The LRAD was developed as a military sound weapon following the 2000 attack on the USS Cole in Yemen. Police departments have since acquired the devices to use for crowd control.

Pittsburgh city officials believe their police department’s use of a Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) at last week’s G20 protests was “the first time the sound cannon had been used publicly.” ...

The City has agreed to pay $748,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by Black Lives Matter protesters who said the NYPD illegally targeted demonstrators with Long Range Acoustic Devices [LRAD] in 2014 ...

HILO Gov. David Ige said Wednesday concerns expressed in a Tuesday letter by the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii that a long-range acoustic device will be used as a sound cannon against ...

LRAD Defends ‘Sound Cannon’ Use At Occupy Wall Street Photo of an NYPD officer holding an LRAD 100x handheld device. By Joshua Paul.

Acoustic Cannon Sales to Police Surge After Black Lives Matter Protests In a recent conference call with financial analysts, LRAD executives said sales were rolling in, not just from Chinese ...

The NYPD deployed a sound cannon that a lawsuit alleges left protesters of Eric Garner’s death with long-term hearing problems. Should the device even be part of the PD’s arsenal?

LRAD sound cannons are being used on protesters in Ferguson, similar to this one used at the 2009 G20 protests in Pittsburgh glassbeadian, YouTube In the four days of unrest since unarmed teenager ...

Pittsburgh city officials believe their police department’s use of a Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) at last week’s G20 protests was “the first time the sound cannon had been used publicly.” ...

LRAD sells sound cannons to yacht owners as a means of keeping pirates from boarding. In 2005, an LRAD sound cannon staved off an attack by pirates on a five-star German-built cruise ship, called ...

Chicago cops’ new weapons As week-long protests against the NATO summit begin, city police may use a potentially dangerous sound cannon ...