The owners of the Gallery Place commercial strip have installed an anti-loitering noise device — one to discourage any loiterers, not just teens. Gallery Place has further urged the D.C. Council to pass an anti-loitering ordinance, something the city currently...
Gallery Place business owners met with District officials a few weeks ago to voice their concern that loitering teenagers who sometimes get into fights in one of the city’s busiest retail and entertainment strips were costing them customers. The result of that...
Local business owners have found a solution to the problem of loitering teenagers — an audio repellent called The Mosquito. The device emits a high-pitched sound that drives teens crazy but can’t be heard by most adults over 25. Inventor Howard Stapleton...
By Dan Malouff – Arlington County transportation planner who blogs independently at BeyondDC.com. The Local Blog Network is a group of bloggers from around the D.C. region who have agreed to make regular contributions to All Opinions Are Local. Do teenagers have...
We’ve spent the morning trying to figure that out. Yesterday the Prince of Petworth posted some photos of a white, box-like contraption hanging at the top of the Metro escalators at 7th and H streets NW. As PoP noted, the device looks an awful lot like the...