I called the OPD today to get stats on how many break-ins involve picked locks. The woman I spoke with was entirely unhelpful, saying something along the lines of "all break-in methods are comparably common".

Google searches suggest that ~5-10% of burglaries nationally involve picked locks.




On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 11:26 PM, Tommy York <tommy.york@gmail.com> wrote:
"OAKLAND -- One skill that appears all too common in Oakland these days is the ability to pick a lock. Burglaries jumped more than 40 percent last year, and not all of them involved window smashes."

This is a horrific excuse for journalism. Not all burglaries involved window smashes? Oh really? And in that case, how many involved skilled lock picking?

Mencken would be angry.

- tommy
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On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 11:20 PM, J.D. Zamfirescu <zamfire@gmail.com> wrote:


On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 10:15 PM, Matthew Senate <mattsenate@gmail.com> wrote:
It's awesome, free press!


On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 9:40 PM, rusty lindgren <rustylindgren@gmail.com> wrote:
Oh dear gawd.  This is possibly the most moronic piece of "journalism" I have ever seen. 

Are they unaware of the fact that you can go to a lock-picking school(actually it teaches you way more), and that this is just a cheaper version of that?  (see: http://www.lock411.com/training.html).  

 Also, virtually no crime in Oakland involves skilled lock-picking, because it's a waste of time.  

Don't worry though, you can train in deadly martial arts, go to the shooting range, and buy ninja swords just about anywhere in Oakland, but picking a Masterlock is "appalling".  

-Rusty


On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 7:31 PM, Anca Mosoiu <anca@techliminal.com> wrote:
Hi everyone,

Heads up. Looks like some folks aren't too happy that people are learning how to pick locks this weekend.


Here is Oakland Local's response:


Anca


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