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#89074 - 06/17/03 04:49 PM Robbery Height Markers
jjjeepman2003 New Poster Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 21 Louisiana	Can someone give me the name of a supplier of Robbery Height Markers? These are the colored markers (sometimes it's tape) that affix to the door facings to help identify the height of a robber as he (or she) leaves the building. I've tried calling Office Depot, Bankers Supplies and neither has them or has ever heard of them. thanks..JJ
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#89075 - 06/17/03 04:53 PM Re: Robbery Height Markers
DeeQ 10K Club Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 40,766 Turnpike Exit 10	Hi JJ- I hate to sound so cheap, but we just mark off our own using different colored tape at 1 ft intervals. Maria or try going to Natl Assoc of Bank Security (Profit Protection), maybe they have something. _________________________ Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - Mark Twain
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#89076 - 06/17/03 04:55 PM Re: Robbery Height Markers
JacF Power Poster Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 6,719 PA	You need look no further than your local Walmart. Buy a three pack of electrical tape (red/green/white) and a tape measure to use for this purpose. There's no regulatory mandate that you use height markers at all, much less 'official' markers.
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#89077 - 06/17/03 04:55 PM Re: Robbery Height Markers
jjjeepman2003 New Poster Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 21 Louisiana	thanks Maria. I guess I was afraid to approach my CEO with that idea. JJ
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#89078 - 06/17/03 04:56 PM Re: Robbery Height Markers
DeeQ 10K Club Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 40,766 Turnpike Exit 10	Quote: thanks Maria. I guess I was afraid to approach my CEO with that idea. JJ Just tell him/her how much money you saved him/her by thinking up that idea! _________________________ Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - Mark Twain
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#89079 - 06/17/03 04:56 PM Re: Robbery Height Markers
jjjeepman2003 New Poster Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 21 Louisiana	Thanks for the WalMart Idea. Even though there is no requirement for the markes, many of the tellers are asking for this. I will visit Wally World today and buy the tape.JJ
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#89080 - 06/20/03 04:06 PM Re: Robbery Height Markers
WildTurkey Platinum Poster Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 921 Down South, USA	Quote: Hi JJ- .... we just mark off our own using different colored tape at 1 ft intervals. I'd go for more than every 1ft, after all, 5ft-6ft must cover more than 90% of the population. You don't want dozens of markers but putting them at 5', 5'4", 5'8", 6', and 6'4" should enable a better height to be estimated. Also be sure to pick a color(s) that contrasts sufficiently to be clearly visible on your security cameras. _________________________ This is my opinion; it is not legal advice, nor the view of my employer, and it may change tomorrow.
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#89081 - 06/20/03 04:51 PM Re: Robbery Height Markers
DeeQ 10K Club Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 40,766 Turnpike Exit 10	Actually, I am sorry I didn't clarify that, we start a 6" and go to 7'6". Hey WT- where have you been, vacation? _________________________ Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - Mark Twain
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#89082 - 06/20/03 04:57 PM Re: Robbery Height Markers
JacF Power Poster Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 6,719 PA	Maria, Don't you have any short bank robbers in NJ?
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#89083 - 06/20/03 05:24 PM Re: Robbery Height Markers
1111 Platinum Poster Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 580	Duct or Duck tape - have Dawnie send you some - paint it whatever color you want.
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#89084 - 06/20/03 05:31 PM Re: Robbery Height Markers
DeeQ 10K Club Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 40,766 Turnpike Exit 10	That was 6 inches to 7 feet 6 inches, Jac! _________________________ Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - Mark Twain
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#89085 - 06/20/03 05:33 PM Re: Robbery Height Markers
JacF Power Poster Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 6,719 PA	I sit corrected. Now I feel six inches tall!
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#89086 - 06/20/03 05:35 PM Re: Robbery Height Markers
DeeQ 10K Club Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 40,766 Turnpike Exit 10	Jac, are the people all that short in PA? _________________________ Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - Mark Twain
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#89087 - 06/20/03 05:36 PM Re: Robbery Height Markers
Kansayaku Diamond Poster Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,454 metsuretsu	Quote: That was 6 inches to 7 feet 6 inches, Jac! Why start at 6 inches? _________________________ I have many opinions; some are good, some are bad, and some don't contradict.
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#89088 - 06/20/03 05:42 PM Re: Robbery Height Markers
DeeQ 10K Club Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 40,766 Turnpike Exit 10	I really don't know, because the shortest person I know is my grandmother and she's 4ft 7 inches. All of the branches are that way; my guess is because there are other things to distinguish on a bank robber other than height. How embarassing, another case of "cause we've always done it that way..." _________________________ Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - Mark Twain
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#89089 - 06/20/03 05:58 PM Re: Robbery Height Markers
rlcarey 10K Club Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 82,469 Galveston, TX	It's so you can include in the description of the robber whether they were wearing anklets, mid-calf, or knee-high socks - man - everyone knows that _________________________ The opinions expressed here should not be construed to be those of my employer: PPDocs.com
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#89090 - 06/20/03 06:00 PM Re: Robbery Height Markers
DeeQ 10K Club Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 40,766 Turnpike Exit 10	Quote: It's so you can include in the description of the robber whether they were wearing anklets, mid-calf, or knee-high socks - man - everyone knows that Actually I thought it was so if they were wearing boots, or shorts, or maybe had their dog with them we could trigger a memory. _________________________ Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - Mark Twain
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#89091 - 06/20/03 07:04 PM Re: Robbery Height Markers
1111 Platinum Poster Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 580	Maria: Food for thought: If I were at your place, I'd take a real hard look at changing the marker to just one - probably at 6' - possibly producing a higher percentage of times that an accurate height is provided to the FBI or police. The primary purpose is an assessment of height - going for additional data by adding markers is simply not logical given the extraordinary circumstances during which the assessment is made.
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#89092 - 06/20/03 07:07 PM Re: Robbery Height Markers
rlcarey 10K Club Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 82,469 Galveston, TX	Ipso - you need to lighten up a little - we were joking _________________________ The opinions expressed here should not be construed to be those of my employer: PPDocs.com
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#89093 - 06/20/03 07:13 PM Re: Robbery Height Markers
Tom C 100 Club Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 199 South of Boston	How accurate do you really think tellers will be at reading the height marker when the robber is running out the door 20 ft away, with a gun and all the money in the drawer? I think 5'7" and 5'10" are going to look pretty much the same at that point!
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#89094 - 06/20/03 07:17 PM Re: Robbery Height Markers
rlcarey 10K Club Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 82,469 Galveston, TX	While it does assist the teller, normally you utilize the tape from the camera for confirmation. _________________________ The opinions expressed here should not be construed to be those of my employer: PPDocs.com
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#89095 - 06/20/03 08:26 PM Re: Robbery Height Markers
1111 Platinum Poster Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 580	Quote: Ipso - you need to lighten up a little - we were joking I don't get the joke, but that's not your business, correct?
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#89096 - 06/20/03 08:32 PM Re: Robbery Height Markers
David Dickinson 10K Club Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 18,762 Central City, NE	Here we go again. _________________________ David Dickinson http://www.bankerscompliance.com
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#89097 - 06/20/03 08:40 PM Re: Robbery Height Markers
1111 Platinum Poster Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 580	Quote: Here we go again. But - the point is that the here we go again relates to you, not me. Just let sleeping dogs do what sleeping dogs do - in other words (as you recently recommended to the entire BOL community) don't post to me, don't comment on my posts and we will be the best friends possible. Take youre advice to heart and the anger will go away.
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#89098 - 06/20/03 08:46 PM Re: Robbery Height Markers
David Dickinson 10K Club Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 18,762 Central City, NE	_________________________ David Dickinson http://www.bankerscompliance.com
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