A youth service director has criticised the use of a mosquito device which emits a high pitched noise to disperse youngsters in Bradford. Miriam Jackson, from the Youth Work Unit, said it seemed like “we’re seeing our young people as pests”. Police...
More controversial mosquito devices – used to drive away youths terrorising neighbourhoods – could be put into action in Shipley after they won the Home Secretary’s backing. Police say the device, which produces an annoying, high-pitched whining...
Home Secretary Alan Johnson has rejected calls to ban a device which emits high-pitched noises designed to cause discomfort to young people. At question time on 8 February 2010, he described The Mosquito™ as “very helpful” in dispersing groups of...
A CONTROVERSIAL device that produces an annoying high-pitched noise to disperse youths has won the backing of the Home Secretary. The Mosquito™, devised by Merthyr Tydfil-based inventor Howard Stapleton, emits a noise at a frequency only young people and...
A family’s CCTV footage of how youths made them too scared to leave their homes is being shown to primary school children. The family, who live in Blaby, installed cameras to show police and council officials how bad things could get as young people gathered...
Moving Sound Technologies president Michael Gibson is pleased to announce that Miracle Recreation Products of Monett Missouri has acquired the exclusive rights to integrate The Mosquito™ anti-loitering system into their playground products. The patented...
The London Borough of Bexley has decided to empower Bexley Youth Council with the decision on the use of ‘Mosquitoes’ in the Borough – a noise emitting device, used to prevent youth disorder. Bexley Council prides itself on listening to its...
The Mini Mosquito™ emits a high-pitched whine that only teenagers can hear. The idea is that this insistent hum drives packs of youths away from your property. This mini version is available for domestic use, with a range of 10m. Source: The Independent Related...
Jefferson High School administrators have a new way to get students to move along between classes rather than congregate in the hallway. Annoy them. In the past week, the school installed a “mosquito.” The $800 machine, developed in Wales, emits a...
I’m not talking about the biting, parasite-carrying bugs here. Rather, I’m talking about the device invented by Howard Stapleton a few years ago, designed to prevent young people from loitering, congregating, or otherwise gathering due to the...
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