When Do You Use Door Latch Protectors: Before Or After Prying Attacks?

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Brian Rhodes
Jun 25, 2023
IPVMU Certified

A common weakness of many types of access control strikes is they seem to have a vulnerability to prying them open with screwdrivers, take this door for example:

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****** **** ****** **** (*** ******) looks **** ** ******** ******. *** don't *** ** *****- **** ** attacked **** * ******, *** ****** may *** ****, *** *'** **** a ******* ** ***** ***** **** if *** ****** ******'* ** *****, the **** ***** ****** *** ****** back *** *** **** *** ****** open.

**** **** *******, ******* ***** * break-in, * ************ '***** *****/*********' ** often ********* ** ******** *** **** of ****** ****** *******. **** **** has *** *********, *** ****** *** handle ** *** ***** *** **** snapped *** ****** ** ******* ** break **:

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*** ****** * **** ***** ******** about, * ***** *** ******** *** installed **** ***** * **** *** been ******** *** ****** ***** **************. They ****'* ********* -~$** - $** *** **** ******- *** **** **** **** *** that ***** ** ** * ***********.

** **** ** *** ******* *****? Only ***** ** ******? ** ** this ****** *** *** *** ** new *****? *** ** *** **** when ** ******* ***?

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Undisclosed Integrator #1
Jun 26, 2023

********** * *** * **** ***** of **** **** ** **** *** handle **** *** ***** **** **** the ***** **** ** *** ****.

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Undisclosed Integrator #2
Jun 27, 2023

**** ***** ** ** ****** ******** in *** *************, ***** *** *** things ** ****** **** *** ******** owner ** ****** ** **** *****. Wherever *** ********* (***) ** ** be ********* ** **** ****:

*. **** *** **** ****** ** it ****** ******* ***** ******-***** ******. This ******** ******* **** ******* ** in ** ******* * ********* *** into *** ***** *** ********* ** apart.

*. ******* * ****-******, ***-**-****** ****-*** plate **** *** ****.

** **** ***'*, ** **** **** we **** ** ***** **** *** install **** *** ************* *********** *** ** ****** **** **** be ****** **** ***** **** ******* for ******* ***.

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Michael Silva
Jun 27, 2023
Silva Consultants

****** *** ******** *** **** ****** security *************. *** ******* ** ***** when * *********** **** ** **** in *********** **** ** ******** ******. Unless ********* ******* **** *** *** of *** ******, *** ****'* ********* falls **** *** ****** ******. **** allows *** ***** ** ** ****** pushed **** **** * ***** *********** or ***** *****.

**** ********** ** ******** ***********, * find **** **** ******* ****** ** about **% ** *** ***** **** the *********** ****/******** ****** ***********. **** of ** ******* *** ******* **** they *** *** **** ** ** to *** ******* *** **** ***** this *********. *** ************ ** * latch ***** ** ** *********** ******** to **** *******.

**** ** **** ** * ******* with **** ******* ******** ******* *** deadlatch ** ******* ******* **** **** the ****** ******, ****** ********* **** critical.

*** **** ********, * ******* ****** recommend *** *** ** ** *********** lockset ******* ** ** ******** ******. I **** ****** *** *** ** a ****-****** ************ ******** ******** (**** as **** ***********)**** * ***** ***** **** ********** against *** **** ***** ***** **** is * *******.

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