Lock Snapping

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source: http://www.lincs.police.uk/News-Centre/News-Releases-2012/21-02-2012-Lock-Snapping.html Police Advice on Lock Snapping As a direct result of the BBC Inside Out programme aired Monday 20 February 2012 Lincolnshire Police have issued the following information. What is Lock snapping ? As the title would suggest this is where the lock cylinder is literally snapped into two by applying torque i.e. force…

Rise in ‘lock snapping’ burglaries

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source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-17075027 A quarter of all burglaries in West Yorkshire are being committed by criminals using a technique called “lock snapping”, police have revealed. Since 2009, there has been a rise in the technique, which involves applying force and snapping the cylinder in two. West Yorkshire Police said it was mainly prevalent with euro cylinder…