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, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Mayor Ted Wheeler has ordered Portland Police to stop using a sonic weapon called LRAD to disperse protesters. In a briefing today, the Portland Police Bureau Assistant Chief called ...

Protests in Ferguson, Missouri have reached a terrifying fever pitch, and the ludicrously armed Ferguson Police Department is bringing all its crowd-control weapons to bear, tear gas, stun grenades, ...

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 ...

Mayor Ted Wheeler on Friday night directed Portland police not to use sonic warning tones to control crowds after officers activated it at the tail end of an all-night protest and signaled he’s in ...

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 ...

LRAD Corp., which makes long-range hailing devices for the military, said Thursday that it plans to spin off a portion of its business into a new publicly traded company. The San Diego company will ...

SAN DIEGO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / July 11, 2017 / LRAD Corporation (LRAD), the world's leading provider of acoustic hailing devices and advanced mass notification systems, today announced two new systems ...

April 9, 2009 When Somali pirates armed with RPGs attacked the luxury cruise ship Seaborn Spirit in November 2005 it wasn't armed troops or the threat of artillery that deterred the attack, it was ...