Just FYI. RPD on scene.

12/30/2010 11:33:02 AM

k

12/30/2010 11:33:22 AM

12/30/2010 11:33:29 AM

Uh oh I work just down the street from there hope we dont get locked down like the last time a fruitcake was over here with guns holding people hostage.

12/30/2010 11:35:16 AM

Standard shit. Too bad the employees never seem to have guns.

12/30/2010 11:35:54 AM

^ no lockdown. suspect long gone. Don't expect to make any deposits or withdrawals there in next little while though

12/30/2010 11:36:52 AM

Thx u my son.

12/30/2010 11:37:47 AM

Police on lookout for suspect: described as white female in Grey SUV heading westbound (outbound) towards Cary.

12/30/2010 11:38:28 AM

12/30/2010 11:39:17 AM

women robbing banks? what has this world come to

12/30/2010 11:40:33 AM

^gg taking the high road

12/30/2010 11:45:12 AM

12/30/2010 2:13:06 PM

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"Standard shit. Too bad the employees never seem to have guns."

Bad bad bad bad idea. If I were a bank teller I'd much rather give the dude the money than put myself in a more dangerous situation over money that's not even mine.

12/30/2010 2:19:56 PM

They've been robbing people for years, so it only seems fair.

12/30/2010 2:26:54 PM

what wachovia is at western and blue ridge? Isn't that where the k-mart is.

12/30/2010 2:30:17 PM

It's the large bank looking place with the drive-thru tellers and ATMs right where you turn in to go to K-Mart.

[Edited on December 30, 2010 at 2:35 PM. Reason : oh, and there's a large sign that says "WACHOVIA" ]

[Edited on December 30, 2010 at 2:35 PM. Reason : s]

12/30/2010 2:33:39 PM

Does RPD have a swat team?

12/30/2010 2:44:38 PM

^Yes

12/30/2010 2:48:37 PM

My father in law was at that same bank a long time ago when it got held up. the robber was two people ahead of him in line.

Apparently there were no hysterics, the robber just went up to the teller and said he had a weapon, they gave him money and he walked out. then my father in law had to stay in the bank for two hours while they searched the area/interviewed everyone

12/30/2010 2:57:30 PM

I literally left that bank about 8 minutes before that transpired.

also, it always bothers me when something is merely described as a "gray SUV". Isn't someone there familiar at all with automobiles? Surely, someone saw her leave, yield to traffic, take off, etc.

[Edited on December 30, 2010 at 3:05 PM. Reason : dass]

12/30/2010 3:03:30 PM

Quote :

"Bad bad bad bad idea. If I were a bank teller I'd much rather give the dude the money than put myself in a more dangerous situation over money that's not even mine."

I'm sure a fool like you would think that killing an armed robber would be more dangerous than letting him have his way (Which may, in fact, involve killing you).

You know, not all robbers are rational people. I swear I don't understand this idiotic mentality that assumes violent criminals are all nice people trying to minimize collateral damage. Some of them kill for the hell of it. Having the option of shooting back is not a "bad bad bad bad idea". It's an OPTION. You don't have to use it, you know.... It's there in case the need arises. There are plenty of people who never fire a shot during a robbery despite being armed. There are times when it's not needed, however, there are also times where it IS needed. Being prepared gives you the OPTION to make that decision should the need arise. Good, good, good, good idea.

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"I literally left that bank about 8 minutes before that transpired."

Good for you dude! Glad you got out of there in time to avoid the craziness.

[Edited on December 30, 2010 at 3:09 PM. Reason : t]

12/30/2010 3:04:44 PM

you're doing it wrong...you didn't say "son"

12/30/2010 3:13:52 PM

Who in the hell are you?

12/30/2010 3:14:29 PM

not your offspring, like most others appear to be.

12/30/2010 3:18:06 PM

You are some form of alias son.

12/30/2010 3:18:38 PM

that is incorrect.

but this thread is not for such talk. back to something relevant to someone's interests...

doesn't the K-Mart at this location get robbed semi-annually?

12/30/2010 3:21:46 PM

Probably. You should carry guns in the k-mart too. I don't recall any sign on the door preventing entry with one, but I may be wrong there son.

12/30/2010 3:23:14 PM

^ I've never seen any no weapons signage there.

12/30/2010 6:14:56 PM

^^I always carry when I'm at that kmart

12/30/2010 6:15:54 PM

Good to know sons.

12/30/2010 6:23:37 PM

Saab you should get a SW-CK42BS son

12/30/2010 6:25:04 PM

won't lie, I had to look that up

is that a fixed blade

12/30/2010 6:26:36 PM

nah foldable, heavy duty 440 though, it came in that survival kit i posted in the gun thread

12/30/2010 6:27:23 PM

looks pretty hefty

12/30/2010 6:28:35 PM

It's hard to go back to low end production knives man. You've got to see and handle these customs in person. Even a Spyderco Military seems REALLY "production-like" in every way and I like the higher end Spyderco knives. For a beater though, I'm sure that S&W would work fine.

I have a feeling I'll pick up a small Chris Reeve Sebenza for a production beater sometime soon, but I've got 3 customs being built right now so it will be a while.

[Edited on December 30, 2010 at 6:32 PM. Reason : T]

12/30/2010 6:31:51 PM

Its more for cutting bear meat into manageable chunks, after you kill it with a 460 shot then cut off his arm with a portable chainsaw, son

12/30/2010 6:33:11 PM

Nice!

12/30/2010 6:33:40 PM

hahaha

12/30/2010 6:33:49 PM

Quote :

"You know, not all robbers are rational people. I swear I don't understand this idiotic mentality that assumes violent criminals are all nice people trying to minimize collateral damage. Some of them kill for the hell of it. "

9/11 was only successful because of the comply mentality people had up to that point..........they were only armed with box cutters and hijacked planes full of able bodied people, murdered the pilots, and then murdered everyone else by crashing the planes.

12/30/2010 6:36:24 PM

^ Exactly! Thank you my son!

12/30/2010 6:40:10 PM

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"Does RPD have a swat team?"

Yep. They call it SEU (Selective Enforcement Unit).

But they ain't gonna help out much if the suspect is already long gone as was the case here.

Their main objective is to respond to barricaded subjects or hostage situations
of which this was neither.

12/30/2010 6:43:46 PM

Quote :

"I literally left that bank about 8 minutes before that transpired."

You were lucky. Otherwise you would have been held there awhile while being interviewed.

Quote :

"also, it always bothers me when something is merely described as a "gray SUV". Isn't someone there familiar at all with automobiles? Surely, someone saw her leave, yield to traffic, take off, etc."

Witnesses are more times than not only able to give the basics because they are too busy not paying attention to what is going on around them. Rarely do you have a situation like this (Bank robbery on Capital @ Mini City back in 2009) where the suspects fall into your lap:

http://www.archive.org/details/RaleighNcPursuit7-2-2009

Direct link to mp3:
http://www.archive.org/download/RaleighNcPursuit7-2-2009/RPDPursuit722009.mp3

12/30/2010 6:50:00 PM

Quote :

"Having the option of shooting back is not a "bad bad bad bad idea". It's an OPTION."

That:s not what your post implied. Your post impled the tellers should brandish a gun at the robber. That seems like a great way to get shot by someone who wasn:t initially going to fire on you. I guess you could get lucky though and their gun is unloaded.

[Edited on December 30, 2010 at 7:00 PM. Reason : stupid keyboard with keys in the wrong place ]

12/30/2010 6:59:59 PM

This

Quote :

"Too bad the employees never seem to have guns."

is not an implication that employees should "brandish" guns. It's a mere statement of fact, the fact that they never seem to be armed during these encounters.

The problem is that your perception of what happens in an encounter like that and mine are so vastly different that you envision some movie shit. Look, if the gun comes out it should be going off very shortly thereafter. I never once suggested that you pull out a gun when somebody else is pointing one at you and give them time to shoot you. If they are unaware that you're armed you can use that to your advantage in a moment of weakness. The robber is often nervous and has to cover a lot of area visually. They will likely be looking around. If 5 employees have guns, he is bound to not be looking at one of them at some point and they can take that advantage and shoot him. This is my point. Even one armed teller may have an opportunity as long as his focus goes off them for even the blink of an eye. An no, you don't wave a gun around like an idiot in front of a robber who is pointing one at you already. That is what we call "idiotic".

[Edited on December 30, 2010 at 7:08 PM. Reason : t]

12/30/2010 7:03:13 PM

meh, I'd rather the tellers just shoot robbers.

12/30/2010 7:03:50 PM

^ As would I son.

12/30/2010 7:09:36 PM

How about everybody just shoot everybody and let God, Allah, Flying Spaghetti Monster, etc sort it all out

12/30/2010 7:13:28 PM

nothing will ever be this awesome:

http://harbl.net/tww/BOA.mp3

[Edited on December 30, 2010 at 8:36 PM. Reason : make sure you listen to the entire thing.]

[Edited on December 30, 2010 at 8:36 PM. Reason : this was in garner, btw, in case you couldn't hear]

12/30/2010 8:34:53 PM

^Did he ask if he can shoot him?


[Edited on December 30, 2010 at 9:14 PM. Reason : lol...sounds like he did]

12/30/2010 9:13:00 PM

^6 Shit there's no way I'd shoot someone to protect my employers' money.

If it was my money perhaps, but none of that money they are taking is mine, I don't care enough about it to risk my life for it.

12/30/2010 9:35:47 PM