Enforcer (battering ram)
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Enforcer (also known informally as a "Rammit", "the Sam",[1] "Donker", "Sam", "Bosher" and "the big red key") is the term given to a specially designed manual battering ram manufactured by Sigma Security Devices Ltd [2] and currently used by British police and armed forces, fire services and other agencies to aid in gaining entry to premises.
Construction
[edit]The Enforcer is a 16 kg (35 lb) hardened steel construction with a steel pad at the impact end so that it can absorb the impact,[3] and a handle at the opposite end angled so that the user can swing accurately at inward-opening doors without actually applying their own pressure more than necessary.[3] There is a handle in the middle of the tube aiding the user in handling.[3] The Enforcer can apply more than three tonnes of impact force to door locks. It is 58 cm (23 in) long.[3]
Police use
[edit]In London, the Metropolitan Police Services' Armed Response Vehicles and most station vans carry them. Within most forces, an officer can only use such a tool once they have attended a course receiving training in the safe handling and operational use.[3] Most forces also insist that the user wears gloves to cushion their hands from the shock created when a door is struck with the ram.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "£2million of drugs off West Fife streets". Dunfermline Press. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
- ^ "Enforcer 16kg". Sigma Security Devices. 2013-06-07. Retrieved 2026-05-28.
- ^ a b c d e f Waldren, Michael J. (2007). Armed Police: The Police Use of Firearms Since 1945. England: Sutton. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-7509-4637-7.
External links
[edit]- Enforcer Training Manual (PDF)
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