Every member of the team, not just SWAT entry guys, should carry a ‘Jimmy’™. Made from heat-treated hardened steel with high-density foam under a wrapped cord grip for comfort, ‘Jimmy’™ has a striking surface at the back end and a lanyard attaching loop. Jimmy features include:
- Easy to carry
- ‘Right size’ comfort grip
- Angled tip for more
- Leverage and control
- Secure in Molle
- Lanyard loop
- Heat-treated hardened steel
- Tested to 400lbs
This type tactical pry bar was innovated by NYPD ESU entry experts who identified the need for an easily carried multi-purpose tool to assist with forced entry of buildings, rooms and locked furnishings. Uses of the Jimmy include:
- Pry interior doors
- Force windows and transoms
- Lift flanges
- Prop doors
- Lever bus windows
- Create gaps for setting a
- Halligan or hydraulic spreader
Uses include forcing interior doors, windows, and bus windows, breaking glass, punching holes through interior walls and so on.
Get under the flange of a security door to make setting a Halligan easier. ‘Jimmy’™ is only 10.5in long and slides into the Molle on a vest for easy carrying.