PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — The Pensacola Police and Fire Departments are debuting two new tools that will make parts of their jobs much easier.
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The Barrel Breacher and the 850 Fire Tool are produced and manufactured by Dark Mountains Arms, a firearm manufacturer out of North Carolina and Wisconsin.
One of the brains behind the Barrel Breacher design, Lieutenant John Austin, said the main goal of the device is for police to more quickly bust down doors in an active shooter situation.
Pensacola Police Lieutenant John Austin slides the Barrel Breacher onto the end of the gun. (WKRG)
Before this device, police would be at a standstill with the locked door and have to call in a breaching team…