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Friendly Service Cuts Bank Robberies

FBI finds personal attention unnerves would-be felons

By Dustin Lushing,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 6, 2008 12:50 PM CST

(Newser) – Bank employees are thwarting robbers in Washington state, not with steel bars or alarms—but with broad smiles and enthusiastic handshakes, reports the Seattle Times. The number of bank robberies in the state reached a 20-year low thanks to FBI training program "Safecatch,"...   Read full story »

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