Lock Picking and Specialized Entry Techniques

Patrol officers, investigators, probation and parole officers, narcotic

officers, and tactical teams are often faced with the task of entering a building to serve search

and arrest warrants, to carry out hostage rescues, or to conduct welfare checks on elderly

persons or the reported victims of violence. Military special operations personnel have to resort

to stealth entries to secrete themselves in hostile environments, to conduct sensitive building

entries, and to place forward observers and precision shooters. Conservation officers are often