A commentary by a Victoria resident.

Re: “Noise-emitting devices again under investigation in ­Victoria after complaints,” June 15.

Regarding the “Mosquito” device that emits an ear-piercing high-frequency shriek, Barry Greening, the operations manager of Mayfair Shopping Centre that backs onto Redbrick Street, seems to think that the device is “reasonably effective” in deterring people. That’s odd, because those of us who are reduced to living at Muncey Place often see non-residents camped directly under the thing — evidently, years of loud “music” have impaired their hearing.

The device starts shrieking when anyone walks by on the legal public sidewalk. It starts shrieking when somebody drives along the perfectly legal public Redbrick Street.

I and many others have been complaining to the bylaw office for years,........

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