A safe with lock tampering capabilities is provided. A lock apparatus includes a lock body, a lock backplate, a lock, and a sensor. The sensor raises an event when a first end and/or a send end of the sensor loses contact with a surface of the lock body and/or a surface of the lock backplate. The event is reported by the safe as a lock tampering event. Whenever the safe loses power and is subsequently restored power, the safe reports a lock tampering event.

Apparatuses, systems, and methods are provided for detecting an alert status of a locking apparatus for an entry point. An external force may be received at a locking apparatus operating in a locked state and determining a first indicia corresponding to the received external force, separately receiving an indication of the external force at an accelerometer of the locking apparatus and determining a second indicia corresponding to the received indication of the external force, comparing the first indicia and the second indicia to determine an alert condition, and selectively performing at least one alert operation corresponding to the determined alert condition.