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{{Short description|Counter criminal strategy invented by the FBI}}
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'''SafeCatch''' is a counter-criminal strategy invented by the [[FBI]], to be adopted by [[bank teller]]s in the event of a [[robbery]]. The method focuses attention in the guise of good [[customer service]] and allows bank tellers to rattle robbers, who generally try to remain [[Anonymity|anonymous]] and may not be expecting an overwhelmingly positive reaction to their robbery attempt, thereby possibly deterring them from going further with their plan.

SafeCatch was developed by the Seattle FBI office, and has been implemented in the Seattle banking system, with staff trained in 23 banks.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/070412/K041202AU.html Banks try charm to deter robbers; claim it 'scares the lights' out of bandits] [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]</ref><ref>[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003661713_safecatch11m.html Do bank robbers think twice if hit with nice?] [[Seattle Times]]</ref><ref name="BAI">[http://www.bai.org/nl/v2/n18/articles/V2_N18_01.asp?WT.mc_id=BSRDI_ARTICLEARCHIVE_V2_N18_01 "SafeCatching" Bank Robbers] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808170202/http://www.bai.org/nl/v2/n18/articles/V2_N18_01.asp?WT.mc_id=BSRDI_ARTICLEARCHIVE_V2_N18_01 |date=2007-08-08 }} BAI Online</ref>

==Efficacy==
While the efficacy of the program is challenging to quantify over the short term, the FBI and area banks note that, in the first quarter of 2007, Seattle bank robberies were down to 40, from a 10-year average of 80, and in the month of April, 2007, bank robberies were down by 70%.<ref name="BAI"/>

The “Safe” in SafeCatch is an acronym, denoting '''S'''can (for suspicious persons) '''A'''lert (relevant personnel and help) '''F'''riendly, neutral confrontation '''E'''scape (by the perpetrator shouldn't be the end of the situation).<ref name="BAI"/>

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9567998 Killing Bank Robberies with Kindness], [[National Public Radio]] audio article
*[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5328/is_200712/ai_n21299928 Security with a smile, Credit Union Management magazine, Dec 2007, by Carter, Jaime]
*[https://www.fbi.gov/page2/june07/bandits062507.htm FBI News Release, 25 June 2007]
*[https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna18075473 How to scare bank robbers? Try smiling], [[Associated Press]], 11:23 a.m. ET April 12, 2007

[[Category:Bank robbery]]

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