Is it a BIG mistake for banks to use those fast rising security screens in the event of a robbery (trust, money)

[Clayfighter1998]

Here's footage of it at the bottom of this post. More and more banks are using this and I think it's not only reckless but a MUCH higher liability then just giving the robber the money and letting him be on his way. For 3 reasons:


1. If you've watch the footage, you'll see that if a customer happened to be leaning on the counter to fill out or sign something at another teller window when the screen was activated by different teller who got the robbery demand note, then that customer just got decapitated.

2. The activation both rises the screen and locks the bank door. The robber is now a cornered animal, and a cornered animal will do anything to escape.

Well nearly every bank robber has a gun, even if they slip a robbery demand note without displaying it. Robbers almost always have one in case they meet unexpected resistance or some customer tries to be a hero.

Congratulations dumb bank for trapping the bank customers in the same lobby as the robber. Now you've got a hostage situation.

3. The robber can make the teller think twice about activating the security screen by slipping a note that says:

"If you activate the security screen I will draw my gun and kill all the customers in the lobby. Now give me all the money."

If any of these three things happen, the bank has both the liability and bad publicity that GREATLY exceeds letting the robber make off with the mere few thousand in the tills when 90% plus percent of them are caught anyway.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_mfjHzr5uc They started out in the UK but more and more US banks are using them too.

[bmw335xi]

Just allow people to get CCW licenses that way if anyone tries to pull some awful act, he will get his head blown off the second he threatens to start killing innocent people in the lobby.

[Lowexpectations]

Originally Posted by bmw335xi

Just allow people to get CCW licenses that way if anyone tries to pull some awful act, he will get his head blown off the second he threatens to start killing innocent people in the lobby.

I don think the wild Wild West solution goes down as you describe and I'm not against ccw or chl



OP do you have any stats of this growing trend of use in the US? Houston has been a hotspot for bank robberies and I'm not aware of a single instance where this device was used

[LordSquidworth]

Originally Posted by Clayfighter1998

1. If you've watch the footage, you'll see that if a customer happened to be leaning on the counter to fill out or sign something at another teller window when the screen was activated by different teller who got the robbery demand note, then that customer just got decapitated.

The video doesn't show something that is going to be decapitating people. It's got a blunt side on it and it's not being pushed up with enough force.

Why is this pointless complaint in the investing forum?

[CaptainNJ]

if the robber cant succeed, there will be less robberies. these fast rising screens seem like a positive. also, ccw permits for citizens is a positive also.

[LordSquidworth]

I don't trust your average CCW holder much more than a robber.

I'm not against CCW. I'll probably get one myself. But cops go through the amount of training they do for a reason.

[Lowexpectations]

Originally Posted by LordSquidworth

But cops go through the amount of training they do for a reason.

And in general they are pretty crappy when shooting under duress

[cfa-ish]

Originally Posted by bmw335xi

Just allow people to get CCW licenses that way if anyone tries to pull some awful act, he will get his head blown off the second he threatens to start killing innocent people in the lobby.

I am not sure what this thread is doing in the Investing forum. However...

Yes in theory people should be responsible gun owners.
Here on earth in real life, more guns in the society equal more gun deaths, either via homicide or suicide.
I have no political bias re the Second Amendment, but I'd rather trust statistics than ideology.
Given people's (lack of) control of their emotions, less available guns = safer society.
I can provide a host of links but here are two:
Gun Deaths vs. Gun Ownership ? Inductio Ex Machina ? Mark Reid
Homicide | Harvard Injury Control Research Center | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

[Wartrace]

What does this have to do with investing?

[treasurekidd]

Originally Posted by LordSquidworth
But cops go through the amount of training they do for a reason.
And in general they are pretty crappy when shooting under duress

No they're not. They've hit everything they've been shooting at in every story I've read recently.