A bank teller in Seattle chased a man suspected to be a robber for several blocks before knocking him to the ground and handed him over to the police. Two days later ~ he was fired from his job by the bank.
This happened at Key bank, Seattle. Jim Nicholson, the 30 year old teller, was encountered suddenly by a thin man, pushed a black backpack across the bank counter and demanded money. But instead of complying, Nicholson confronted with the suspect.
Nicholson threw the bag to the floor, lunged toward the robber and demanded to see a weapon. Surprised, the would-be bank robber backed up and then bolted for the door, with Nicholson on his heels. He chased after the man for several blocks across the bank and succeeded in seizing him with the help of some passers by. He finally handed over the suspect to the police.
Now, do you think that Nicholson would be praised by his employees for his courageous effort? No, he was not. In fact, he was fired two days after.
The Seattle Times reports that it was the policy of bank that employees should quickly complyi with robbers' demands and avoid any sort of confrontation. What Nicholson did was not only ill-advised, according to police and the FBI, it was all but unheard of. Bank tellers are trained to get robbers out the door as quickly as possible and are advised against being a hero over money that's federally insured.
I think Nicholson now understands and shall be careful next time.
Nicholson threw the bag to the floor, lunged toward the robber and demanded to see a weapon. Surprised, the would-be bank robber backed up and then bolted for the door, with Nicholson on his heels. He chased after the man for several blocks across the bank and succeeded in seizing him with the help of some passers by. He finally handed over the suspect to the police.
Now, do you think that Nicholson would be praised by his employees for his courageous effort? No, he was not. In fact, he was fired two days after.
The Seattle Times reports that it was the policy of bank that employees should quickly complyi with robbers' demands and avoid any sort of confrontation. What Nicholson did was not only ill-advised, according to police and the FBI, it was all but unheard of. Bank tellers are trained to get robbers out the door as quickly as possible and are advised against being a hero over money that's federally insured.
I think Nicholson now understands and shall be careful next time.
4 comments:
A disgrace by the authorities I thought...The guy was a hero and they fired him
I agree with you completely, Whizzed. No doubt, they should have retained him, if not made him a hero.
False. As a bank employee, I know that his actions were foolish, and not only put himself in harms way, but endangered everyone in the bank. What if the robber did have a gun? He had no way of knowing. His termination was totally justified for endangering his colleagues.
Agree with Joe!
If the guy did have a weapon it would have been devastating. How would he feel if someone was injured or worse off killed. Not so much the hero y'all are making him out to be.
No money in the world is worth someones life.
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