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  • Spare A Thought For SA’s Cash-In-Transit Security Officers [Video]

    20 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone in Crime, South Africa, Video
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    [imagesource: Esa Alexander / Sunday Times]

    My first thought when I hear the words ‘cash-in-transit’ is explosions, gunfire, and heists.

    This year alone, we’ve featured videos of a shootout between the Rustenburg Flying Squad and suspects that ended with one person dead, and a chilled daylight heist at a petrol station in Roodepoort.

    Oh, ja, there was also that wild showdown in Vanderbijlpark, a dash for cash in Krugersdorp, and a stick ’em up at the Marabastad Market Stalls in Pretoria.

    The very laboured point I’m making is that if you’re behind the wheel of one of these vans, there is a massive target on your back. According to SA Banking Risk Information Centre stats, 2020 has seen a 34% increase in attacks on cash-in-transit vehicles compared to last year.

    TimesLIVE spoke with a number of security officers about how the emotional toll of the job, and the ruthless approach they have to take in order to get out alive:

    [source:timeslive]

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