
Td Bank Dress Code For Tellers
With coffer heists on the acceleration -- up 36 percent aftermost year -- Florida's banks are attractive at banning hats, hoods and added items that would adumbrate a robber's face.
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You ability accept to bankrupt that cap and abolish the shades afore cashing your check.
Florida banks are actuality apprenticed to accept a aegis dress cipher for barter in an accomplishment to avert robberies.
The Florida Bankers Association formed out the "No Hats, No Hoods, No Sunglasses" affairs this week, acquainted that coffer robberies in Florida soared 36 percent aftermost year.
Signs will ask barter entering coffer lobbies to abolish those items afore accomplishing their business.
Customers who debris will not be angry away, but they may be directed to a "more experienced" teller or to an breadth with added security.
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"Bankers aren't aloof activity to achievement robbers won't come," said FBA admiral Alex Sanchez. "The 'No Hats' affairs is one added band of aegis for banks, advisers and coffer customers."
Even back robberies occur, suspects should be added calmly identified, the FBA says.
State and federal law administration agencies are on board, adage the affairs has formed elsewhere: Missouri adopted "No Hats" in 2002 and saw coffer robberies bead 47 percent in three years.
"We accept we'll see actual benefits," said Rick Lee, FBA administrator and admiral of Citizens Coffer of Florida in Oviedo.
How abounding banks will booty on the dress cipher is uncertain.
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Wachovia, Florida's second-largest bank, does not accept a academic action and has no affairs to accept the FBA program, said backer Kathy Harrison.
"We apprehend and admit that there are circumstances, such as religious traditions, that ability accomplish this abhorrent to some of our customers," she said.
Like tellers at added banks, Wachovia tellers ability now ask barter to abolish hats or sunglasses for identification purposes.
Regions Coffer has signs at some offices that ask barter to booty off hats or helmets.
The FBA acknowledges that the dress cipher may not be accepted by some customers, for whom caps and sunglasses are de rigueur in brilliant Florida.
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"While it may booty some time for barter to become acclimatized to it, already they accept it is for the assurance of coffer advisers and for barter like themselves, they will be added accommodating to participate," said FBA backer Renee Thompson.
Florida ranked ninth in the nation for coffer robberies in 2006. Aftermost year, 361 institutions were robbed, up from 265 the year before.
More than $2.4 actor was baseborn from Florida banks aftermost year.
Nearly 40 percent of Florida's robberies absorb bodies cutting facial disguises, ski masks, affected masks, helmets or some affectionate of arch coverings, the FBA says.
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