r/interestingasfuck • u/Jumpy_Platform2143 • 17h ago

How firefighters open locked doors in just one second

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u/WilliamJamesMyers 17h ago

security is an illusion

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u/Norgur 17h ago

in part, yes. But those doors are not locked. The latches are engaged, not the locks. If there's a lock, it's time for the size 44 rubber key.

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u/new_math 15h ago

As someone who is decent at picking locks, notice how many quick cuts and camera changes there are.

Sometimes you do fish for the door fastener with a shim/wire/tool and open it in less than 5 seconds. Sometimes you can sit there for 30 minutes doing everything right before everything lines up and it works.

Unless you're kicking down old cardboard interior doors there is no human alive that can consistently open locked doors in 1 second or less. Even a breaching charge takes longer than 1 second to set up.

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u/Kelter82 14h ago

As a firefighter, I concur

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u/Mitologist 12h ago

Jup. Once left my key on the kitchen table. Door locks on close. Broke 2 old credit cards, then called a professional. Guy tried literally everything in his satchel. 20min and 360€ later, he let me in and congratulated me on my front door.

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u/X_Circuit_Blossom_X 13h ago

Yeah, even without a deadbolt activated using an old credit card can take a few second or minutes. If the deadbolt is actived you just break the fucker down like everyelse has already stated or find a window.

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u/Odd-Fig-709 7h ago

I once used scissors to undo a deadbolt on a old door were u can see it

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u/DrawMeAPictureOfThis 2h ago

I used a steak knife

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u/mikeoxwells2 1h ago

Well practice makes perfect and they already know exactly which latch they’re trying to undo. They’ve had lots of rehearsals watching the inside and figuring out how to jimmy the outside.

I am interested in the slim Jim tool. Doesn’t look too hard to make one at home, for research purposes.

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u/Wolftrapangler 11h ago

Lpl would like to disagree. But he'd probably use a milk jug and do it in half the time.

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u/duncanofnazareth 17h ago

This would not work on deadbolts either. They carry axes for a reason.

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u/f4ble 17h ago

TIL all front door locks in Norway, I think even most apartment buildings as well, are deadbolts.

Is this not common in other places?

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u/wxnfx 17h ago

Brother, if you need them in Norway, obviously the rest of us have two.

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u/throwaway99257892 5h ago

Lmao forsure

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u/Morguard 4h ago

3 in my hood, among other things...

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u/cokeacola73 15h ago

Whats a deadbolt

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u/Rob6-4 14h ago

You know how most front doors have 2 locks? The deadbolt is on top. It's literally a solid bolt that extends into the frame. Much harder to force open without the key.

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u/Mental-Seesaw-1449 14h ago

It is arguably the BEST form of security for a lock on a door short of a fucking iron gate.

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u/sanfranciscolady 14h ago

I have an iron gate as well and feel very safe

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u/14u2c 11h ago

I find they cause problems with the ladies

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u/HamiltonTrash24601 17h ago

It is, these are all common US hotel locks. Which also include a deadbolt, but the deadbolt can be unlocked by the front desk.

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u/__space__ 16h ago

Common hotel locks but I've also seen them in houses, just never as the primary lock (always a deadbolt, sometimes a lock in the handle as well). I've always assume these style if locks were so you could open and answer the door without fully unlocking it.

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u/AlexeiMarie 14h ago

yeah it's the "I don't know/trust you, but want to speak to you to figure out why you're at my door, but don't want you to be able to push your way in" latch

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u/f4ble 17h ago

Yeah I would think Norwegian hotels are same. I never bothered to check.

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u/mEFurst 16h ago

In the US you typically have 2 locks on a front door. One is a deadbolt that physically prevents the door from opening, the other is a doorknob lock that prevents the doorknob itself from turning

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u/Bashfullylascivious 13h ago

I've seen three; dead bolt, chain slide, key lock. The real key to unlock relies solely on the force of the kick for almost all doors, outside and inside, especially with today's materials.
Sucks.
If you actually want to keep peeps out, it's reinforcing the frames, and door/window materials, and have a hardwired alarm system.
Wi-Fi cameras are also a joke.

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u/moveslikejaguar 17h ago

I've never lived anywhere in the US without a deadbolt on the exterior doors

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u/MsMrSaturn 15h ago

I have. It was shocking to me that someone lived there for years before me and was okay with it. I had a deadbolt installed.

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u/Turmantuoja 14h ago

As a Finn, I cant understand how bad locks rest of the world have. Basic Abloy lockchassis (Abloy 4190) is masterpiece in engineering and simplicity. Even Assa locks are just bad compared to that.

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u/LowReporter6213 17h ago

Ive always had dead bolts.

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u/rockboiler 14h ago

Only recently had our doors changed by the council to have deadlocks here in the UK.

It's ironic really, because the estate we live on is a lot safer than it used to be and only now are we getting extra secure locks.

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u/cat_prophecy 9h ago

Deadbolts are common pretty much everywhere that door locks are.

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u/cefriano 9h ago

A lot of doors in the US have both a deadbolt and a locking knob, for some reason. Our front door has this, with a different key to open each. We literally never use the locking knob, both because it could be opened with a device like this and because you can't accidentally lock yourself out with a deadbolt.

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u/giant_space_possum 4h ago

I'm in the USA and grew up in a city but live in a small town now. In the city everybody has deadbolts but out here it's like 50/50. Half just have the knobs that lock and that's it

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u/JangoDarkSaber 15h ago

Everyone should have a deadbolt on any exterior door

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u/gulligaankan 17h ago

And open outwards so you can do this or kick them in

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u/NoBookkeeper3523 17h ago

They skipped the deadbolt in the demo

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u/DCGeos 15h ago

Better than an axe - Halligan bar

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u/CoastMtns 15h ago

Halligan Tool = universal key

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u/calfino1 10h ago

Here’s Johnny.

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u/RichardBCummintonite 16h ago

Well, the axes are so they can get into the wall if there's a fire between them that they're having trouble putting out. Most should usually just ram the door open. Much quicker and axes don't work on many doors, like metal.

I've had a house fire when I lived in an old farmhouse. They tore apart my one bedroom with axes because the construction was so solid, it wouldn't stop smoldering. This is after they rammed open one of the older doors to a closet that had been sealed shut

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u/ledorky 12h ago

This. My neighbour had a medical emergency and it took firefighters a good 8-10 min of hacking away with axes to open the door with a deadbolt.

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u/__redruM 12h ago

Or even a properly installed door without a deadbolt.

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u/Brilliant-Thought-44 17h ago

I live in a townhome and my neighbors house was on fire. They for sure almost went through my wall with an axe and not whatever this video is showing.

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u/AdAnxious8842 16h ago

Had to scroll a long way down to find "deadbolt". Simple solution.

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u/pokeyporcupine 16h ago

Deadbolt or not, seldom are doors holding up against Das Boot. The thing that gives is the wood or hinges. Most deadbolts are for peace of mind rather than actual security.

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u/13370verflow 16h ago

Yeah, get the cats out of the trees.

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u/party_shaman 17h ago

i got locked out of my old apartment and just slamming into the door movie-style busted the deadbolt right through the door frame. 

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u/Cicer 17h ago

How’s that security deposit doing?

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u/DisguisedToast 15h ago

Well, judging from what they said, the security has been deposited on the floor.

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u/party_shaman 17h ago

i got all but $45 back. i could've fought for that too but i was tired of them. 

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u/Tunisandwich 15h ago

Had a house with some buddies my last year of college and literally in the middle of a party we were throwing the bathroom door latch stopped engaging with the knob and my friend texted me that he was locked inside so I had to kick in the door to get him out. Somehow the landlord believed us and fixed it all no charge

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u/Gamebird8 17h ago

That's what you get for not using Deck Screws.

Hell, this information is so old it was proven on Mythbusters

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u/LilMissKaylaPsycho 8h ago

My husband did this. My poor doorframe will never be the same.

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u/New_Alternative_421 16h ago

I am from the U.S., and for a second thought "holy fuck that's a big boot". Then I realized thats a 10.5-11—aka: regular-sized boots.

I'm dumb.

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u/mossyrocks1969 16h ago

I was thinking they must have a bfh made of rubber weighing approximately 50lb

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u/Ok-Possibility-1206 16h ago

I'm from the US and thought it was a reference to shooting the lock! Of course then I thought "they don't use .44s or rubber bullets, they use 12 gauge beanbag rounds." (Although also "of course" firefighters don't use that method)

I'm dumber (but maybe more American? /s)

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u/IndependentAdvice722 17h ago

Big red key - Enforcer

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u/YippyKayeh 17h ago

If they are not locked you could...I dunno...Just open the door? Lol

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u/bardentreblemakers 17h ago

I mean…you just watched the same video we did, so surely you can think of several ways an unlocked door might be unable to open? And even if you can’t think of any, the video shows like eight different ways.

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u/YippyKayeh 17h ago

Im talking about the last part where he magically unlocked a deadbolt, the deadbolt was unlocked. Therefore you could just walk in.

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u/Norgur 17h ago

That's not how doors work, mate.

Go to your front door right now. Notice how there's a second bolt coming out of the door when you "lock" it while it's open? Wonder why that is. Close the door, leave your key out: Can you make the first bolt (the latch) move? No? Huh.

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u/YippyKayeh 17h ago

Maybe in the UK or wherever you are from, where I am from if the deadbolt isn't locked it acts the same as a passage door inside the house.

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u/Norgur 17h ago

Well, good thing is: There's not much danger if you forget to lock it. It's giving in in seconds either way.

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u/YippyKayeh 17h ago

I live in a safe neighborhood, I often don't even lock my doors.

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u/Orinort 15h ago

And there is a big ass gap with no overlap

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u/FewWait38 15h ago

No this works on a lot of locks as long as they aren't deadbolts, I've done it on locked doors myself with a credit card

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u/sinistergzus 13h ago

I was gonna say, I restore homes after house fires and I have never seen one with a locked door that hadn’t been busted open. Not once. Either door was unlocked or that frame is fucked

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u/InadequateUsername 5h ago

They'll just force open a window, they usually prefer not to break down the door.

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u/One-Measurement-9529 16h ago

Theres a reson we did not see him open a deadbolt.

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u/SubmersibleKormarant 17h ago

I'd actually have to disagree. Yes, if you show me a 10 foot fence, I'll show you an 11 foot ladder.

Effective security is layered. The idea is to make whatever your protecting more trouble than it's worth.

A house that never has it's doors locked is a more attractive target than a house with lock and deadbolt.

My own home, I have an outfacing camera on the door, lock, deadbolt, motion activated lights, a dog, and a couple of other subtle things.

Any and all of these can be easily overcome, but layering them makes my home one of the less appealing targets in my area.

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u/X_Circuit_Blossom_X 13h ago

Yeah, most criminals follow the path of least resistance. Unless someone is trying to get you for some reason; a criminal will move onto to a next target that had less security resistance than you. They ain't kicking down a down or angle grinding some random house lol. Those dudes want like a quick TV or stereo system yoink and dash.

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u/colemon1991 10h ago

My wife has been binging Criminal Minds. Your mention of "more trouble than it's worth" reminded me that a lot of the B&E activity in the show was from a lack of security or a specialized knowledge of the primary security feature (contractors programmed garage door openers in a few combinations for the neighborhood, seen them type in the code for the alarm, attacked before the alarm was activated, etc). That and typically stalking them to the point of knowing when someone was home alone so their odds of success were better.

We all know the best way to layer your security is Kevin McCallister style.

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u/SubmersibleKormarant 9h ago

Firefighters hate this one trick

https://giphy.com/gifs/3ofT5TouUCNBrzFKFi

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u/colemon1991 9h ago

Classic Pesci

Now that I think about it, no one bothers to check for locks near the ground. All of them are above the door knob. Imagine how confused you could make someone with locks in weird places.

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u/SheepStyle_1999 13h ago

Yeah behind the locked door is me… with a shotgun

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u/WilliamJamesMyers 16h ago

its like going down the street trying door locks. lock. lock. lock. open.

the real conversation is do you live somewhere with high trust?

i know of people in cities that leave their car doors open so thieves dont break the window... here go check out my car in the middle of the night you soup kitchen people... i also remember a post on reddit of a guy with broken windows showing how the doors were unlocked so if a guy is drugged up all of our conversation about locks changes to organic security.

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u/0llusk 13h ago

So weird reading this. I live in Estonia. We had high crime in the 90s after the soviet union and still to this day, stuff does happen. But home robberies? Wtf, like it's not a thing here. On a very humid and hot summer day, I left my apartment door unlocked and open by about a foot, you know to let the air flow a bit better. My upstairs neighbour, who is a drug dealer with some shady friends, closed it for me and let me know the next day that I had forgotten. I live in a neighbourhood that by all accounts is pretty "ghetto."

Prople leave stuff outside all the time. Even the criminals know that a high trust environment benefits everyone. l once left the interior lights on in my car on for the night with stuff just out in the open, dont't ask lol, and the next day the doors where obviously still unlocked but the lights had been turned off. The neighbour opened the door, turned the lights off and left me a note on the door about it.

I can't imagine living in, what is supposed to be the best of what the western wold has to deliver, and still being worried about shit like this lol...

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u/Fluid_crystal 8h ago

Where I'm from it used to be like that too. Never thought locking my door before I moved to the city

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u/swiebertjee 16h ago

There are barely if any high trust societies in the west anymore. Maybe Singapore or Japan.

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u/Pizzaman_thing 15h ago

In the United States where I live, my entire state is extremely high trusting. Probably more than they should be. I’ve had neighbors leave the garage door open while on a week long vacation. More than a few of my coworkers said they just don’t ever lock their car because it’s more trouble than it’s worth. It’s very weird feeling coming from out of state originally. I live in Utah

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u/swiebertjee 15h ago

That's beautiful, I hope it stays that way for you. I live in a country that is often called one of the safest places in the world (western Europe), yet I have little to no trust in anyone after having been harassed at home.

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u/AK611750 16h ago

The worst part is that I’m a career firefighter and… we don’t do this.

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u/WilliamJamesMyers 15h ago

i got to choose random internet upload over a certified firefighter, sorry, blame the game not the player ;/

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u/Smile_Clown 10h ago

There's a reason they teach you how to bust in a door. it's faster and it's really fucking badass.

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u/trilobitederby 14h ago

And here I thought they had us still using the halligan because it was funny.

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u/May-Eat-A-Pizza 16h ago

That's why I primarily use illusions, best kind of security.

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u/WilliamJamesMyers 15h ago

i cast Mirror Image all the time, but on my house

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u/fastbikkel 15h ago

Cardboard Schwarzenegger behind the door?

NAOW GET DAOWN!

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u/Killer_Moons 10h ago

I just tape up a magic eye puzzle and the thief is usually still occupied by the time I get back

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u/mega_low_smart 16h ago

My wife when I forget to lock the back door at home freaks out. “What if somebody breaks in while we’re out?”

Well, if they’re willing to walk past 4 security cameras and come in and steal, I imagine they would be fine smashing one of the 24 ancient single pane windows we have on all sides of the house.

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u/WilliamJamesMyers 15h ago

my advice is got to have the Warning CCTV signs... had twice thieves not see or care the camera was sticking out into the backyard. so then i went out and bought signs and put motion lights next to the signs....

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u/mega_low_smart 15h ago

Credit actually goes to my wife here. She put up 4 metal signs on the fence around the house right after I installed the cameras. Good tip about lighting the signs though!

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u/Somanylyingliars 10h ago

Thieves would rather walk in than crawl through jagged glass surrounding an opening. They try doors to see if open then see if a little screwdriver action will work. Most often does.

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u/moneyx96 17h ago

u do realize a deadbolt cant be undone by this right? only way to get through a deadbold is to remove the door and or frame

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u/Djinjja-Ninja 17h ago

Or take it entirely out of the equation

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u/TrustednotVerified 17h ago

"Saw and order"

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u/stuupidpanda 16h ago

lol I thought you were gonna link that scene from always sunny. "kick in your door? No. That thing is solid. The window however was not.

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u/BattleHall 11h ago

only way to get through a deadbolt is to remove the door and or frame

...or a spreading attack if you don't have a reinforced frame, which many don't.

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u/Remowilliams84 13h ago

As long as your deadbolt is installed correctly. I lived in an apartment where the cutout in the frame for the bolt was just slightly too shallow. Since the bolt didn't click all the way in you could just shimmy the bolt back inside the door with a credit card. I fixed it and let my neighbors know. We found out because some kid was breaking in and we caught him. Someone may or may not have beat the shit out of him also.

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u/WilliamJamesMyers 17h ago

Dungeon Master here, you have three choices to open a locked door:

  1. lock pick

  2. bash

  3. social engineering

so i worked in an office in Northbrook IL and someone parked their car under our warehouse little air conditioner and pushed it in. it fell and they climbed on in. opened the door and their car pulls in and they load up. really smooth. maybe under 5 minutes max. i came into work with the whole scene like in tv.

the robbery cop was ex chicago pd robbery. we start a talking when i hear this. i fucking love a good story. he tells me this - if the crime was all neat and things put back like a jewelry box returned where it was on the dresser then its black guys. if the place is tossed and everything broken up then it was italians.

now i dont have anyway to verify a 20/10 year cop saying something but i remembered it all these years later. wonder if any cops here can tell who robbed a place by how they robbed it...

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u/-AngryAlchemist 17h ago edited 16h ago

RN here.

Once took care of a 30 year homicide detective who was in a Psych hold for beating his elderly Mother to pulp after binge drinking, because she asked him to take out the garbage.

When asked, "Do you think your career may have affected you in ways to facilitate your alcoholism and anger issues?" He drank a bottle of whiskey a day, mind you.

He said, "No. I loved my job. It didn't affect me at all." He then proceeded to tell me about a lot of the terrible shit he saw, and began to cry, then said "But it didn't affect me at all. I loved my job. The things I saw didn't affect me."

So...well...I just don't believe anything cops say.

That's your takeaway.

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u/-AngryAlchemist 16h ago

HIPAA unfortunately keeps me from saying yes or no, but his name rhymed with Bay Bay Rittenkinder.

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u/WilliamJamesMyers 16h ago

ok to be fair your example here is kinda whacko guy. but i hear and understand what you are saying. the job comes home with them. you see a dead body then come home for dinner. repeat. i just dont think every cop is beating his mother tho. psych hold tho...

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u/-AngryAlchemist 16h ago edited 16h ago

40% of cops admitted to being abusers.

That's just the ones who admitted it.

But, also, just don't believe anything cops say when they finish with "always black guys" or "always [enter Nationality]". Probably racist.

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u/Jamooser 15h ago

The two studies that report that DV rate are 35 years old. They had ambiguous definitions to what consituted "violence," and were also a measurement of domestic violence in a household that contained a cop. Meaning it would have included spouses of police who were also abusive.

The current national average of DV in all households is roughly 13%, and cops self-report being abuses at around 22%. So while certainly higher than the national average, saying that 40% of cops are abusers is simply not correct.

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u/Pleased_to_meet_u 16h ago

That cop was racist as hell

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u/QueefTamer 16h ago

Having one of these is the only reliable way to stop people from getting inside

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u/HTPC4Life 16h ago

Just break the glass and remove the stick!

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u/Adventurous-Emu-9345 15h ago

This in combination with the big glass window is comical.

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u/Resident_Wizard 16h ago

Thanks for your contribution u/QueefTamer.

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u/No_Blacksmith_2591 14h ago

No it isnt, a flat iron bar pushed from below will knock it out of position.

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u/motherofsuccs 15h ago

I would trip over that thing every god damned night.

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u/Arkyja 14h ago

On a door that has a window? I dont think so

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u/_HIST 15h ago

If needed they will just use an angle grinder and remove the hinges

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u/ArcherAuAndromedus 15h ago

If you can get an angle grinder on those hinges, you're already inside.

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u/raycepak 14h ago

outside doors have hinges on the inside to stop just such a thing with one of these even a pretty flisy outer door holds up pretty good to kicking in but at a certain point of protection on a door you start asking what's the wall made of if you really want to get in.

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u/Qolevade 14h ago

A jack hammer to the wall also works

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u/Show_me_the_evidence 15h ago

Sorry to be the one to tell you but these are also relatively easy to defeat.

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u/Jameses1984 15h ago

I bought this last year and seems to work great. It's pretty damn sturdy. Was super simple to install. Now I looked through hundreds of reviews and couldn't find one that mentioned actually being put to use by an intruder so I don't know how well it'll hold up to that if it ever happens but I did read a shit ton of reviews about it being great for baby proofing doors.

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u/nau5 12h ago

lol they are kicking the door off the hinges and then the door stopper doesn’t matter at all

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u/Ok-Serve8127 11h ago

When I was younger my dad tried locking me out of the house for the night because I was out too late. He put this device on the door but little did he realize that he placed the bottom of it on a rug. It just opened and moved the rug with it LOL he was so confused as to how I got in. So yeah don’t put it on a rug!

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u/colemon1991 10h ago

At that point, you can just break the window to bypass all of that.

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u/NiceEgg27 15h ago

My 7 iron under the bed turns me into Jason Bourne

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u/WilliamJamesMyers 15h ago

i hear todays it's all about those hybrid clubs!

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u/Claymon3011 2h ago

Totally. It’s always nice to have a plan b. Especially when it comes to something like golf, or just enjoying a day with your buds. Point is, better to have a way out. And fast.

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u/Axolotis 15h ago

Like my grandpappy said, "locks are for honest people"

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u/HerbaciousTea 12h ago edited 12h ago

Not an illusion, a gradient. Nothing is impervious, and nothing needs to be. Security just needs to be robust enough to deter the kind of incidents that object is likely to see in it's lifetime. You don't need your front door to resist an explosion. You need it to resist a porch pirate jiggling the handle to see if they can steal your car keys off the side table.

And this approach doesn't work with a simple deadbolt, the most common kind for external doors.

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u/GetReelFishingPro 17h ago

Locks keep honest people out.

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u/SatansFriendlyCat 15h ago

Ever heard the term "attempted burglary"?

I (happily) hear it quite a bit.

Sometimes the level of physical security is sufficient for the level of would-be intruder. Things that add time or noise to the task of gaining entry are worthwhile. Things that can't be opened with a bit of plastic are great if your guy only came with a bit of plastic, things that will resist the leverage of a big screwdriver are great against quite a large cadre of basic thieves!

You can do a lot of things to make it look like too much work to be worth the trouble in comparison to other targets. Do a great job at this and your physical security may never even be tested!

But if it is tested, well, not all burglars are equally motivated, equally equipped, equally skilled, so the greater your physical security the better your chances of thwarting some motherfucker.

Locks do surprisingly often keep dishonest people out.

But shit locks rarely succeed in this.

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u/MisterDonkey 16h ago

Honest people don't try.

Locks keep opportunist thieves out.

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u/nowhereman136 17h ago

You don't need the best security, you just need to create enough of an obstacle that it's not worth the effort. Preferably more of an obstacle than the guy next door

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u/WilliamJamesMyers 16h ago

it could be as simple as a screen door with a good mesh metal to it, CA style...

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u/Arik_De_Frasia 16h ago

I was just thinking last night that you probably don't need expensive security services or tech; you just need the stickers and signage that says you have it, which ends up being a lot cheaper.

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u/munkylord 16h ago

Or be poor enough no one wants your shit. It's been working for me

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u/nowhereman136 16h ago

You'd think so but I've been homeless and had shit stolen from me

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u/Formal-Revolution-74 17h ago

In America, and I'm wondering why people even bother buying a locks. Just don't buy anything, it's cheaper lol

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u/WilliamJamesMyers 16h ago

if we go out into the really poor rural areas nobody is locking anything. but folks still steal, the little stuff. like a wood axe on your chopping pile. i had an ex cop old man take my deer head and he was my neighbor. some just want to take. btw i had cctv and he walked so slow he didnt trip off the motion alert. funny and sad....

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u/warsiethe1337 16h ago

Locks make it harder for opportunistic thieves to break in. It doesn't stop determined people who are after you (it just makes it harder)

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u/Formal-Revolution-74 15h ago

Yeah i know this, but if it's so easy it's completely useless

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u/SerGT3 16h ago

Its takes about 5 seconds to smash someone's front window and enter their home, less if the front door is also made of glass.

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u/dirty15 15h ago

Locks are only there to keep an honest man out.

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u/PeaceSoft 15h ago

lol epic of you to say so. did you think doors had unlimited HP until now

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u/RadBadTad 14h ago

In reality, security is your community. Being surrounded by people who are not actively trying to break into your house, and then a couple of competent security devices to make it inconvenient for anyone who is slightly motivated to get in. 

In reality, we are all quite safe mostly because there is literally nobody out to get us. 

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u/WilliamJamesMyers 14h ago

without training it all becomes Zimmerman

also for fun was it woody allen that said you would be paranoid too if someone was after you

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u/Ilovefishdix 14h ago

A lock isn't gonna stop a break in. Should they decide to proceed through my locked deadbolt or windows, they'd likely make a fair amount of racket, giving me the few seconds necessary to get my shotgun out its hiding place

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u/MiyamotoKnows 14h ago

Apparently so is justice in America.

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u/WilliamJamesMyers 14h ago

i think of pryor in this situation, quote drop: "You go down there looking for justice and that's what you find, just us" is a famous line from Richard Pryor's stand-up routine where he talks about going to jail for income tax evasion and the harsh realities of the criminal justice system.

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u/BlkDwg85 14h ago

Always has been

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u/BeefyOtakuTaco 14h ago

Locks are meant to keep the lazy ones looking for an easy mark out. Anyone who really wants to get in, will get in. Locks are just there to buy you time to get armed. This is why it’s a good idea to get a camera in your doors that warn you when someone is there and keep a gun near you when you sleep.

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u/Ghostdragon471 14h ago

Do you understand those are demonstrations in controlled environments and and may not be the same at a random house? The latches are being used, but those are extra parts and not the primary lock. Why else do you think they carry rams, axes, and specialized pry bars called Halligan bars?

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u/egerton14 13h ago

No its not because 99% of people are dull as tarmac.

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u/ThatguySevin 13h ago

Never saw him use it on the deadbolt. We still have one left.

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u/deadzol 11h ago

Locks are considered a delay mechanism

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u/CorrectPeanut5 11h ago

Even the Lock Picking Lawyer says he has pretty weak locks on his house.

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u/meanjoegreen706 11h ago

So is privacy

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u/Smile_Clown 10h ago

so is this video.

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u/superkp 9h ago

Locks only exist to keep honest men honest.

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u/UnderwaterRobot 9h ago

"locks keep honest people honest."

If someone wants in bad enough, they're going to get in. I used to work at a storage unit and we had someone go through the cinder block wall and then cut through the unit walls to get into every unit in the row.

Criminals are like raccoons. Very crafty. Sometimes cute.

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u/Five_deadly_venoms 7h ago

Welcome to cyber security (lmao)

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u/bring_back_3rd 7h ago

All locks do is serve to keep an honest neighbor honest. I'm a firefighter so I'll tell ya, if we gotta get into your house, we're getting into your house.

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u/Gebersene 6h ago

no door or lock is made to be impenetrable otherwise what are you gonna do when you lose your keys?

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u/WaylandReddit 3h ago

No it isn't.

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u/cheetahlip 3h ago

Only keeps out the honest thieves

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u/onihr1 2h ago

Locks make honest people honest.

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u/arbitragicomedy 59m ago

filled with sadness and confusion

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u/kitsunewarlock 40m ago

Sure, but anxiety is real so the illusion has value.

...And having the door locked does help. Back in Kent I remember thieves would test every storage locker in the car port almost weekly. I called the police a couple times but the response times were like ~30 minutes despite the fact it was a 5 minute walk to the police station.

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u/Netsforex_ 17h ago

Locks are just a suggestion.

"I suggest you don't go in here."

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u/pumpkin_seed_oil 16h ago

As they say, locks only keep honest people out

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u/DaveyDukes 16h ago

Security just means buying time. You’re never fully safe which is why it’s way more important to be physically prepared and have any tools you deem necessary.

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u/schenitz 15h ago

Wait, this is gonna be a good one. Let me grab some popcorn.

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u/Throwaway7219017 16h ago

Yep. The first two tenets of security are deter and delay, not keep out at all costs.

Security mainly exists for two purposes: to limit crimes of opportunity, and to lower insurance costs. That’s it.

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u/23saround 16h ago

They skip all the deadbolts for a reason

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