>There is a reason the police respond to bank robberies in progress and don't just wait to try to collect stolen cash via an investigation after the fact. The n

>There is a reason the police respond to bank robberies in progress and don't just wait to try to collect stolen cash via an investigation after the fact. The number of attempted bank robberies would be through the roof. They really don't though. Can you find sources in recent history of police responding to in progress bank robberies? After a few high profile incidents that turned deadly the standard for dealing with bank robberies is to do everything possible to avoid a hostage situation or violent confrontation. Banks don't generally have tremendous amounts of cash on hand.