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American Technology Corporations Announces America's Leading Police Departments Deploy Breakthrough Non-Lethal Technology

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - American Technology Corporation (ATC) (Nasdaq: ATCO) a leading innovator of proprietary sound reproduction technologies and products, today announced that there have been several successful domestic deployments by leading police departments of its directed sound technology, the Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD™). Most recently in June, the Santa Ana, Calif. SWAT team used LRAD to drive gang members from a house in their community.

LRAD is a breakthrough long-range hailing and warning, directed acoustic device designed to communicate with authority and exceptionally high intelligibility in a 15-30° beam. It can issue a verbal challenge with instructions in excess of 500 yards and has the capability of following up with a warning tone to influence behavior or determine intent. In serving a search warrant on the Santa Ana house, the SWAT team turned on the LRAD tone and swept the house that the suspects were in for 30 seconds.  Their initial intelligence was that three or four suspects were inside the house, but after employing LRAD, 10 suspects emerged from the house without the need for any type of lethal force or sending officers inside.

Santa Ana SWAT Team Commander Tony Levatino said, “We used LRAD on a search warrant on the house, and it worked like a charm. The team operated it and used the tones to wake up the suspects; everyone clearly heard the instructions.”

Police departments around the county are now using this new intense, directed sound technology in a wide range of situations:

  • The NYPD used LRAD to control crowds during last year’s RNC protests and during New Year's Eve at Times Square.
  • The New York Port Authority has used LRAD to hail boats suspected of posing threats.
  • The Boston PD deployed an LRAD in Kenmore Square during the most recent Super Bowl celebration.
  • The Broward County, Fla. port patrol used LRAD to patrol the waterfront at the Fort Lauderdale convention center in June when President Bush spoke at the OAS, pushing back the security perimeter over 200 meters and dispersing trespassers without having to send in patrols.

In addition to domestic applications, LRAD is deployed around the world with the U.S. Army, Navy, Marines, Border Patrol, as well as with cruise lines.

LRAD Applications and Specifications LRAD is a profound technology that provides never before heard clarity, power and directionality.  It establishes intent andentifies friend or foe.

LRAD Uses

  • Site security - increase standoff distances with a potential threat and determines intent without unnecessary escalation of force
  • Hurricane/Tornado Evacuation Notifications - messages can penetrate buildings and warn affected personnel without having to enter buildings.
  • Stranded Personnel Notifications - communicates with clarity and intelligibility to people in buildings or other extremely difficult to reach areas
  • Checkpoint control – sends prerecorded messages in any language; signs only work when the indigenous population can read
  • Crowd control – users are guaranteed to get the message across clearly and forcefully
  • Directed communications – line of site communications for mass notifications
  • IFF – using code phrases to illicit a response from friendly personnel
  • Airborne warning and notification from helicopters – people on the ground can hear over the rotor wash and jet noise
  • Direct Action mission support - the 151db tone can be used to change behavior before lethal force is applied
  • Serving search warrants - the warning tone can be used to drive suspects from buildings without need for officers to enter the premises

LRAD Characteristics

  • Loud – 151dB at 1 meter about 105dB at 500 meters
  • Clear – less than 10 percent total harmonic distortion
  • Directional – 15-30 degree beam width
  • Low Power Consumption – 4 amps max, 2 amps continuous
  • Portable – can be moved to the appropriate threat axis

LRAD Accessories

  • Phraselator – an integrated or handheld one-way communication device that can be pre-programmed with up 50 different languages providing assistance with force protection, basic phrases, medical emergencies, and date/time information among others.  The vast majority of LRADs sold to the Department of Defense have been equipped with this option.
  • Maxabeam Spotlight – an integrated or handheld spotlight with a focused beam capability that can illuminate a target over 2k away.

About American Technology Corporation American Technology Corporation is Shaping the Future of Sound® by developing, manufacturing and globally distributing its proprietary sound technologies and products. For more information on the company and its technologies and products please visit our web site at www.atcsd.com.

Contact: Don Mathias Phone: (949) 855-4520 Email: donald.mathias@cox.net