Training Minutes: Forcing Padlocks with Hand Tools

Firefighters with a roll-down gate prop for forcible entry

In this Training Minutes video, Paul DeBartolomeo and company demonstrate three different methods for manually defeating case-hardened padlocks.

Watch in the player below.

 

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