Robberies: "No Hats, No Hoods & No Sunglasses"

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Robberies: "No Hats, No Hoods & No Sunglasses" in Banks?
Are dress codes coming to banks?

You might have to doff that cap and remove the shades before cashing your check.

The Florida Bankers Association rolled out the "No Hats, No Hoods, No Sunglasses" program this week, noting that bank robberies in Florida soared 36 percent last year.

Signs will ask customers entering bank lobbies to remove those items before doing their business.

Customers who refuse will not be turned away, but they may be directed to a "more experienced" teller or to an area with more security.

"Bankers aren't just going to hope robbers won't come," said FBA president Alex Sanchez. "The 'No Hats' program is one more layer of protection."

Even when robberies occur, suspects should be more easily identified, the FBA says. Florida ranked ninth in the nation for bank robberies in 2006.

State and federal law enforcement agencies are on board, saying the program has worked elsewhere: Missouri adopted "No Hats" in 2002 and saw bank robberies drop 47 percent in three years.

Click here (http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080119/BUSINESS/801190425) for the full story.

How about putting the tellers behind bullet proof glass and walls.

How about giving tellers AK-47's and hand granades 8)

They need to install better cameras in better locations to get better video shots. Some of these banks have a few cameras so high up that you can't see sh*t anyway (fuzzy black and white images). I saw one bank that had a camera at each teller about four feet from the customer pointed right at their face...now that's the way they should all be! There will be no doubt in the robbers' mind that his/her face will be plastered all over the news that night and maybe think twice about even trying to rob the bank.

They need to install better cameras in better locations to get better video shots. Some of these banks have a few cameras so high up that you can't see sh*t anyway (fuzzy black and white images). I saw one bank that had a camera at each teller about four feet from the customer pointed right at their face...now that's the way they should all be! There will be no doubt in the robbers' mind that his/her face will be plastered all over the news that night and maybe think twice about even trying to rob the bank. "sometimes when I go to sleep at night, I dream of waking up in a world where everything is covered in "sea-men"