CROWLEY, La. — Police in a Louisiana city blared a siren signaling the start of curfew -- unknowing that it sounded similar to the alarm in the horror movie “The Purge.” Crowley police sounded the ...

Police in Crowley, La., had to apologize after using the siren from the horror franchise “The Purge” to signal a curfew during the city’s quarantine. In order to stop the spread of coronavirus, the ...

In the Purge films, the siren signals the beginning of a 12-hour lawless period where all crimes, including murder, are legal Ale Russian is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

Louisiana police have been receiving complaints after officers used The Purge siren to begin a coronavirus curfew. Numerous residents of Crowley posted videos of the siren to social media, some ...