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DHF welcomes BBC TV
advice on lock snapping
BBC TV has once again
warned householders
about criminals using lock
snapping techniques to break
into their homes.
In its Crimewatch Roadshow
programme on June 24,
householders were advised
to change their door lock
Eurocylinders to 3 star TS 007
cylinders. TS 007 is a Kitemark
cylinder standard developed
by the Door & Hardware
Federation (DHF) and the
Glass & Glazing Federation,
in consultation with Secured
by Design (the Association of
Chief Police Officers’ crime
prevention initiative), the
British Standards Institution,
and other leading industry
organisations.
Crimewatch Roadshow
graphically demonstrated the
vulnerability of Eurocylinders
fitted to most domestic PVC-u
and composite entrance
doors. A representative
from the crime prevention
charity Community Action
and Support Against Crime
(CASAC) was filmed snapping
a standard Eurocylinder in
just 15 seconds using basic
tools. He recommended
householders should replace
their Eurocylinders for TS
007 3 star cylinders which are
readily available.
THE INCIDENCE OF LOCK
SNAPPING IS SPREADING
FURTHER AFIELD
Said Michael Skelding, DHF
general manager and secretary
(pictured): “BBC TV has once
again drawn attention to the
huge security risks being run
by so many households that
have insecure PVC-u and
composite entrance doors.
Lock snapping accounted for
40 percent of burglaries in
West Yorkshire. This has been
reduced to 25 percent thanks
to the efforts of West Yorkshire
Police and CASAC; however,
the programme warned that
the incidence of lock snapping
is spreading further afield.
“We are encouraged that the
solution put forward in the
TV program