RE: money transports

["Dom de Bechi" <dddl21455@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just a couple of things that CIT companies in the UK (e.g. Securicor, Royal
Mail) use to improve security with their vehicles:

Communications:	Vehicles have two-way radio link to company base.
Vehicle Tracking:	Vehicles are fitted with a tracking system that notifies
the office if the vehicle deviates from its scheduled route.
Fire-Resistant Safe:	On board the vehicle.
CCTV:		Camera covers the rear loading area.
Smokeboxes:	Can only be accessed using a small metal / plastic 'key'.
Unauthorised entry releases a smoke canister and stains the box contains
with a highly penetrative indelible dye.

These are over and above normal cash handling procedures - identification of
drivers, handling through secure cash lobbies, designated routes and
collection communication procedures, and protection for the vehicle crews.

These are the kinds of things they use for retail cash collection, but also
delivery of cash for ATMs. I shouldn't think they're much different for
transfer of cash between banks, except that the highest levels of security
available in the company are going to be used for the highest risk amount
(you wouldn't use the same van to collect from a small business as you would
to transfer money from a bank).

-----Original Message-----
From: MathesonT@aol.com [mailto:MathesonT@aol.com]
Sent: 31 January 2002 07:29
To: millenniums-end-l@firedrake.org
Subject: Re: money transports


In a message dated 1/30/2002 3:57:32 PM Pacific Standard Time,
x-p@millenniumsend.com writes:



Need some info about the armour cars being used in transport of money
from bank to bank in Florida, more accurate Miami - I know it differs
from bank to bank but some examples would go a long way.


Unmarked vans with no increased security other than a metal cage welded in
the back, to heavily armored box trucks with the works in the way of
defensive systems.  Most transport companies maintain a range of vehicle
types and will use whatever is appropriate for threat and money being
transported (plus being the cheapest).  Best to configure the truck to a
level that makes an appropriate challenge for the characters.


Also I could use some information about what the people driving the
transport how to doe in the case of a robbery and what type of equipment
they will have in they're presents.


Sidearms and shotguns for weapons.  Standard radios and cell phones for
commo.  Insiders are responsible for about half the transport robberies.
Recent robberies show that the crew is usually willing to put up a fight
unless presented with overwhelming force or caught off guard.


Also... Well I would like to get some ideas about how to rob the
transport.


1)  A rapid assault while the pickup personnel is entering or exiting the
vehicle.  Contrary to company policy the door between driver and money
compartments are often open.

2)  Drop the pickup man covertly while outside the vehicle and take out the
driver with a high caliber AP shot.

3)  Stop the transport with a small shaped charge on the engine compartment
(ride by on a Vespa).  Slap a big charge on the window and the crew will
probably open up (ain't worth dying for a $7 an hour job).

4)  Stop the vehicle by whatever means appropriate, bore a hole into the
compartment and introduce gas.

5)  Rear end the transport with a bigger vehicle (garbage truck comes to
mind) and the rear door will often pop.

As much as anything it is about getting the timing right, and picking a
location with plenty of extraction routes and as few witnesses as possible.

Rob