A BRIGHOUSE company supplying locks has been named as a sponsor of the Neighbourhood and Home Watch Network.
Avocet Hardware, based at Brookfoot Mills, manufactures the ABS Snap Secure lock, which features a patented system that guarantees against lock snapping – a common means of forced entry into people’s homes.
Now it will join Neighbourhood Watch in raising awareness about home security issues.
Michael Tuck, managing director of Avocet Hardware, said the rise in lock snapping was directly related to the increased use of uPVC and other double glazed doors – which are fitted as standard with a Euro cylinder lock that can be snapped and removed in a matter of seconds using nothing more than simple DIY tools.
Mr Tuck said the firm’s ABS Snap Secure lock had been designed specifically to prevent this crime. It was one of the first locks of its type to be accredited to the new British Standard TS007 and was the only retro-fit euro cylinder that has passed the new SS312 Sold Secure Diamond standard as well as being approved by Secured by Design.”
Jim Madden, chairman of the Neighbourhood and Home Watch Network, said: “As with any crime, prevention is always our goal, which is why we are delighted to have Avocet Hardware on-board as a primary sponsor.”
Leeds City Council has seen 10,000 ABS Snap Secure locks installed in homes across east Leeds since 2010. The move has contributed – along with other police initiatives – to a 36% fall in burglary rates in the year to October, 2012. That equates to 3,200 fewer victims than the previous year.
