Noise citations booming in Brevard

by Kimberly C. Moore Florida Today (www.floridatoday.com) January 18, 2008 MELBOURNE – Garrett Bell had the stereo turned up in his black Ford Explorer, pounding out Yung Joc’s “Knock It Out” as a technician worked on the sport utility vehicle...

New booming police siren rattling nerves

by Oren Dorell USA Today February 7, 2008 A new police siren that can be felt as well as heard — through closed windows and inside homes and office buildings — is rattling some people who say cops should quit the technology borrowed from souped-up car stereos. Called...

One thump too many

by Cristina Silva St. Petersburg Times (www.sptimes.com) February 24, 2008 ST. PETERSBURG – “People on a national scale are sort of fed up. They are tired of listening to this. They are tired of having their neighborhood attacked this way.” Judy...

Bringing down the volume

MyFox Tampa Bay (www.myfoxtampabay.com) February 25, 2008 ST. PETERSBURG – The latest attempt to reduce noise levels does not involve a new ordinance, stiffer penalties, or a big enforcement action. It is a polite request to the owners of cars with loud music...