While in some parts of the UK, especially Northern Ireland, so-called “Tiger Kidnap” robberies proliferate (where a bank manager or family is taken hostage at home in order to coerce the manager into opening the bank), traditional bank hold-ups are still relatively common in many parts of the world.
Excellent advice on how to mitigate this staff-distressing event can be found in the following downloadable publications:
www.brc.org.uk/aabc/downloads/preventing_robbery.pdf
http://www.hampshire.police.uk/NR/rdonlyres/C20DE15D-A7EB-4C47-BD5D-2A869F5C8CAA/0/prevent_robbery.pdf