Posted on 04/04/2020 10:22:36 AM PDT by Old Yeller
In an effort to alert residents to the parish-wide curfew in Acadia Parish, Crowley Police rode around town broadcasting an alarm signal at 9:00 last night, but it's not what anyone expected.
In a video provided to KATC, the audible alarm from Crowley Police is actually the alarm sound from the successful film franchise "The Purge".
The implementation of the siren, which Crowley Police told residents would be different than regular police sirens, is to enforce the 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. curfew. When residents hear this sound, Crowley Police say it is for their citizens to be notified that they are not allowed to leave their homes until the following morning.
By: KATC News Crowley Police working overnight shooting
In an effort to alert residents to the parish-wide curfew in Acadia Parish, Crowley Police rode around town broadcasting an alarm signal at 9:00 last night, but it's not what anyone expected.
In a video provided to KATC, the audible alarm from Crowley Police is actually the alarm sound from the successful film franchise "The Purge".
The implementation of the siren, which Crowley Police told residents would be different than regular police sirens, is to enforce the 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. curfew. When residents hear this sound, Crowley Police say it is for their citizens to be notified that they are not allowed to leave their homes until the following morning.
"If you are out between the 9:00 pm to 6:00 am you will be stopped and advised to go home, " a Facebook post states. After several days of this, the police department says they will begin giving out citations to violators. If you are headed to work or leaving work, you must have documentation from your employer.
That post on Facebook from the Crowley Police Department received over 500 comments asking why the alarm was necessary and to what reason a the curfew was being so strictly enforced.
"Acadia Parish received the worse rating for the rapid spread of the virus. It has been put into place in order try and slow the spread. There is nothing anyone needs to be on the roads besides emergency situations. If you don’t want to comply with the orders of the Sheriff and the Chiefs, you will dealt with accordingly," the police department followed up with on that post.
Police say they received mixed reaction from the public following the alarm. Crowley Police chief Jimmy Broussard tells us he had no idea the sound was associated with "The Purge". He also tells us he doesn't plan on using any type of siren moving forward.
"The Purge" is a horror film that depicts a time in America when a national holiday is celebrated (The Purge) in which all crimes, including murder are legal for a 12-hour period. When the 12-hour period begins, sirens begin to blare and all emergency services are unavailable.
The Acadia Parish Sheriff, K.P. Gibson, issued a statement on behalf of his department: "Last night a ”Purge Siren” was utilized by the Crowley Police Department as part of their starting curfew. We have received numerous complaints with the belief that our agency was involved in this process. We were not involved in the use of the “Purge Siren” and will not utilize any type of siren for this purpose. Calls regarding this matter should be directed to the Crowley Police / Chief Broussard and not the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office."
Its a shame that all the idiots get to ride on good folks accomplishments.
Thank you for that scary moment. I haven’t even seen the film, but I bet about half the town was ready to have a heart attack when they heard it! Very creepy and these local governments and PDs have gone crazy.
The sheriffs were busting up (appropriately socially distanced) block parties in The middle class part of my town last weekend...while 4 young black men were killed in gang shootings in the hood (where the cops are afraid to go anyway). Priorities.
It sounds like a sick cow.
My response to that sound would be kiss my damn ass...
“Jour papers pleaze”
I wudda wondered where’d a tornado come from?
bttt!
Obey your masters!
The tyrants are loving this.
I heard that the Louisiana governor used the Emergency Alert System to blast out a “Stay At Home” message yesterday, too. Anyone hear of other states doing that?
There were four parts to the Purge. I only saw the first three.
Very weird and surreal. But I like ‘em.
If you wanna hear what the siren tone sounds like, go to Youtube and type “The Purge Alarm Sound” in the search box. It’s about 1 minute long. There’s some narration too The concluding siren is almost worse than the opening siren.
Creepy and unnecessary. Our county was doing this for “Tornadoes” in South Jersey. I went out last night after “curfew” to the local convenience store and the kids give zero fVks. If I were a kid,I would do the same thing.
There is a very good underlying story concept in the Purge movies. Most unfortunate is the poor acting, production value, and catering to the pc section of society.
When I was a kid l lived on the Navy base in Yokosuka, Japan, and every day at noon time and 5 PM, they would set off all the air raid sirens on the base.
I must say, that is a scary sound, and when you hear the harmonics of the different sirens interacting with other sirens, causing them to phase in and out with each other, the volume wavering because of it, it is even scarier.
As an aside, we had one of them on top of the building we lived in (an old parachute hangar right across the street from the Fleet Activities building) I got onto the roof one day when I saw the door was unlocked, and went over to the siren. It was big, black, and probably about five feet across I guess. I went back up when it was about to go off, and it was so loud it nearly made me crap my pants, and it did make my heart race. I think I was eight or nine at the time...
I think I’ll put my portable speaker on the balcony and blast it tonight.
Uh, except for New York City, that is...
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