The other big part of this story that has never really been told is the impact this robbery had on the person who was taking the bag from the bank to the van. Unless you live it you never know how having a firearm pointed at you and someone screaming instructions can affect you and in this case it caused a lot of trauma.
Your day goes from another day at the office to living in fear of your life in a slit second. not many people cope with that brazen and intimidating type of behavior and that persons life was changed that day.
I am sure the police know who did this but in todays world they cant just go and shake the tree until the monkeys fall out.
The other large inner city robbery that I understand has never been solved was the one at the Suger Shack after it closed for the night and staff were cleaning up. Must be a few years ago now and it was a substantial amount of money
Surprised it does not happen more often . The crews of the vehicles that move money round are NOT armed ...In Australia they are armed and NOT scared to shoot and kill robbers.
Not sure it would have helped in this case but I get your sentiments. These people are usually strung out on drugs and operating on the mental edge between sane and insane and in this case it was lucky no one was badly hurt or killed. I would never like to have to face such people holding a firearm pointed at me even if I was armed myself
The other big part of this story that has never really been told is the impact this robbery had on the person who was taking the bag from the bank to the van. Unless you live it you never know how having a firearm pointed at you and someone screaming instructions can affect you and in this case it caused a lot of trauma.
Your day goes from another day at the office to living in fear of your life in a slit second. not many people cope with that brazen and intimidating type of behavior and that persons life was changed that day.
I am sure the police know who did this but in todays world they cant just go and shake the tree until the monkeys fall out.
The other large inner city robbery that I understand has never been solved was the one at the Suger Shack after it closed for the night and staff were cleaning up. Must be a few years ago now and it was a substantial amount of money
We must not forget about the Waikiwi Westpac robbery, who escaped on a bicycle also.
Surprised it does not happen more often . The crews of the vehicles that move money round are NOT armed ...In Australia they are armed and NOT scared to shoot and kill robbers.
Not sure it would have helped in this case but I get your sentiments. These people are usually strung out on drugs and operating on the mental edge between sane and insane and in this case it was lucky no one was badly hurt or killed. I would never like to have to face such people holding a firearm pointed at me even if I was armed myself
I worked in the security industry in Australia and had to " neutralise' robbers on 8 occasions . They never did it again.....