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Increasing Risk of Apprehension

12. Using tracking devices. Some banks hide electronic tracking devices in the robbery money, thus aiding police in locating offenders. Tracking devices use low voltage transmitting microchips with transponders. So slim that they can be hidden in special packets of currency, these devices emit an electronic signal that can be tracked by police. There have been no evaluations of the effectiveness of these devices, but one FBI official stated that the system reduced bank robberies in his region by 55 percent.98 Since tracking devices are intended to increase the chance of apprehending offenders, they are not likely to prevent robberies from occurring.

 

SunWest FCU ordered to pay $250K in EEOC judgment

SunWest Federal Credit Union will pay $250,000 plus "substantial remedial relief" to two female employees who were subjected to sexual and gender harassment by a former manager, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Monday.

According to the suit, the manager threatened Marlene Wight, saying, "You will not cost me my job. I will take you out," and "I am your executioner." [Read this story at