Dishonest Locksmith

There are a few dishonest individuals in any profession. The fact tht this is newsworthy, in fact, is a good indication of how uncommon it is.

May not be unreasonable depending on how the actual license is defined and what its requirements are. I don't think either security guards or locksmiths require licensing in my area.

that's what happens when a trade is unregulated. there are bad apples in all trades.

note to the public; if your state requires for a tradesman to be licensed? only do business with licensed tradesman.

g'day all

Currently Victoria (Australia) are trying to introduce licenses for Locksmiths and Security Advisors.

As I understand it some of the Lock Associations are fighting the introduction.

If you have criminal convictions you will not be licensed. A special application can be made to the licensing board but as you can imagine if it's an offence of dishonesty it would be hard to convince the Board.

Spriteah.

In NSW you have to have a clean record for 10 yrs in order to get a license.... no license no job, the licensing cops do random checks on us from time to time... oh and we get our fingerprints taken too... a few guys have issues with that but if it keeps the bad guys out of the industry I'm all for it... I saw a trust poll a while ago and we rate better than the police that are trying to keep us in toe... lets try and keep it that way eh??

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same here in louisiana

When I lived in Louisiana ( in the U.S.A ) they wouldn't let Chiropracters call themselves doctors. But that was nearly thirty years ago. In Texas, they won't let programmers call themselves "software engineers". Too bad the Bill of Rights doesn't have an "Industry Lobbying Group".

Well, that's interesting. It seems to me that someone who designs and creates a product according to specifications would have engineered it. Is the problem with regulating the use of the term "engineer"? Is a janitor allowed to call himself a "sanitary engineer"?

David Ames