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 ...

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, ...

RANCHO BERNARDO —- Deterring pirates with blasts ofear-splitting sound got American Technology Corp. a lot of welcomeattention. But when the company’s acoustic warning speakers aredeployed by law ...

(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 manufacturer of the LRAD (Long Range Acoustic Device) has previously gone to great lengths explaining how the device is not a weapon — in the lethal sense anyway. As a non-lethal device, the LRAD ...

New York City police officers have lately taken to blasting protesters with 21st-century sound cannons, and as far as anyone can tell, the department doesn’t have any policies governing when and how ...

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) - The technical name is long range acoustic device or LRAD. It's basically a very large and very loud megaphone for law enforcement. The discussion of purchasing such a ...

SAN DIEGO, September 29, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Genasys Inc. (NASDAQ: GNSS), the global leader in Protective Communications, today announced a $9.0 million Long Range Acoustic Device® (LRAD®) order ...

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 ...

As hundreds of people marched through the streets of downtown Orlando on June 5, a booming speaker attached to the back of a nearby pickup truck announced a warning. “Orlando curfew will go into ...

December 17, 2007: While U.S. efforts to deploy it's microwave Active Denial System (which transmits a searchlight sized bean of energy when makes people downrange feel like their skin is on fire) ...