The LRAD’s siren is one of its main deterrents. It is specially designed to be weighted to transmit sound loaded in the frequency range where human hearing is most sensitive, roughly 2,000 ...

NYPD Officers use the LRAD to give announcements to a crowd in Washington Square Park on Oct. 24, 2015. NurPhoto / Getty Images file. May 22, 2019, 2:20 PM EDT. By Ben Kesslen.

LRAD devices have been in use for more than a decade. Ships often use them to hail distant vessels, and in 2005, a cruise ship used an LRAD device to help repel pirates, ...

Police use of LRAD Law enforcement agencies across the United States have controversially deployed LRAD, but many regard it as excessive force. The New York Police Department used LRAD at a Black ...

The first use of LRAD during demonstrations was in September 2009 in Pittsburgh.. The NYPD referred questions to the city’s Law Department, a spokeswoman for which said the settlement is in the ...

The department also agreed to instate guidelines for LRAD use. A handful of police departments followed suit by instituting guidelines of their own, including Massachusetts State Police and the ...

The LRAD website also proudly touts the NYPD’s use of LRAD during the 2004 Republican Convention and in Times Square on New Year’s Eve. “We want the police to have it,” Stuckey said, ...

Azerbaijan is the latest country where riot police have threatened to use a Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD), against protesters. The U.S.-manufactured LRAD has been sold in 60 countries ...

Genasys Inc. (NASDAQ: GNSS), the global leader in Protective Communications, today announced a $2.0 million LRAD maritime systems order from the U.S. Navy (Navy). The follow-on order is part of the ...

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 ...