On the night of December 4th, 2014, demonstrators filled the streets in protest of the grand jury's failure to indict Daniel Pantaleo for killing Eric Garner. Anika Edrei, Shay Horse, James Craven, ...
A judge has ruled that a lawsuit against the NYPD for officers' use of a Long Range Acoustic Device sound cannon at a Black Lives Matter protest can proceed, because "sound can be used as a force." ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Mayor Ted Wheeler directed police to not use a device that emits a loud sonic tone for crowd control ahead of another night of protests in Portland. The device is called LRAD, ...
(TNS) - The Greensboro, N.C., Police Department soon will be using a piece of equipment that has a controversial reputation. A Long Range Acoustic Device, or LRAD, was purchased by the department in ...
The Phoenix City Council on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for police to buy a $95,000 pair of high-powered and at-times controversial devices they say will help communicate with large crowds. In a ...
Standing with their attorney on June 1, 2017, a group of journalists gathered outside the courthouse where they are suing police over their use of sound cannons as a method of crowd control. A federal ...
LRAD Corporation, provider of long range acoustic hailing devices (AHDs), received a $700,000 order for LRAD 300X systems for installation on international coastal patrol boats currently under ...
Protesters are suing the NYPD over a little-known police sound device with a big impact. NY1's Dean Meminger filed the following report. It's called an LRAD, a Long Range Acoustic Device. Some refer ...
The Phoenix Police Department wants to purchase two powerful loudspeakers that have been used by some law enforcement agencies to force protesters to disperse. The model of Long Range Acoustic Devices ...
The NYPD has agreed to limit the use of sound cannons during protests as part of a lawsuit settlement that also comes with a price tag of $750,000 for the city, new court documents reveal. The ...
SEATTLE — It’s being touted as a non-lethal crowd control tool by the Seattle Police Department, but Long Range Acoustic Devices, also known as LRADs, are now coming under scrutiny locally and other ...