<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Residents in the Louisiana town of Crowley were quite disturbed the other night when they heard the siren from “The Purge” movie being blasted through the Acadia Parish.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Of course this wasn’t actually the go ahead for people to wreak havoc, but an old military alarm that their local police department chose to use to signal that the city’s 9 p.m. coronavirus-related curfew was to begin.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And now it seems police are apologizing for the bad idea after a bunch of residents immediately filed complaints against the warning sound, according to <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/louisiana-police-apologize-siren-purge-signal-coronavirus-curfew/story?id=70043249">ABC News affiliate KATC. </a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Crowley Police Chief Jimmy Broussard said he didn&#8217;t know about the connection to the movies and apologized, saying his officers won’t be using the siren again.<br />
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;I knew they had a curfew but no one was expecting to hear that siren,&#8221; said resident Ty Abshire told the station.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the film series, the U.S. government sets up a holiday where all crimes, including murder and assault, are legal for 12 hours. The mayhem begins with the distinct siren sound.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Broussard explained want to use a regular police siren to alert residents to the curfew, and another officer told him to use an old military siren, which happened to be the same one used in &#8220;The Purge.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;It was to remind people that this was a very serious matter,&#8221; he told the station.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Acadia Parish Sheriff K.P. Gibson issued a statement to KATC reiterating that officers did not intend to upset residents.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;We were not involved in the use of the &#8216;Purge Siren&#8217; and will not utilize any type of siren for this purpose,&#8221; the statement said.</span></p>
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