Officers of the Federal Protective Service, which secures more than 9,500 federal buildings nationwide and will play a key role in safeguarding New York during the Republican National Convention. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
NEW YORK - Forget the megaphones. Police will have a much more high-tech — and louder — option to make themselves heard over the din of Manhattan traffic and noisy protesters outside the Republican National Convention.
It's called the Long Range Acoustic Device, developed for the military and capable of blasting warnings, orders or anything else at an ear-splitting 150 decibels.