West Hollywood shopping center installs chirping device to discourage homeless from camping out. Will it work?

West Hollywood shopping center installs chirping device to discourage homeless from camping out. Will it work?

The chirping, motion-activated device is being tested out at a West Hollywood location to discourage homeless people from camping out. It is the latest, but less subtle, effort to make the unhoused feel unwelcome.

West Hollywood shopping center installs device to discourage camping

Some customers walking out of the West Hollywood Trader Joe’s wear an annoyed look on their face, and it has nothing to do with rising grocery prices. The source of the irritation is a small blue box installed in a stairwell leading to the market, the latest tactic used by property owners to deter unhoused people from camping out in the area. The motion-activated device chatters like a loud, anxious cricket as people pass by the shopping center.…