RETAILERS FIGHTING BACK AGAINST TEEN LOITERING, VANDALISM, AND GRAFFITI

Released on: November 16, 2007, 6:35 am

Press Release Author: Jeff Robinson

Industry: Consumer Services

Press Release Summary: RETAILERS FIGHTING BACK AGAINST TEEN LOITERING, VANDALISM,
AND GRAFFITI

Press Release Body: RETAILERS FIGHTING BACK AGAINST TEEN LOITERING, VANDALISM, AND
GRAFFITI
Revolutionary new tool keeps store fronts problem-free
"The MosquitoT has landed in North America"

November 12, 2007 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Millions of dollars in lost profits is what unwanted youth gatherings at businesses,
stores and shopping malls cost the Canadian economy every year, according to Stats
Canada. Anti-social behavior such as graffiti spraying and vandalism has become the
biggest threat to private property in the country in the last decade. Now with the
help of a harmless ultrasonic device known as The MosquitoT, retailers and property
owners around the world are driving problem youth away and reducing damage done to
their property, which helps restore consumer traffic, profits - and most importantly
- customer confidence.
"Either someone has come along and wiped them [teenagers] off the face of the earth,
or it's working beautifully," says Robert Gough, owner of Spar shop, about The
MosquitoT where the device was first used. "The effect on shop traffic flow has been
tremendous."
According to Stats Canada, in 2004, there were 993,000 reported incidents of
vandalism of various types in Canada. Even more vandalism goes unreported every
year, causing significant financial losses to organizations, which can now be
reduced and prevented with The MosquitoT.
The MosquitoT is designed to emit an unpleasant but benign high-pitched sound that
only young people can hear. This noise is not audible to older people due to
Presbycusis - an age related hearing loss which gradually happens to all people and
prevents them from hearing high frequencies, as they get older. Presbycusis first
affects the highest frequencies of 18 to 20 kHz, which are most acutely heard by
young persons within a range of 15 - 20 meters. These are the frequencies that The
MosquitoT uses to produce its unpleasant sound and discourage young people of
approximately 13 - 25 years of age from gathering and loitering in any area where
the device has been installed.
"When we added The MosquitoT to our product line, we started receiving a lot of
inquiries and requests for installations right away," says the Sales and Marketing
manager for C.S. Incorporated, the distributor for The MosquitoT. "In countless
trials where The MosquitoT was placed, loitering youth were vacating the area
within 10 minutes." The MosquitoT was introduced in Canada only recently, but it
has already gained in widespread popularity in the UK, where everyone from police
departments, to convenience stores, to railway companies is turning to The
MosquitoT as the most effective tool in the fight against anti-social behavior that
impacts business operations.
The Mosquito is now available in Canada and the USA through C.S. Incorporated. If
you would like more information, or to schedule an interview with a company
representative, please call 1-888-863-2888.
View video clip from CBC Vancouver and ABC Nightline on the Mosquito:
http://www.NoLoitering.ca


Web Site: http://www.NoLoitering.ca

Contact Details: Postal Address:
1576 Upper James Street, Suite 30022, Hamilton, ON, L9B 1K0

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