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GetlostMaps t1_j2xjwn8 wrote

I thought bank robberies were finished. They basically don't happen here any more. Not for decades. What is different in their system?

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Dark_Styx t1_j2xzeg5 wrote

Media barely reports on "small" bank robberies, because it's 1) not really interesting and 2) invites more bank robberies. Most bank robberies aren't armed and masked men breaking into the bank shooting wildly, it's someone telling the teller to give them money and the teller complies, because it's policy and they don't want to risk it coming to the first example with the guns and all.

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port53 t1_j2ycx85 wrote

We had one like that here this past week. Guy walks in, hands a note that says give me money, they give him some money and he walks out. Cops picked him up later that day, nobody got hurt.

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j4ckbauer t1_j2ycvbd wrote

Yes, and because this is the least-effective (amount stolen) and most-risky way to steal money from a bank, it doesn't severely impact the banks themselves.

I'm skeptical about your point #2 that the news media has a social conscience, but, maybe.... :)

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Dark_Styx t1_j2ygzsz wrote

It isn't very risky as far as I'm aware, first time robbers generally aren't caught unless they try again. It also doesn't even impact the banks if a lot is stolen, because everything is insured anyway.

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LittleKitty235 t1_j2z4h3l wrote

In the US anyway banks remain one of the riskiest places to rob. Not only are banks completely covered in cameras, but robbing them is a federal crime. A lot more resources will be diverted to finding you than a normal robbery that might only involve the local police.

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sometimes_interested t1_j2zh08i wrote

I'm not sure why you're getting downvoted so much. Maybe it depends on the country. In Australia, nearly all bank branches have the tellers behind either pop up metal screens or bulletproof glass, so it's basically impossible to rob them at gun point. If someone wants cash fast, they have to rob a bottle shop or petrol station to have a chance of getting a cash payout.

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GetlostMaps t1_j30cyll wrote

This is my point. I didn't realise other countries still had bank robberies. I thought it was a TV trope.

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