurred after a 21-year-old man fled from a traffic stop in the Steeplechase subdivision. No one was injured in the incident, but charges have been filed against Javier Hernandez, of Kyle, who was booked into the ...

A Kyle teen who went missing last week was located by authorities near the Texas and New Mexico border Saturday   after they arrested the registered sex offender she had been traveling with. Kylei Ashlyn Greer, 13, of Kyle, was located by Yoakum County Sheriff’s officers after they arrested the Trav...

This story has been updated on March 1 , 2017. See more recent story here. The Kyle Police Department is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred after a 20-year-old man fled from a traffic stop in the Steeplechase subdivision. Kyle Police Chief Jeff Barnett said no one was injured i...

Impeccable timing led to the Kyle Police Department’s arrest of a Wimberley man who is suspected of committing multiple home burglaries in Kyle and Austin .  Kyle Police arrested Taylor Reid Ramirez, 34, of Wimberley, on Feb. 9 for an existing parole violation warrant after they observed him outside...

An agreement approved by the Kyle City Council last week will call for a third-party consultant to conduct an audit of the Kyle Police Department. Matrix Consulting Group, a California-based company which has experience working with other Texas cities, will review the police department’s policies an...

Various issues ranging from fireworks to stop signs in one Kyle neighborhood led the Kyle Police Department (KPD) to hold a meeting to address public concerns. The Kyle Public Works building played host to the meeting between residents from the Four Seasons Farm neighborhood and Kyle Police.  Captai...

Kyle Police Chief Jeff Barnett is set to meet with the district attorney’s office and other Hays County officials to discuss the best path to update the department’s two “outdated” in-car video camera systems. Besides updating the existing systems in two of the department’s patrol cars, Barnett said...