(ON DEMAND) Annual Robbery Training for All Staff: Meeting Your Bank Protection Act Requirements

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Robberies of financial institutions remain a steady trend. In many areas of the country, they are reaching an alarming and increasing rate. Combine this with the current economy, the unemployment rate, and personal dependencies and addictions, and we find ourselves in a time where robber proofing your institution has never been more important. The only reliable means that your financial institution has to improve prevention, apprehension, and recovery, involves training, training, and more training. This webinar will prove to be a valuable training resource for your employees and will ensure they are up to date with their robbery training requirement. This important session will address:

1. Reducing your risk of robbery
2. Protecting customers and staff
3. Aiding law enforcement

HIGHLIGHTS
Regional robbery trends
Steps to take before, during, and after a robbery
Why complacency is your greatest threat
How a customer-friendly environment can exist with one that discourages the would-be robber and how this is often a real dilemma for senior management
The best policy on when to activate the silent alarm
Why you want to know when any robbery occurs within 100 miles of your branches
How to counter the rise in morning glory robberies
How banks are cased
Interviews of 300 plus convicted robbers reveal a common thread
Branch design and layout as a powerful deterrent
How are most robbers apprehended?
The importance of suspicious activity logs and non-disclosure contracts

TAKE-AWAY TOOLKIT
Sample security procedures
Robbery description form
Other valuable resources to train staff, prevent occurrence, and manage outcomes
Employee training log
Quiz you can administer to measure staff learning and a separate answer key

Attendance verification for CE credits provided upon request.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Security officers and community bank employees. It will provide tips on training staff and tools the frontline can use immediately.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER – Barry Thompson, CRCM, Thompson Consulting Group, LLC, is an international speaker, trainer, consultant, and writer.  He is a security and compliance “guru” for a leading national training organization and regularly presents security conferences for trade groups. Barry is recognized worldwide, presenting in Brussels, Belgium to European bankers on internal fraud; at the United Nations on identity theft; and to Japanese bankers on bank security.  Barry has worked in the financial services industry for over three decades, and has held the positions of security officer, compliance officer, treasurer, senior vice president, and executive vice president.  He has handled over 900 security cases and has been involved with investigations and prosecutions at the federal, state, and local levels.  Barry is the author of “101 Security Tips for the Beginning Security Officer.”