Home and Office Security Blog

There are many services I preform as a locksmith that may look like magic.

One service my customers enjoy is called Keyed Alike or KA for short. In your home you may have two, three or more locks. If each lock has a different key your keyring may start to feel heavy. Why not just use one key for every lock in your house? I can come to your home and Key Alike all your locks. One key for your house. Every lock.

I like to make your life easier. Less keys is a good start.

When a customer calls asking about installing a new lock I always recommend Mul-T-Lock products. A big reason for me to recommend Mul-T-Lock is the double sided key. One side can be for your home. The second side can be for your office. Less keys again.

Mul-T-Lock is also a leader in retrofit cylinders. That means that almost every lock you use every day can be operated by one key. Padlocks, desk drawers, filing cabinet and even glass display case locks can all work with the same key.

If you have employees that should not have access to your office, but they need to open the front door and the display case we can install a Master Key system or MK for short. With an MK your key can open every lock in the building while your employee can only open the locks she is allowed to use. Of course the other side of your Mul-T-Lock key can still be used for your home.

What about electronic access control? Many buildings have a proximity reader on the front door. No problem. Mul-T-Lock has come out with the Synerkey. This is the standard double sided Mul-T-Lock key with a larger head to accommodate a small proximity fob. Now your key is actually three keys in one. A double sided key and a proximity fob.

I offer many of these services on common keys as well. The only double sided key is Mul-T-Lock.

The information in this article will guide you through some of the steps that our security consultant takes when assessing your risk of burglary. Burglars love easy targets.

Take ten minutes to survey your house or apartment to satisfy yourself that your home is secure.

Put yourself in the mind of the burglar. Go outside your house and lock the door. Put your keys in your pocket and forget about them. Now how do you get in? Is it easy? Open window? Unlocked back door?

These are the first things a burglar looks for when he scopes out your house looking for that easy target. Burglars are lazy. They would make more money per hour working at minimum wage. They will forgo breaking into your house if it looks like hard work.

Let’s make them work!

First, examine your home and yard. Is there a clearly marked path to your front door? Do you have a fence that someone would have to climb over to get to your back or side door? Do your lights work? Are the bright enough that you can see if someone is in your yard at night? Is your property clean and tidy? Or are there toys and litter around that make it look like you don’t take care of your place? Are there large bushes near the windows where a burglar could hide?

These first impressions must be addressed to ensure that you are not a target. Read up on Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design on the internet or in a library book. See what professional psychologists and statisticians say about your chances of break and enter and your natural defenses.

Second, examine your door hardware. Does is seem to work well? Or is it old and falling apart. Your lock is your best line of defense in keeping out would-be intruders. Toronto Police recommend that you use a deadbolt lock on all exterior doors. This lock has a bolt that protrudes one full inch from the door and goes into the door frame. It is a “dead” lock because when the bolt is engaged it cannot be pushed back in. Try this with your finger when the door is open. Engage the lock and try to push back the bolt. If it slides easily into the door or if it does not extend one full inch then have it repaired or replaced.

Examine the frame. Ensure that the hole that the bolt goes into (the strike) is more than one inch deep – otherwise the bolt will not deadlock. If necessary, drill the hole deeper. Is the frame secure? Has it been damaged by a past break-in? Look for cracks. An easy upgrade you can do to your strike is to remove the 1/2 inch trim screws that hold the metal strike plate in place and replace them with 3” wood screws. This will make it harder for the door to be kicked in.

You can also have our locksmith install a high security strike plate (left). Mul-T-Lock Hercular Deadbolt locks come with a box type high security strike plate (right).

Next check that the collar turns with a little bit of force. This is a security feature. If it does not turn the lock may be installed too tight. Your key should have at least five cuts – this is the flat part on the blade of the key.

Spadina Security Incorporated has started to recommend that your lock have tougher features. Key Control, Pick Resistance and Tamper Resistance are becoming more and more necessary as burglars acquire the knowledge and skills to defeat common locks.
All doors should be checked for the above criteria. Remember Toronto Police recommends you install a deadbolt lock on all exterior doors.

The lock should have these minimum features:
1. One inch (1”) throw on bolt
2. Bolt should be dead locking
3. Lock should have a free-spinning collar
4. The key should have a minimum of five (5) cuts

Ensure that all doors and windows are locked when you are home as well as when you leave. Many burglars enter through an open –easy- entry point.

An alarm system is an effective method of letting you know when your security has failed. Many people call a burglar alarm system a security system. This is a fallacy. Your security system includes all the elements you bring into play to keep your home secure. A burglar alarm system will tell you when your security system has failed and an intruder is now in your home.

Using an alarm system to its full potential is rarely seen. In addition to letting you know when your home is being broken into this electronic system can monitor your home for safety and property damage conditions. Smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors can be connected to your alarm system to contact emergency personal when you are in trouble. Low temperature sensors and flood water sensors can alert you to potentially expensive problems allowing you to respond quickly and minimize your losses. Alarm systems can even be helpful in preventing home invasions. Most alarm systems have panic buttons on the keypad and additional panic buttons can be installed around the house. When at home leave your alarm system armed in the perimeter only mode. When you answer the door do not disarm the system. If the person on the other side of the door does not have a good reason to come in tell them you have to close the door and turn off the alarm before the delay runs down or it will call for the police. If the person forces their way in you don’t have to do anything and help is on the way.

A final word about safes. Don’t tell anyone if you buy one. Secrecy is the best security. If people know you have a safe they will think you have something worth stealing and you will become a target. It is a good idea to have a safe for your valuables adding another layer of security for the burglar to get through before he takes your property.

Please enjoy surfing through this site. I hope you find it helpful and informative. Hopefully I will also be able to sell you something along the way.

I know that there are more than 1,500 burglars caught by Toronto Police Services every year. I know that there are more than 10,000 break and enters every year. I did not know burglars were getting so bold as to break into an office during broad daylight.

Saturday evening I was called to secure the premises of a client in the Queen and Spadina area, who had been the victim of a break and enter.

I arrived at my client’s office less than 30 minutes after I received the call. The intensity of the damage stunned me.

The deadbolt is a Mul-T-Lock Hercular - no way to open it without a key. It is one tough lock. They attacked the frame instead.

Though I have attended many such crime scenes, I have never before seen a metal frame damaged to this extent during a break-in. In fact, this is the first time I have seen a metal frame successfully attacked in this manner to gain entry.

All the security devices Spadina Security, my company, had installed worked as they should. It was the door frame that let them in.

The deadbolt lock remained locked, even as the door was opened. The alarm system began, as soon as the burglars entered the office, and called the guards. This made the burglars move quickly, grab what they could and get out before security guards arrived. The CCTV system took images that can be used to identify the burglars and provide evidence in court.

The frame is steel with a welded box prep for the brass strike. In the photo below you can see the metal of the strike was bent outward, by the ball bearings that extend out of the bolt, when enough force was applied prying the door from the frame. Every other bolt would have been opened in much less time. The metal frame was further bent to allow the locked door to open.

We reviewed the CCTV video and made video clips for the police. The entire break-in was caught on tape. We can see the tools used and the amount of force required to open the door. The photos of the burglars below are taken from that video.

I was able to quickly repair the door frame and secure the door. Then I had to repair the damage to the alarm system.

Since the door contact had been ripped off the wall I needed to re-wire the zone.

It was 6:17pm on Saturday evening that two men forced open a door in the Queen and Spadina area.

Using prybars and brute force these men bent the metal frame to open the door. You can see the bolt is still thrown in this photo.

After gaining entry the men attacked the alarm system - ripping the siren and the door contact off the wall.

Once the alarm was triggered they knew they had a limited amount of time before the guards responded so they grabbed what they could and ran to their car, parked in front of the building. My client lost computers, electronics and worst of all, peace of mind.

Help us catch the burglars. If you have any information about these men please call Toronto Police at (416) 808-2222 or Crime Stoppers at (416) 808-7260 or (416) 222-TIPS.

This series of common sense articles walk you through ideas in security that should be universally accepted but crime statistics tell us are far from common.

Locksmiths offer answers to questions raised by crime. We are there whenever you need us to fix your lock, change your key or let you in when you lock yourself out. Now I feel it is time to speak up. Common security sense has been lost and people are making it easy for burglars.

Burglars are not a hard working bunch. They look to make an easy score. It is commonly believed, among security professionals, that burglars would make more money per hour working at a minimum wage job. If only they wanted to work that hard.

The laziest of burglars will walk around looking for an unlocked door. Houses during the day - businesses at night. When he finds an unlocked door he enters and looks for money, tools, jewelery and electronics. Anything that can be sold for a quick buck.

There is an easy way to put these burglars out of business: Lock your doors and windows.

This message is repeated on TV news programs, by your local police department, by your mother and by me, your local locksmith.

How can I help you?

Well I am writing this article to remind you again to lock your doors and windows. When I do security audits I remind you to lock your doors and windows. Still almost half of break and enters occur through an open door (or window) or with a key.

A lock is the most dependable machine you will ever buy. From a 50 cent sash lock on your window to the four hundred dollar deadbolt lock on your front door, you will rarely need to call in a professional to service a lock. You just have to remember to use it.

The truth is that locks are taken for granted. Because they don’t break down and because if you do forget to use a lock there is usually no issue.

Until the lazy burglar finds you.

Know Your Burglar
How many burglars are there in Toronto? In 2008 Toronto Police arrested 1,651 burglars. There were 12,971 break and enters reported in that same year (Source: 2008 TPS STATISTICAL REPORT). Who are these people? They are people like Ross Stevens, nicknamed the Burglar King was charged with 38 counts of break and entering in Bloor and Spadina neighbourhoods.

People like Ali Hussein Abu-Khalil, 45, who was arrested on May 9, 2010 and charged with 50 break-ins in Mississauga. Ali used ladders he found lying around to break into second floor windows. This is why we tell our customers to lock up your ladders. A small chain and a padlock is all it takes to slowdown, or even stop, a burglar.

People like Kryzystzof HARASIUK, 39, who stole from a house on Strathallan Blvd in Toronto then returned to steal again and was caught by Toronto’s Finest.

People like Jean-Pierre GAGNE, 30 from Toronto who broke into a home while the owners were on vacation and was caught trying to sell the stolen property at a pawn shop on Queen Street.

What Can You Do?
Every burglar has a different M.O. (method of operation or Modus Operandi) Ali Hussein Abu-Khalil liked to use ladders to gain entrance to the second floor of a house. Kryzystozof Harasiuk entered through the patio door and Jean-Pierre Gagne broke a window to enter his victims house.

When I do a security audit I look for the easiest way to enter a home or business. You can do this too. Walk around your house or office and look at ways you can enter without a key. Then take that option away from the burglar. This is a tactic called target hardening. I have many tools in my arsinel to help make your home more difficult to break into.

The front door is most often the point of entry for a burglar. That is why I recommend a good quality deadbolt on all exterior door especially the front door.

Windows should be protected with steel security bars and alarm contacts. This would have kept Jean-Pierre Gagne out of his victim’s house.

Patio doors are very difficult to secure properly. What little we can do is very inexpensive and force the burglar to break the glass to get into your house. A Charlie Bar is $30 and some screws in the top track of your patio door frame will prevent the door from being lifted. And of course an alarm contact.

Many of the burglars caught by the police were detected by a burglar alarm system. Even though the burglar still managed to steal from their victim they took less than they would have if there were no alarm system and the police attended quickly enough to catch them.

Report all break-ins right away, even if nothing was taken. The police can’t be proactive, they must react to your call. Police budget is based on the number of calls that come in. Don’t let your burglar get away with his crime.

Spadina Security Incorporated is dedicated to getting the right information in your hands to protect what you value, protect what you love. Our website has many resources including factshets, datasheets and articles like this one, and links to external resources like the TPS statistics, the Toronto Star’s crime map by neighbourhood and Discovery Channel’s “To Catch A Thief”.

Visit www.SpadinaSecurity.com

12,971 Break and Enters Total in 2008 1,651 burglars arrested in 2008 Source: 2008 TPS STATISTICAL REPORT Ross Stevens nicknamed the Burglar King was charged with 38 counts of break and entering in Bloor and Spadina neighbourhoods. Ali Hussein Abu-Khalil, 45, was arrested on May 9, 2010 and charged with 50 break-ins in Mississauga.

Notes:
CS1: Remember to lock your door
I) 50% of B&E in Toronto have no signs of how the burglar entered
II) Lock your doors and windows

B & E BANDIT ARRESTED Ross Stevens the Burglar King
Between the months of June and September, police have been investigating a number of break and enters in the area of Spadina Avenue and Bloor Street West on the boundary of 14 Division and 53 Division.
On Tuesday September 1st at 2:00 pm a suspect was arrested after breaking into two homes in this area.

After an investigation between 14 & 53 Divisions Major Crime Units, it was revealed that the suspect was responsible for the numerous break ins in these two Divisions.
Charged with 42 counts of break & enter, 2 counts of possession of property obtained by crime, possession of burglars tools and attempt break & enter is Ross STEVENS, 47 years of Toronto. He was held for a show cause hearing at the Old City Hall Courts to answer to the charges.

Break & Enter in 53 Division: Kryzystzof Harasiuk
Community Bulletin, Oct 2009

On Saturday September 5th, the complainant who was out of the city, received a phone call at about 6:00 am from his alarm company, advising that the alarm had gone off at the house located on Strathallan Blvd. The complainant had a friend check the house. It was then discovered that an entry had occurred via the rear patio door.
While inside the suspect pulled curtains on the windows of the basement and two upper floors. Numerous closets and rooms were ransacked on all three levels. The suspect then removed two large flat screen television sets, jewellery, computer equipment, a spare key for an Audi and a spare key for a 2007 Porche 911 Carrera. The suspect loaded the property into the Audi and fled the scene.

On Sunday September 13th, the complainant heard the alarm for her husbands Porche going off in the driveway. She looked outside and observed the suspect standing in the driveway with what appeared to be a key for the vehicle in his hand.

The suspect saw the complainant and fled the scene on foot. The complainant ran to get her cell phone and called 911. Police attended located the suspect a short distance away. A foot pursuit ensued as the suspect ran through backyards. The suspect eluded Police until he was located hiding on a garage roof at the rear of an address on Avenue Road. The suspect jumped from the roof in an attempt to flee but was arrested.

He was transported to 53 Division for further investigation. Charged with break & enter, attempt theft over $5000.00 and assault to resist arrest is Kryzystzof HARASIUK, 39 years of Hamilton. He was held for a show cause hearing at College Park Courts to answer to the charges.

Break & Enter: Jean-Pierre Gagne
Sometime between Sunday August 23rd and Monday, August 24th, the suspect attended a residential address on Chestnut Park. The owners were out of the country and had one of their relatives checking in on their property.
The suspect used an unknown instrument to break a ground floor window. The suspect entered the residence and search the house, removing an Apple Macbook Pro from the kitchen counter, a Toshiba laptop from a bedroom, a Canon Digital SLR camera with Sigma lens and a Sony Handicam and left the residence.
On Monday, August 25th, plainclothes officers from the 51 Division Major Crime Unit
attended a Second Hand Shop on Queen Street to collect Pawn Sheets from the business.
As police entered the store the suspect, who was at the counter with the store owner conducting a transaction, abruptly left the store, leaving a quantity of property on the counter. Officers investigated the property left behind by the suspect and determined it to be stolen from a break and enter on Chestnut Park.
The suspect was eventually identified and on Wednesday September 2nd, the suspect was located and arrested and transported to 53 Division.
Charged with break & enter and possession of property obtained by crime over $5000. is Jean-Pierre GAGNE, 30 years of Toronto. He was held for a show cause hearing at College Park Courts to answer to the charges.

Source: TPS Community Bulletin

Every article I read about bump keying starts the same way: New techniques for burglars to open your door.  Bumping open a lock is not new.  Bumping is a form of picking and lock picking has been around since before the current style of paracentric locks were invented by Yale in 1861.

My customers are becoming more and more anxious about bumping the more they hear about it.  This is why locksmiths keep secrets.

For over 100 years the modern paracentric lock has kept our families safe and our possessions where they belong.  Now that people are learning how to pick locks over the Internet we don’t feel safe anymore.  The locks protecting us have not changed what has changed is that information has become widely available through the internet.

A locksmith is like a magician.  People are always asking me if I have a skeleton key or the one master key that will open every lock in the city.  They don’t understand the physics behind this machine they use everyday - and they shouldn’t have to as long as it works.

Information is power.  If everyone knew how to pick a lock then those locks would be useless. This is what happened with bit locks. Once people in the general public could buy skeleton keys the locks they opened needed to be upgraded.

In 1861 we needed a new lock.  A locksmith secret had gotten out - skeleton keys.  The standard bit lock that was secure for decades had been defeated by thieves with a set of skeleton keys.

Here we are one-hundred and fifty years later. Now the Internet is giving people the power to unlock a door without the correct key.  People can buy lock picks over the web.  There are even websites that will teach you how to pick open a lock.  Lately, a lock picking technique called bumping has flooded the Internet - everyone is selling bump keys and instructions. And people are scared.

A bump key is similar to a skeleton key.  With practice a thief can open many locks.  The scary part is that there is no physical sign of entry.  In many cases this means that your insurance company will not pay for your losses.

What is your locksmith doing to help?  Well for years Spadina Security Incorporated has been recommending high security locks.  Medeco, Mul-T-Lock, Assa and Abloy have all met the U.L. rating 437 for burglar resistance.  This means that they are not vulnerable to physical attacks.  They have restricted and registered keys.  And they can not be picked in less than a minute, even with a bump key.

Underwriters Laboratories puts locks through rigorous tests.  Any company that has passed this testing deserves recognition and is a good choice for your door.

We recommend these locks not because of bumping.  Although bumping is an Internet craze and the story of the moment for TV news.  We recommend these locks because of the many ways we defeat common locks every day in our line of work.

If your locks are more than five years old and you have not rekeyed them you have lost control of your keys.  It is

ridiculously easy

to make a copy of a key - and it’s cheap too!  For two dollars I can make a copy of your front door key at the corner store.  Two dollars to gain access to your home, your business, your car.  And it only takes about ten minutes.

The worst part is that when you copy a key the clerk making the copy does not even ask for I.D.  They don’t even care if it is your key they are copying.  They just want the $2.

Picking has never been a popular way to open a lock.  Burglars just don’t take the time to learn the skill.  But common locks can be picked.  Some in under ten seconds.

Physical force is the most common way burglars enter your home in Toronto.  They don’t need an internet connection - just hand tools - and your lock opens for them in under one minute.

We recommend a deadbolt on every door you want locked.  A key-in-knob style lock does not work.  It is too easy to open.

We recommend Mul-T-Lock products for key control and physical strength to keep your door closed.

We also recommend window bars, lexan, and latch guards to keep burglars out and alarm systems to let you know when they get in.

SSI takes your security seriously.  You should too.

Products to make your door as strong as your lock.  Spadina Security Incorporated installs the best deadbolt locks available in Toronto.  Customers often ask “What about the door?”  The answer is here.

We also sell products that reinforce your door.

Latch guards and other door armor work to reinforce the weakest parts of your door.   They block many types of attacks that have become common place.  Ice pick attacks, drilling and “credit card” type attacks are foiled by our door armor.

Once you have installed a Mul-T-Lock Hercular deadbolt, we make sure your door is strong enough to resist an attack.

Very simple and inexpensive products can really help to keep burglars out of your home and business.

A Mag latch guard installed on a storefront glass and aluminum door can protect the cylinder, drill points and the frame from attack.  The Bolt Buddy strengthen the wood of the door and frame that often break when force is applied.  Hingemate stop the door from being removed when the hinge pins are removed.  There are many wrap plates available, some from Canadian manufactures.

What about glass?

Many security professionals recommend violating the fire code to provide good security.  That is not necessary. LEXAN is a clear, colourless plastic-like product that is virtually unbreakable.    It takes many hits with a sledge-hammer before Lexan will break.

Spadina Security often installs LEXAN behind glass to make it more difficult for theives to reach in and unlock your door.

More information about LEXAN is available on our LEXAN page.

Toronto is one of the last of the big cities in the world where we believe that our valuables can be protected by a piece of glass. Travel to any other big city and the large display windows in the front of stores are protected by a variety of methods.

In Toronto some business must be more careful than others. If you sell cigarettes then make sure you protect them from the smash and grab burglar.

Still most burglars in Toronto do not want to attract attention to themselves by breaking a window. They will always look for another way in before smashing in a window. The reason for this is that most windows become very dangerous when they are broken. A burglar may find himself sliced open by a piece of broken glass that has become a razor-sharp knife when a brick is thrown through the window.

There are several options available to the business owner and home owner who want more than glass to protect their valuables.

Window Film has had some surprising success stopping burglars - but only when installed correctly. Many companies in Toronto do not install window film securely. The result is the window does nothing to keep out a burglar. Film is held in place by the glass and glue. This is not security.

Film should never be installed on Tempered glass. Most storefront doors use tempered glass which breaks into thousands of tiny pieces. This is a type of safety glass. It is easily removed even when coated with film.

Double glazed window panes should not have film installed on it. This type of glass will crack because of the film.

New glass is available from most glass companies. Like the windshield of your car, this glass is actually a sandwich of glass with plastic in between two sheets of glass. In testing it turns out that the plastic, glue and glass become stronger than either component by itself. The glass and plastic strengthen each other and the glue plays a role as well. More testing is needed to fully understand why this type of glass is so much stronger.

Steel Window Bars are still the best security we have to protect a storefront or basement window. We can make attractive designs and even use a variety of colours.

The design of the window bars is key to good security. Beware of thin metal construction or poor workmanship. Get references from satisfied customers. Ask for letters of references. Don’t accept sloppy work.

Window Bars and Gates made outside of Canada and the USA should be considered weak. Hollow material and aluminum rivets allow burglars to rip bars to shreds.

Buy window bars made from iron or steel. Solid 1/2″ bars and thick tube should be used.

A new option is Lexan - unbreakable plastic (not a film). This clear and colourless polycarbonate can absorb the force from a hammer and not break. It must be installed with a strong frame of aluminium, steel or wood. The stronger the better.

SAFE RATINGS
There are many different types of safes for different pruposes.

F-Rated safes are designed to keep paper from burning for a set number of hours. They are made from thin steel, clay and plastic. These materials are not intended to keep a burglar from taking what you value.

B-Rated safes are constructed from tough steel and strong lock. They are desgined to withstand attacks from burglars. Paper will burn in these safes when exposed to fire.

C-Rated safes are designed to withstand fire and burglary attacks. The “C” stands for combination fire and burglary ratings not to be confused with combination locks.

Media safes are new. They are designed to protect media, such as computer disks and memory keys, from fire. Most media storage is made from plastic that melts at a lower temperature than paper.

Diversion safes are common everyday items that have a hidden compartment which items can be hidden. A soda can, a book or even a wall outlet can really be a safe spot to keep items you value.

DO I NEED A SAFE?

Can you keep a secret?

If you can’t, don’t get a safe. If someone knows you have a safe they will think you have something worth stealing.

Never tell anyone – NOT EVEN FRIENDS AND FAMILY – that you own a safe!

If you own jewelry, if you keep cash in your home or if you have important documents, then yes you need a safe.

Valuables must be kept secure behind several layers of security. The lock on your front door is the first security measure a would-be thief will likely encounter. Ensure that it is installed correctly and is functioning. A second layer could be a burglar alarm system that lets you know when your first layer has been compromised.

The final layer should be a safe. Safes are designed to be very difficult to open. A thief who has broken into your private space, then sets off your alarm will not have the time to attempt to open a safe.

Smaller safes should always be bolted down.

Safes protect valuables from a variety of conditions including burglary, fire and flood.

Before pricing out a safe make sure you know what your needs are.

RATING OF SAFES
A-rated = Affordable
B-rated = burglary resistant (Rated by UL)
F-rated = fire resistant (Rated by UL)
C-rated = combination fire and burglary resistant
D-rated = diversion safe

Talk to our locksmith to determine which type of safe is right for you.

The Mul-T-Lock Hercular Deadbolt. This is the Rolls Royce in our fleet of locking products. This deadbolt has become the leader in the deadbolt lock industry. Now the competition is striving to keep up with the innovations our customers already enjoy.

Here are three advanced we include with every Mul-T-Lock Hercular Deadbolt we sell.

First, the lifetime finish - the brass will not corrode thanks to a strong, clear protective coating.

Second, the improved interlocking bolt with stronger bolt housing. Essentially, the heavy duty housing is an extension of the bolt.

And third, the self-adjusting thumb-turn. (This is important during installation and for long lasting operation of the deadbolt lock.)

The competition is still far behind.

Mul-T-Lock has the largest selection of retro-fit cylinders (that all work with one key) on the market. That means the same key you use to open your deadbolt can also open your padlock, your mail box lock and your desk drawer.

Innovation is standard with Mul-T-Lock. Every year we see new products and improvements to old products come from Israel.

As the other lock manufactures try to keep up, we have unique features that give our customers added value to their purchase: The interlocking bolt, double sided key and the 3-in-1 feature are unique in the Canadian and USA markets.

For more information please see our website www.SpadinaSecurity.com.