Examining Security Flaws and Lessons from Two Major Bank Robberies

Name Institutional Affiliations Date 1997 North Hollywood Shootout: On February 28th 1997 two heavily armed men attempted to rob the Bank of America branch in North Hollywood, California Robbery of a Brinks Armored Car in 1983: On October 20th 1981, members of the Black Liberation Army and the Weather Underground killed two police officers and a Brinks guard while robbing Brinks armored car at the Nanuet Mall in New York What went right or wrong Both robberies involved professional robbers who planned systematically for their robberies before performing them. Although in both robberies the law enforcers managed to arrest or kill the robbers, it is evident that the robbers proved well armed through advanced firearms and bullet proofs to enhance their personal security and successful operations. It is also open that both instances caught the officers off guard thus dealing with well armed robbers with nothing much but the handguns proved a challenge. While analyzing the 1997 North Hollywood Shootout, it is open that the Bank of America’s North Hollywood branch had the right security measu