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Banks say dress code leads to decline in robberies
Jefferson City News Tribune ^ | 5/20/04 | AP

Posted on 05/21/2004 6:31:45 PM PDT by wagglebee

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Last year, more than 200 Missouri financial institutions adopted a "No hats, no hoods, no sunglasses" policy that had previously been used only in the Springfield area. Crime statistics released by the FBI indicate 42 fewer robberies in the first year that the policy has been in effect statewide.

I'm sure the left will find some way to say this is discrimination.

1 posted on 05/21/2004 6:31:46 PM PDT by wagglebee
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To: wagglebee

Duh!


2 posted on 05/21/2004 6:32:55 PM PDT by gilliam
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I find it likely that there are people who are insulted at being told to remove their hats and sunglasses as they come in the door.

But then I remember once watching a clerk at a gun store, barking "Take Your Hands Out Of Your Pockets!" at a young guy who'd come slouching into the store.

He let go of whatever it was that he'd been holding on to, held his hands out to his side, then turned around and left. Rather quickly, as I remember.

I'm sure he, also, felt insulted.

3 posted on 05/21/2004 6:36:00 PM PDT by jdege
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"No sunglasses" discriminate against the blind.


4 posted on 05/21/2004 6:36:40 PM PDT by sd-joe
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I love the idea, let's you be aware of one who isn't complying and to step away from them...just in case.


5 posted on 05/21/2004 6:37:10 PM PDT by Kackikat
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I would think a cane or a "dog" would indicate one was blind and it says it isn't mandatory. However a robber could come dressed as a blind person too.


6 posted on 05/21/2004 6:38:38 PM PDT by Kackikat
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Discrimination. No burkhas????


7 posted on 05/21/2004 6:39:04 PM PDT by jackbill
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I'm sure the left will find some way to say this is discrimination.



8 posted on 05/21/2004 6:40:25 PM PDT by bwteim ("Begin With The End In Mind")
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People go into banks?

I think the last time I actually walked into a bank was sometime in the 80s.


9 posted on 05/21/2004 6:40:44 PM PDT by Straight Vermonter (06/07/04 - 1000 days since 09/11/01)
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more amazing....9 posts, and not one mention of "profiling"


10 posted on 05/21/2004 6:42:21 PM PDT by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to propagate her genes.....any volunteers?)
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To: wagglebee

Common sense bump!


11 posted on 05/21/2004 6:42:34 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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"apt natural. I have a gub"


12 posted on 05/21/2004 6:45:21 PM PDT by KneelBeforeZod (Deus Lo Volt!)
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To: wagglebee

Why not metal detectors?


13 posted on 05/21/2004 6:46:38 PM PDT by Scenic Sounds (Sí, estamos libres sonreír otra vez - ahora y siempre.)
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To: wagglebee

FBI said no indication that this is the reason for the decline, probably because it wasn't their idea, government morons.


14 posted on 05/21/2004 6:48:22 PM PDT by boomop1
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15 posted on 05/21/2004 6:50:27 PM PDT by Khurkris (Ranger On...revenge, grudge, payback...call it what you will. The knives are comin' out.)
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To: Scenic Sounds

People hauling in change would set it off all the time


16 posted on 05/21/2004 6:50:32 PM PDT by Crazieman
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People hauling in change would set it off all the time

Yeah, but they could have you put all the coins in those little trays like at the airport.

And take off your shoes, too. ;-)

17 posted on 05/21/2004 6:52:45 PM PDT by Scenic Sounds (Sí, estamos libres sonreír otra vez - ahora y siempre.)
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To: wagglebee

No shoes
No shirt
No stickup


18 posted on 05/21/2004 6:55:05 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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Jeez, and I thought this would be a story about a new trend in "naked" banks. You know, no concealed forearms, etc.

Although I guess "Stick up" might carry a new connotation.


19 posted on 05/21/2004 6:57:03 PM PDT by XEHRpa
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To: Scenic Sounds

I went to an amusement park recently. They had metal detectors to get in. They wanted to take my pocket knife. I turned around and left.


20 posted on 05/21/2004 6:57:46 PM PDT by gitmo (Thanks, Mel. I needed that.)
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