Just as activists have raised their voices demanding justice for George Floyd and the many killed by police violence, the police have met them with their own sound: the LRAD. These audio devices, ...

Originally developed to ward off pirates at sea, one powerful military-grade device has become a favorite tool for U.S. law enforcement. But with no supervision to speak of, these off-label uses are ...

Sonic weapons known as Long Range Acoustic Devices (LRAD), are used by law enforcement officials as a non-traditional method of crowd control and dispersal in multiple countries across the world. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shutterstock At vaccine mandate protests in Canberra last week, police used powerful loud-hailing devices called Long-Range ...

QUANTICO, Va. — Police deployment of sonic blasters at Occupy Wall Street and G-20 protest rallies is fueling both sales and criticism of the devices, which emit beams of sound with laser-like ...

SAN DIEGO, July 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Genasys Inc. (NASDAQ: GNSS), the global leader in Protective Communications, today announced that LRAD and CONNECT synergies are driving demand from law ...

Its effects have been likened to standing in front of a jet engine -- a blast of amplified sound capable of inducing headaches, panic, and potential hearing loss. This is the LRAD, or Long Range ...

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Genasys Inc. (NASDAQ: GNSS), the global leader in Protective Communications, today announced a new law enforcement LRAD order for a West African country ...

Hours before Azerbaijani activists gathered in Baku last weekend for an unsanctioned protest against military violence, blogger Habib Muntezir sent out a word of warning: "Sonic weapons with a ...

At vaccine mandate protests in Canberra last week, police used powerful loud-hailing devices called Long-Range Acoustic Devices (LRADs) to address protesters. While some protesters claimed they were ...