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Pleasanton Police Department Military Equipment Inventory <br /> Equipment Name: Safariland Wallbanger <br /> Quantity Owned/Sought: 1 owned Lifespan: unknown <br /> Equipment Capabilities:The Wallbanger is a device designed to breach a variety of barriers including <br /> reinforced doors. <br /> Manufacturer Product Description:The WallBanger is a multi-purpose breaching tool, constructed of <br /> lightweight aluminum square tubing, and used to deploy distraction devices to gain forced entrance <br /> into a building, structure, or even a vehicle.The WallBanger is a carbon steel chamber that accepts a <br /> Defense Technology Distraction Device steel body.The chamber has tungsten steel breaching cleats <br /> on its face in various directions. It is designed to easily breach locking devices of typical residential <br /> and commercial doors, window screens, hardened glass, and even automobile safety glass. <br /> Purpose/Authorized Uses:The purpose of the device is to breach sturdy or reinforced doors. Its use is <br /> authorized during tactical or emergency situations where mechanical breaching options are not <br /> expected to be effective or safe. <br /> Fiscal Impacts:The Wallbanger was purchased approximately in 2012. Purchase records are <br /> unavailable. <br /> Legal/Procedural Rules Governing Use:All breaching requires a lawful authority to enter.There are <br /> no legal requirements specific to this device. Procedurally, use of this device would be authorized by a <br /> supervisor or commander when alternative breaching methods are expected to be ineffective or <br /> unsafe. <br /> Training Required:Only officers who have received training on use of the device are authorized to <br /> use it.Training must include a practical application exercise. <br /> Other Notes: None. <br /> 5 <br />