How to police or paramedics enter into a locked apartment building?

james_dav_bmcg

itn depends. soemtimes there is a "knox box" a locked box mounted on the outside of the structure which has a master key in it. only the Fire department has the key. usually they get a representative from the building to unlock the door. they will break down the door if the situation warrants it and have to get in.

Laura

Break down the door or have someone let them in.

TheWizardofKnow

Many times police have access to master keys for larger buildings in their district. Or, they have emergency contact numbers of people that will let them in... But, I've seen with my own two eyes the fire dept bust down a door of an apartment that they thought was on fire... so in a true emergency they do what they need to do... and ask questions later...

robert

break your down down

Lovely

um well they could break open the door, or break a window... I mean that's what I would do, what would you do?

frieste

kick in the do', wave in the fo' fo'....all ya heard was poppa don't hit me no mo'......i've seen 'em do it a hundred times...

evalmonk

Some pick the lock... some break down the door. Some have the emergency contact info for the managers on file so they can call them and tell them to get over there.

Elwood

They get a warrent and kick the door in.

sshazzam

Emergency service have the Buildings owner on file in the 911 dispatch office so they can gain entrance if they have to.

In a matter of life and death the Police are authorized to force entry into a building.

Coconuts

kick in the door use a fire escape to get to a window so they can get in, really not all that hard

fr_chuck

break the door in.

We were worried about your neighbor, and called the police.
They broke her door in when no one answered .

( we had not seen or heard from her in several days)

turns out she was on a bingo trip and did not tell anyone.
well she had a boarded up door when she got home

Caprikorn

Break it down, or push a call button and get someone to buzz them in.

older woman

They break the door down or buzz somebody else to let them in. Some apartment orders let the police and EMS know the security codes to get in.

PermDude

Paramedics have usually been called there, and so someone (often the superintendent) have the door open for them.

Police sometimes call ahead when needed, or bust in then they have to.

It also isn't altogether hard to pick your way into an apartment foyer door.

hipergirl22

Bust the lock or door down--in an emergency there is no time to get the landlord.. someone could be dying for pete sakes!!!!!!!!!

Carolina

You mean at the gate? I think they have some kind of electronic device that lets the gate recognize who they are and open the gate. Kind of like magneto, but it's a diferent kind of signal.

Wolfpacker

With a really big battering ram.

jasonvdklooster

there are ordinances covering entry to a building in emergency conditions landlords and letting agencies are also required to make available contact information (not that they always do)
when life is at risk rules are discarded , a battering ram both pneumatic and manual can be used if there is a lock present cutting tools are easily available to the emergency services

single mom

They knock on the first floor window,which is mine! One night they had the audacity to open my bedroom window and shine fiashlights in my bedroom, scared my daughter to death!!! Or they kick it in or just leave.

Panacea

Most of the time they don't have to break down the door. All lock manufacturers make their locks so they can be opened by a master key. Police and emergency personnel keep a ring of these keys in them (plus some other important keys like elevator override keys etc.). They simply look at the brand of lock and then open it with the appropriate key.

Pirate_Wench

They would kick in the door. Believe me.

coolcat123

They break it down. There might also be a hidden key.

Code3EMT

Most of the time there will be a keyholder who has a duplicat key to all apartment buildings. If this keyholder can not be found and it's a emergency they may knock down the door in a attempt to solve the call.

Shopaholic Chick

some of them have special lock boxxes by the front door that ems and police have a key to which includes a pass key for the building & a master key to apts

other times in private building they have a neighbor buzz them in

sometimes the super lets them in

usually they can get buzzed into the building and if needed the police will break in the front door

I used to work an ambualnce we have trouble entering an apt - because we could see the girl on the floor & her mother had called us from he work to say her daughter needed help - we had the right to enter - so a fireman managed to get a window to open and he went in the window - an amazing feat since it was about 6 feet off the ground and he got in without help!! he let the rest of us in through the front door

bcptm

~With style and panache. And a little trepidation.

$ MATH THUGZ 4 LYFE $

they ask the superintendit to unlock it, if that fails, they have other tools to get through. Most extreme cases they break down door.

2feEThigh

they bomb the entrance

brettbrissaw

contact the landlord and have him or her let them in

lincseagles

Break the door down?

~jeweler babe~

Usually there is an agreed upon code that the city uses for all emergency personel that works for all buildings, at least where I live.

Woohoo!

They break the door down with a swift powerhouse kick, then they combat roll in, clear the room (using flash bombs if necessary) then they do what they gotta do.

Finally, once they stop the bomb at exactly 00:00:03 they say "Let's get outta here" and walk away.

But wait! Here comes a baddie with a back up bomb! Quick, jump out the 7 storey window onto some strategically placed hay.
Bomb goes off, drugs are destroyed in the fire, hero gets the hotties. All's well in Hollywood.

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