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With further media coverage
helping to raise awareness
of lock snapping, now is a
perfect time to encourage
customers to upgrade their
locks. David Herbert, Head
of Marketing for Yale, looks
at how locksmiths can make
the most of opportunities
and open the door to more
business.
Lock snapping was first
reported in West Yorkshire
and remains prevalent in
this region but, thanks to
cylinder developments from
security manufacturers,
the rate of burglaries lock
snapping accounts for in this
area has fallen from 40% to
25%. It has, however, has now
become more widespread
across the country, making it
more important than ever for
consumers to be vigilant when
it comes to home security.
With the locks most at risk
of lock snapping being those
fitted with a Euro profile
cylinder, millions of homes
across the UK are potentially
affected by this issue, so what
can be done to help tackle it?
‘millions of homes
across the UK are
potentially affected
by this issue’
Media coverage is helping
to raise awareness, with
recent footage shown on
the BBC’s ‘Watchdog Test
House’ demonstrating just
how vulnerable Euro profile
cylinders are. The clip showed
how this method of burglary
could be used to gain entry
to a property in as little as 15
seconds using just brute force,
with no key and no specialist
tools.
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The security industry has
already taken significant
steps to address the issue,
working to develop products
to counteract such attack
methods. Commitment
to ongoing research and
development by security
product manufacturers is vital
in helping to stay one step
ahead of the criminals, and
we have a duty to invest in
innovation to bring new and
more advanced products to
the market to keep the UK’s
homes protected against the
risk of crime.
Developed in conjunction
with the Door and Hardware
Federation, the TS007
standard is designed to combat
lock snapping and offers
comparable levels of cylinder
security to those already found
in complete door assemblies
rated to PAS 24 and complete
lock assemblies rated to BS
and PAS 3621/10621.
Under the TS007 three star
system the cylinder, or a
combination of the cylinder
and security furniture, must
have an accumulative three
stars to meet the minimum
security requirements. Yale’s
Kitemarked AS Platinum is
TS007:2012 3 Star accredited,
tested to the British Standard
BS EN1303:2005 and approved
by Secured by Design, the
official UK Police initiative
that supports the principles of
‘designing out crime’
.
In order to successfully
receive TS007 accreditation,
products must undergo
extreme testing. For example,
the AS Platinum was subject
to rigorous internal testing by
Yale and was also tested by
an independent professional
body. As part of this testing,
the cylinders are subjected
to a two and a half minute
attack by a test engineer using
a standard tool. The engineer
is allowed to try virtually any
technique he chooses to try
and brea