Stores install loudspeaker security system

AND BAD MUSIC WILL SOON BE BLASTING FROM A HANDFUL OF ALBUQUERQUE CONVENIENCE STORES. AND OWNERS HOPE IT WILL KEEP CROOKS-- AND TEENS WITH NOTHING TO DO-- AWAY. CRIS ORNELAS CHECKED OUT THE UNUSUAL SOLUTION TO CURB CRIME. HE’S LIVE DOWNTOWN WITH HOW IT WORKS. ITS CALLED MESSAGE ON DEMAND OR 'MOD'... ITS INVENTORS SAY ITS A ONE OF A KIND WAY TO KEEP CRIME DOWN AROUND CONVENIENCE STORES. 'your attention please please move away from the front and sides of the building'THAT BOOMING VOICE IS THE NEWEST TOOL FOR CONVENIENCE STORES. 'it targets nuisance problems'THE MOD DELIVERS A THUNDERING MESSAGE AT THE TOUCH OF A BUTTON. ITS MEANT TO DISCOURAGE LOITERING ... DRUG DEALS... PROSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER PROBLEM THAT MAY BE PLAGUING A STORE. 'leave the location immediately or the police will be called thank you for your cooperation''we can taylor make the messages to meet the store needs and any of the city local regulations'THE SYSTEM CAN SPEAK ALMOST ANY LANGUAGE. THERE'S EVEN A WARNING FOR INSIDE THE STORE. 'you are on private property and no loitering shoplifting or criminal activity is allowed here' THEY MESSAGE IS ACTIVATED BY THE CLERK ... BUT TO AVOID CONFRONTATION, THE TARGETED PERSON CANT TELL WHO OR WHERE ITS COMING FROM. 'when someone somewhere... ahhh... god... you know or something is obviously watching and you don't know where that voice is coming from you don't know who they are but they paying attention to you it causes you to go I don't want to be here'THE COMPANY'S SAYS THEIR RESEARCH SHOWS TEENS don't LIKE TO HANG OUT IN PLACES WHERE THEY don't LIKE THE MUSIC. SO THEY SYSTEM ALSO HAS THIS: THE COMPANY SAYS EVERY TIME THEY INSTALL ONE OF THESE SYSTEMS... THEY SEE A DECREASE IN CALLS FOR POLICE.