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"Hi, there is no Police approval, but there is insurance approved door locks. A decent locksmith will always fit insurance approved locks. These include those with the British kitemark."
Answered on 19th Apr 2022 - Member since Mar 2022 -
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"There is no such thing as police-approved. The police do not have anything to do with the locksmith industry and certainly do not approve locks. Any lock with a British Standards Kite Mark is insurance approved. There are a lot of so-called police-approved locks or security products that have nothing to do with the industry, these people are not experts and do not have any association with any of our associations and could not tell you a functional part of a lock. There are insurance-approved locks these are also British kite marked. This is the tested British standards mark and all locks that have this mark are approved for use and have been tested by the locksmith industry."
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"A high-security anti-pick, anti-snap and anti-drill lock with a British standard level 3. Something like an Ultion WXM 3 star dual cylinder lock. A bit expensive but very secure."
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"Generally a British standard mortice lock or a 3 star Euro cylinder"
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"There aren't any "police approved" locks. There are different spec locks with higher security, but the police do not approve locks"
Answered on 19th Apr 2022 - Member since May 2021 -
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"The Police approve BS3621 Insurance Approved deadlocks and night latches."
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"no police approved locks there are insurance rated 5 lever mortice locks there will be a stamp on the faceplate saying British standard"
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"The best quality euro lock is the Ultion 3 star. Anti-snap and comes with a £2000 manufacturer guarantee"
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"Although there are no locks that are police approved the is a standard known as “secure by design” that the police are allegedly involved in approving."
Answered on 3rd May 2022 - Member since Nov 2019 -
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