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.

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, ...

I guess military tech always finds its way home. 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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK --U.S. soldiers in Iraq have new gear for dispersing hostile crowds and warding off potential enemy combatants. It blasts earsplitting noise in a directed beam. The equipment, called a Long ...

Demonstrators are reporting the NYPD’s use of Long Range Acoustic Devices (LRADs) against protesters during today’s Occupy Wall Street “Day of Action.” The machines are meant to send out “high ...

The NYPD must stop using deafening sound cannons to break up street demonstrations following a legal settlement reached Monday with five Black Lives Matter protesters. The city also must pay $748,000 ...

The NYPD's use of a sound cannon against nonviolent protesters can indeed be considered excessive force, a federal appeals panel affirmed yesterday in a first-of-its-kind ruling. The opinion, issued ...

New York City has reached a nearly $750,000 settlement with a group of plaintiffs who say they were injured when police deployed a "sound cannon" against protesters who took to the streets in 2014 ...