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Better security is not letting them get the cash at all.
by 3pt14159 8y ago
Better security is not letting them get the cash at all.
- sorokod 8y agoIn some banks in Europe, a customer needs to be buzzed in to enter the premises.
- jefe_ 8y agoCost of dealing with a dead teller is probably higher than the amount of cash that will satisfy most traditional robbers. If that robber-satisfying amount can be recovered with a certain degree of reliability, the security model is effective in deterring attacks, minimizing attack damage, and ensuring physical safety of team members.
- Retric 8y agoThere are only around 5,000 bank robberies in the US each year. If they each walked away with 100,000$* which is unlikely that's only 0.5 billion which is peanuts vs the 44 billion retail loses from shoplifters and other issues. PS: 100k in 20's is ~11 pounds. Some people might leave the bank with more than that, but not that much as most branches don't much have cash and simply simply moving it becomes difficult.
- 3pt14159 8y agoYet Fort Knox gets on just fine having zero robberies. I'm not saying every bank should be FK, but I do think we're unwise to at least admit that security is a spectrum and the most secure places do not get robbed or bugged.
- CaptainZapp 8y agoI don't think that Fort Knox is open to the public. Which makes it a much harder problem than to stick up a bank (which is a hellishly stupid form of crime to begin with).
- kolpa 8y agoTrue but not particularly relevant. In reality, we almost never expect 100% perfection, we assign a cost/benefit ratio and multiply by failure rate.
- reshie 8y agothere are barriers and dye bags amoung other things. in this instance it's about security and safety plus they are insured.