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Berlin key. The Berlin key (also known as, German, Schließzwangschlüssel, or, in English, forced-locking key) is a key for a type of door lock.It was designed to force people to close and lock their doors, usually a main entrance door or gate leading into a common yard or tenement block.
Five people were killed, and eight others were wounded. According to Everytown for Gun Safety, an average of 827 people die by guns in Kentucky every year and more than 1,800 are wounded.
A crash bar (also known as a panic exit device, panic bar, or bump bar) [1] [2] is a type of door opening mechanism which allows users to open a door by pushing a bar. While originally conceived as a way to prevent crowd crushing in an emergency, crash bars are now used as the primary door opening mechanism in many commercial buildings.
Door breaching is a process used by military, police, or emergency services to force open closed or locked doors. A wide range of methods are available depending on the door's opening direction (inward or outward), construction materials, etc., and one or more of these methods may be used in any given situation.
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A quick demonstration of an electronic door lock. An electronic lock (or electric lock) is a locking device which operates by means of electric current. Electric locks are sometimes stand-alone with an electronic control assembly mounted directly to the lock.
A metal doorframe with a strike plate built in: in other doors this would be a metal strikeplate in a wooden doorframe. The term door security or door security gate may refer to any of a range of measures used to strengthen doors against door breaching, ram-raiding and lock picking, and prevent crimes such as burglary and home invasions. Door ...
It is noted that the equivalent school for white children did not have a protocol of locking their doors. [10] [1]: 3 O. F. "Charley" Meadows, a 16-year-old night sergeant, helped in breaking open one window, allowing for egress. [1]: 4 [6] 48 boys managed to escape, while 21 burned to death.