Vancouver police have a new crowd control device capable of emitting painfully loud blasts of sound, just in time for the 2010 Winter Olympics, CBC News has learned.

The medium-range acoustic device (MRAD) can use sound as a weapon, emitting piercing sounds at frequency levels that cross the human threshold of pain and are potentially damaging to hearing, say audio experts.

But it is primarily designed as a communications device that's clearly audible up to a kilometre away, say police.

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The department does not even have a plan to start work on the issue, the General Accountability Office said.

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"Vancouver police Chief Jim Chu is sending a blunt message to anti-Olympic activists: stop saying political protest will be stifled during the 2010 Winter Games.

Chu told a news conference at police headquarters Thursday that critics of both the Olympics and the police have painted a dire picture about planned police actions during the Games, and he wanted to set the record straight.

"I'm asking everyone today who's speaking on behalf of the police to just stop," said Chu.

He said false scenarios being described are intended to generate fear and conflict and "are getting ridiculous."