Lol this is not true for crown Vic cop cars at all. I used to own one. They have car keys just like anything else from the era
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Cethin@lemmy.zip 11 months agoFrom everything I know about locks in important places, all pumps probably use the same key. You can probably buy that key online. I know this is true for elevators and those boxes for entering buildings, and Crown Vic police cars (and the taxis they’ve become after being sold), and many other things.
thoughtorgan@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Cethin@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
Yes, they do have car keys. They’re all keyed to the same key.
thoughtorgan@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It’s not all the “same” key like you make out out to be. Yes it’s a fleet vehicle, and yes all vehicles in the same fleet may have the same key. But no, not all ignitions of all Vic cop cars are not the same at all.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
Now you’re just being pedantic. Sure, not every one of them used the same key, but each municipality used the same key for their vehicles most of the time. One of then in particular was very common.
DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
do you mean doors ?
Cantankerousnuts@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I wish he meant doors 😂
Irinir@lemmy.world 11 months ago
He likely means card readers.
JonEFive@midwest.social 11 months ago
In buildings in some cities, entry ways for big buildings often have an emergency access box somewhere near the door. If police or the fire department need to gain entry, they have a master key that will let them access the lockbox and the lockbox will contain keys to the door.
lemming741@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Knox Box maybe
youstolemyname@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It’s a lockbox that is mounted near the doors that contains a key to said door or an override used by emergency services such as the fire department.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
I can’t think of the term for them, but they have a keypad and other buttons to call in and unlock the door, often along with things for postal and emergency services to get in if required.