Police audio identification and distraction device

An audio identification and distraction device adapted to be passed by law enforcement personnel through an opening and onto a floor of a structure subject to search and seizure, comprising:

• a tubular housing having a longitudinal axis, first and second ends, and a speaker grid opening;
• a speaker located in the housing adjacent to the first end, the speaker having a base with a diameter, an axis coinciding with the longitudinal axis and an axial length greater than the diameter;
• a frame located within the housing having a bulkhead located at the second end of the housing perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and a rod parallel to the longitudinal axis and extending from the bulkhead to the speaker base;
• a voice message circuit in the housing supported by the frame between the bulkhead and the speaker base and having a police identifying message stored therein;
• a switch which when moved causes the voice message circuit and the speaker to deliver a loud message.

A method for police audio identification and distraction comprising the steps of:

• providing a device having a housing constructed at least partially of a material having a hardness to break a glass window of a structure at a low impact velocity;
• providing a voice message storage circuit in the housing having a police identifying message;
• providing a battery operated power supply inside the housing;
• providing an amplifier inside the housing to receive and amplify the output of the voice message storage circuit;
• providing a speaker supported in the housing to receive the output of the amplifier circuit;
• mounting the voice message storage circuit, the battery operated power supply, the amplifier, and the speaker in the housing in a manner to withstand the shock of impact with the glass window and falling onto a floor of the structure;
• breaking the glass window of the structure with the device;
• dropping the device upon the floor;
• and
• causing the device to output the message as a high volume audio signal.

A method for police audio identification and distraction of occupants within a structure having a glass window and a floor, comprising the steps of:

• a) providing a device having a voice message storage circuit having a police identifying message, a battery operated power supply, and a speaker, all supported in the housing;
• b) breaking the glass window of the structure with the device, passing the device through the window and allowing the device to fall onto the floor;
• and
• c) actuating the voice message storage circuit, thereby causing it to provide the message and to identify the device as law enforcement personnel.