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Patrol
Bank Robberies
Though almost all bank robberies are investigated by the FBI, there is much that a local agency can do to assist in the prevention and apprehension of bank robbers.
December 31, 2007
Special Units
Minneapolis SWAT Officer Charged In Bank Robberies
Police have charged a Minneapolis SWAT officer, who may be connected with as many as a dozen bank robberies during the past two weeks.
January 7, 2010
Training
Bank Robberies on Rise as FBI Shifts Focus
Bank robbery is on the rise across the nation, especially the more violent versions of it. Yet the Federal Bureau of Investigation is distracted by a bigger battle: the war on terrorism.
April 23, 2002
Patrol
Massachusetts Officers Tackle Masked Robbery Suspect Outside Bank
The state trooper and Somerville police detective apprehended Paul Gowell, 53, on Monday after a short struggle. Gowell has been charged with two other bank robberies.
December 20, 2010
Patrol
Ohio Lieutenant in Bank During Robbery Takes Down Suspect
A plainclothes Columbus police lieutenant who was in a bank on official business broke up an attempted robbery Monday afternoon and captured the 29-year-old suspect.
November 24, 2021
Technology
Could a 911 PIN Technology Prevent ATM Robberies?
With the goal of preventing ATM robberies, a Chicago businessman received a patent for emergency PINs that allows cardholders to create a code that when used would dispense cash while secretly alerting police that a crime is unfolding.
January 3, 2018
Patrol
Calif. Sheriff Apprehends 'Bad Hair Bandit' Bank Robber
The Placer County (Calif.) Sheriff's Office has arrested Cynthia Van Holland, who authorities dubbed the "bad hair bandit." Van Holland has been connected with 20 robberies or attempted robberies of banks mostly in Seattle and Sacramento.
August 17, 2011
Patrol
FBI: Bank Crimes Fell In 2010
In 2010, there were 5,628 reported crimes against banking institutions compared with 6,065 violations in 2009. The 2010 data included 5,546 robberies, 74 burglaries, eight larcenies, and 13 extortion offenses that were reported to law enforcement.
April 6, 2011
Weapons
Missouri Banks Attempt Unmasking Robbers
Twenty-six banks and credit unions with 141 locations in the Ozarks have already begun posting polite signs asking visitors to remove hats, sunglasses, and anything that might hide their faces as they enter.
October 24, 2002
Patrol
N.Y. Transit Officers Apprehend Bank Robbery Suspect
Officers found 21-year-old Max Schneider inside the bathroom of a train car. The officers then turned Schneider over to the Suffolk County Police Department, which charged him in the robberies that took place between Feb. 17 and March 24.
March 27, 2011
Gangs
How Gangs Orchestrate Home Invasion Robberies
To diminish the possible loss of too many resources, Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTOs) developed a policy of utilizing three separate houses to deal dope—one for the money, one for the drugs and one for the leadership. In this way, local gang jack teams, rival DTO teams, or the police might get one house, but very rarely all three.
August 9, 2010
Gangs
Survivalists and the Harrowing Norco Bank Robbery
The careful study of the Norco incident reveals many outstanding training lessons about non-traditional and unusual criminal groups, multiple advisory shootings, IEDs, ambushes, response tactics to critical incidents, and officer survival.
June 13, 2011
Special Units
LAPD Faces Urban Warfare In North Hollywood Bank Shoot-Out
Imagine yourself working uniformed patrol at 9:15 a.m. on a warm sunny day and you suddenly find yourself in Beirut, Bosnia, or back in the Mekong Delta. You go from thinking about where you'll stop for the next cup of coffee, to having your black-and-white shot up with full automatic AK-47 rounds.
March 31, 1997
Technology
ACLU Demands Mobile-Phone Data from LE Agencies In 31 States
Thirty-four ACLU affiliates in 31 states filed 379 public records requests in 31 states around the nation on Wednesday, demanding information about how law enforcement agencies use mobile-phone location information.
August 2, 2011
Technology
Ashcroft Restructures Justice Department
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Attorney General John Ashcroft unveiled a plan to restructure the Justice Department to focus on combating terrorism, possibly changing the role of local law enforcement.
November 7, 2001
Patrol
Convenience Store Robberies
Daily, some 135,000 convenience stores in the U.S. serve 100 million Americans who find their easy in-and-out access appealing. Unfortunately, such convenience isn't lost on criminals who have historically found convenience stores equally attractive.
July 31, 2008
Patrol
Dallas Chief Bolsters Detective Ranks to Combat Robberies
Through the end of October, robberies were up about 5 percent from 2012, according to department statistics. Business robberies were up more than 20 percent.
November 10, 2013
Special Units
Home Invasion Robberies
Indo-Chinese street gangs have made these robberies a popular form of crime for today's gangsters.
July 31, 2002
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