LRADs are targeted beams of sound, so you want to move perpendicular to the target area to get out of the range.

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2. "Minnesota State Patrol uses long range acoustic device, first used by military, to disperse Maple Grove protesters"

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-state-patrol-long-range-acoustic-device/

Minnesota State Patrol uses long range acoustic device, first used by military, to disperse Maple Grove protesters

By Derek James
January 27, 2026 / 5:42 PM CST / CBS Minnesota

Dozens of protesters were detained Monday night after making a lot of noise outside a hotel where they believed the Border Patrol commander was staying.

Something troopers threatened to use to clear the crowd made a lot of ears perk up. It's called a "long range acoustic device," or LRAD.

Minnesota State Patrol troopers used a powerful sound system first used by the military in Maple Grove, Minnesota, to communicate and disperse noisy protesters.

"The LRAD is like a loudspeaker, but it focuses the sound in a narrow cone, so that if you're inside the cone, it's extremely loud," said retired Marine Colonel Mark Cancian, a senior adviser for the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

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