I am on lock 10!!

[lt1_kid]

If you don't know me I am the "fuzz" aka a "PIG" . Well long story short with the help of you guys and a training class. I have helped now ten people get into their homes. (7 bumping and 3 picking). Thanks for the info and help.

[GWiens2001]

Glad you are able to use your skills to help others. Just be careful and legal.

Gordon

[Squelchtone]

If you don't know me I am the "fuzz" aka a "PIG" . Well long story short with the help of you guys and a training class. I have helped now ten people get into their homes. (7 bumping and 3 picking). Thanks for the info and help.

Since we are not a cabal of thieves, we don't call law enforcement types by outmoded stereotypical names. You can tell use you're a LEO, we all know what it is, and have no problem with police learning how to pick locks, in fact we'd love to teach more folks so they can learn it is a fun hobby and not a shady activity.

Squelchtone

[billdeserthills]

If you don't know me I am the "fuzz" aka a "PIG" . Well long story short with the help of you guys and a training class. I have helped now ten people get into their homes. (7 bumping and 3 picking). Thanks for the info and help.

Sure, cause why bother having private enterprise at all?
We can just call the fire dept. to unlock our vehicles too

[dhk42]

Sure, cause why bother having private enterprise at all?
We can just call the fire dept. to unlock our vehicles too

Well, if I opened a door for someone I'd probably say something like, "You know, that Kwickset lock you have is a piece of crap. You should really call a locksmith and get a real lock installed."

But then I would only open a lock for someone I knew well in the first place.

David

[LocksportSouth]

Sure, cause why bother having private enterprise at all?
We can just call the fire dept. to unlock our vehicles too

Well, if I opened a door for someone I'd probably say something like, "You know, that Kwickset lock you have is a piece of crap. You should really call a locksmith and get a real lock installed."

But then I would only open a lock for someone I knew well in the first place.

David

IANAL (In this case, I Am Not A Locksmith ) but I would suspect that many people, upon experiencing a lockout, calling out <someone - locksmith, friend, LEO, whatever> and seeing them pop open a cheap crappy lock with picks in a few seconds, would have a bit of a shocked reaction and immediately contact a local locksmith to get better locks. Of course, maybe I'm just underestimating people's lack of concern when it comes to their own safety/security, and desire to save a penny rather than protect themselves from thieves.

[billdeserthills]

LocksportSouth- Yes you are definately under estimating people's concern
I had thousands of $$$ of medeco and assa high security locks in stock and folks will just say,
"locks are only sposed to keep honest people honest, we have a burglar alarm".

[kwoswalt99-]

In all of the lock picking favors I've done for people, even though there haven't been a whole lot of them, no one has ever arrived at the conclusion that they need better locks, no matter how fast I opened them.

[QuantumEntangled]

To the OP

Many in my family are retired police and FBI. I'm the oddball being ex-military. Regardless, I can most certainly speak for myself and probably for the vast majority of folks here on LP101 by saying that I/we have the utmost respect for our brothers and sisters in blue. You are not looked at as fuzz or a pig or anything like that. Not here and not by me/us.

So welcome! I'm sure you'll find plenty of info here. If you're still learning like I am you will find folks here who really know their stuff.