Bank Robbers Busted by GPS-Equipped Cash

Great technology, but isn't it ironic that technology is helping banks to stem robberies by the people while no technology is being made available to the people who are being robbed by banks ? Laws do not adequately address banking practices that steal from the public. Another major round of foreclosures is in the offing and the credit card crisis will soon be upon us. The cold hard realities, banks are directly responsible in both instances yet in spite of the obvious....Obama and the dems. are poised for another round of Bail Outs to....you got it.

once again the media ruins something

thanks for telling the crooks what & where to look !!

the same goes for our security systems !

thats right AOL, publish this for all the crooks to read about

you are right tell the bad guys.who was the cop that told the media

the only way to stop bank robberies is to make a virtual teller. i've seen it in 1 bank. it would work just like the drive up banks where the teller is behind a camera and you send one of those tubes up. the comerica bank in the renaissance center in downtown detroit has this. if EVERY bank in the world was like this there would be no more bank robberies. on the flip side they would start robbing other places and people instead. sooooo...

albertdavin
you obviously do not have to worry about finances or job security. if we "simply" just replace people for machines what would those who lost their jobs do? banking is a very intimate issue for people and they want and need to be heard. there are many things that can be done to provide safety for tellers but the banks do not want to spend the money on the safety of their employees. why can't banks provide bullet proof glass, security guards, bars, drawers, etc.? i am all for technology and growth but we need to look at the big picture and how it will affect every one concerned. the police and media did not need to give every detail on how the robbers were caught. if they simply reported that the robbers were caught minutes after leaving the bank, it may have given other potential robbers something to think about...how did this bank do that so quickly; how did the police apprehend them so quickly. it may have made some think twice of robbing a bank not knowing how, when, or why the others were caught.

That is so funny how the robbers got caught by modern technology. We usually hear of the dye packs going off once the bank robber leaves the bank. I've heard of two different ways a person can clean the paper money once it's been stained with the red dye. I would also say how irresponsible for the world wide web to even have that information on the internet available to anyone, especially those with bad intentions.

Really dumb move by aol, announcing to the crooks what to look for when they rob a bank . Sometimes aol prints some moronic items, or as in this case, should have just ignored it.

another case of the press telling the world how to avoid getting caught. MORONS!!

GMOJOMAN.. another MORON. Only you let the banks rob you. Ignorance robs you, not the banks.Know what you are getting into...

AND THE NEXT TIME TERRORIST WILL HAVE ALL THE THINGS THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THAT WILL MAKE THEM LOOK LESS SUSPICIOUS WHEN BOARDING A PLANE TO BLOW IT UP....THANKS TO THE MEDIA
AND THANKS TO THE PRESIDENT OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY, SHOULD A TERRORIST GET COUGHT BEFORE ANY DAMAGE IS DONE, THEY'LL GET
THE BEST TREATMENT IN A CIVIL COURT AND PROBABLY RELEASED TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN.....ITS THEIR RIGHT YOU KNOW...THANKS MR PRESIDENT

this is so dumb, not only did they tell bank robbers about this (media)now the world knows how to do another terrorist thing---let say they use it to there advantage -like the airplanes were in 911------think about it--how about they rob the bank get the money and bag --plant it somewhere like a train station or on a train and when the cops surround it and keep everyone on the train -then remotely blow it up---hence -alot of people dead--end of story -the media should never release stuff about this--even in the war-we say stuff on telivison about the war when and where we are going-is released on tv--does anyone know everyone has satellites --americans again are stupid---sad day

They should cram GPS devices up the bungs of Gitmo terrorists and release them all back home in the Godforsaken desert that they came from. Any time that two or more of the blips intersect, launch a cruise missle on the coordinates.

To our commenters:

You will notice that the "Illinois Bankers Association spokeswoman Debbie Jemison explained that a few state banks began this practice about two years ago, so that police need only to follow the signal right to the criminals and the cash."

It is not our writer, nor the Chicago Tribune (from which we sourced this article) nor any other member of "the media" who released this information. As your discussion has veered into polemics against terrorists and President Obama yet again, please take issue with the Illinois Bankers Association if you believe that this information is harmful to the public. We're just here to tell you the story. Thanks!

You know, there are still many banks out there that still don't know that this technology is available to them, so this release of information is also being viewed by someone who would be interested in purchasing it. Not all banks have the personel that actually researches new devices that are available to them for their security, and salesmen of such products tend to pass up the SMALLER COMMUNITY BANK during their marketing efforts. The very type that get robbed. So this leak could be viewed as valuable to the good people of our small communities.

jbjg24m: you think because of this one 3-4 paragraph story that robbers have the upper hand... I don't think so. People are going to rob, steal, commit crimes, it's just the way it is.

Warn them all about it why don't you???