Posted on 07/13/2009 6:13:32 PM PDT by Prodigal Son
Cash machines offer an ever-growing menu of services beyond merely dispensing money. For tampering criminals, this now includes a squirt of pepper spray in the face .
The extreme measure is the latest in South Africa's escalating war against armed robbers who target banks and cash delivery vans. The number of cash machines blown up with explosives has risen from 54 in 2006 to 387 in 2007 and nearly 500 last year.
The technology uses cameras to detect people tampering with the card slots. Another machine then ejects pepper spray to stun the culprit while police response teams race to the scene.
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(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
“...while police response teams race to the scene...”
I think I’ve found the flaw in their logic. Getting S. African police to even respond should be considered a stroke of good luck.
My personal favorite is the propane side-burners on cars as a carjacker defense.
Hell, why mess around with pepper spray. Just install a 50 cal machine gun in place of the pepper spray and call a janitorial service after it gets set off.
Ahh, the post-apartheid utopia where all is peace and love.
USA in 2100.
I have a bad feeling that it will be sooner than that. Much sooner.
Joburg is downright scary. You can't leave your compound to walk your dog. And that was three years ago.
“Mandela’s Paradise”
We’re screwed.
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