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News Report #11 NZDSOS Police Promise to never use LRAD or DEW

  • reportnewslatest
  • Nov 11, 2023
  • 1 min read

We have said this all along. LRAD devices (sound cannons) were used on the last day of the Wellington protest.


Camp organisers were in constant dialogue with the police who frequently lied, including the fact they did not have any crowd control weapons and would not use them. They also said the night before they ended the protest that they would delay any major action until at least agreed on hui with particular groups.


Recently, Police have confirmed this through an Official Information Act request, LRAD weapons were used against peaceful protestors who were simply standing for freedom.


Note: Those who came in wearing masks on 2 March 2022 were not a part of the protest.


The document states “…police have 17 LRAD units, bought incrementally since 2016, and that a tactical options report must be completed for the use of an LRAD. The manufacturer's specifications for the LRAD model ‘100x’, used by police, says the devices can project 140dB, about the sound level of a gunshot, to a maximum range of 600m”.


Police also denied the use of pepper spray at the protest, in clear contradiction to the video footage of protestors being sprayed.


Before the second raid on 2 March 2022, "a new crowd-control pepper spray product with a higher capacity, Sabre Red Mk 9, was also added to the list of approved products”.


“The obligations of police to provide aftercare, by decontaminating and avoiding positional asphyxia, were also changed from "must" to "must if the circumstances allow”. No aftercare was given on 2 March.





 
 
 

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