Enforcer (also known informally as a "Rammit", "the Sam",[1] "Donker", "Sam", "Bosher", and "the big red key") is the term given to a specially designed manual battering ram manufactured by Sigma Security Devices Ltd and currently used by British Police forces, fire services and other agencies to aid in gaining entry to premises.
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Construction
editThe Enforcer is a 16 kg hardened steel construction with a steel pad at the impact end so that it can absorb the impact,[2] and a handle at the opposite end angled so that the user can swing accurately at inward-opening doors without actually applying their own pressure more than necessary.[2] Further, there is a handle in the middle of the tube aiding the user in handling.[2] The Enforcer can apply more than three tonnes of impact force to door locks. It is 58 cm long.[2]
Police use
editIn London the Metropolitan Police Services' Armed Response Vehicles and most station vans carry them. Within most forces an officer can only use such a tool once they have attended a course receiving training in the safe handling and operational use.[2] Also, most forces insist that the user wears gloves to cushion the user's hands from the shock created when a door is struck with the ram.[2]
References
edit- ^ "£2million of drugs off West Fife streets". Dunfermline Press. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f Waldren, Michael J. (2007). Armed Police: The Police Use of Firearms Since 1945. England: Sutton. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-7509-4637-7.
External links
edit- Enforcer Training Manual (PDF)