Aggravated robbery at Kaleen service station

At what point does it become professional negligence that the owner doesn’t provide a security screen for the staff? It’s not as if this hasn’t happened before, multiple times.

Mysteryman said :

Maya123 said :

Mysteryman said :

Rollersk8r said :

Again!!?? Unbelievable. They seriously need to invest in a proper security barricade – or simply not allow anyone to enter the shop late at night – or not even open.

I’d honestly rather they let the staff keep a gun behind the counter, and make an example of the scum who attempt armed robbery (or any robbery, for that matter).

So then not only money would be the target for robbery, but the gun too. Nice, another gun gets into criminal hands. You are counting on whoever is at work at the time 1. being capable of using the gun and 2. being willing to pull the trigger. All this is untrained people, who might change regularly, and them being quick enough to stop the gun being stolen.

Yep. Because what I’m suggesting is that a gun just gets plopped on the counter, within reach and easy access of all. And that staff aren’t trained. That’s exactly what I was advocating. /sarcasm.

The gun doesn’t need to be on the counter, or in view to be the target of robbers. They only need to know of its existence to want to target it. I wonder what the turnover of staff might be too? Difficult to run training sessions (with likely police presence) if staff are changing regularly. I grew-up upstairs to where there was a gun behind the counter, but the staff didn’t turn over regularly and they had a regular training session under police direction. (Every couple of years?) This gun behind the counter practice is now, to my knowledge, discontinued, and has been for years. It rarely worked anyway. Robbers still robbed.

Maya123 said :

Mysteryman said :

Rollersk8r said :

Again!!?? Unbelievable. They seriously need to invest in a proper security barricade – or simply not allow anyone to enter the shop late at night – or not even open.

I’d honestly rather they let the staff keep a gun behind the counter, and make an example of the scum who attempt armed robbery (or any robbery, for that matter).

So then not only money would be the target for robbery, but the gun too. Nice, another gun gets into criminal hands. You are counting on whoever is at work at the time 1. being capable of using the gun and 2. being willing to pull the trigger. All this is untrained people, who might change regularly, and them being quick enough to stop the gun being stolen.

Yep. Because what I’m suggesting is that a gun just gets plopped on the counter, within reach and easy access of all. And that staff aren’t trained. That’s exactly what I was advocating. /sarcasm.

Mysteryman said :

Rollersk8r said :

Again!!?? Unbelievable. They seriously need to invest in a proper security barricade – or simply not allow anyone to enter the shop late at night – or not even open.

I’d honestly rather they let the staff keep a gun behind the counter, and make an example of the scum who attempt armed robbery (or any robbery, for that matter).

So then not only money would be the target for robbery, but the gun too. Nice, another gun gets into criminal hands. You are counting on whoever is at work at the time 1. being capable of using the gun and 2. being willing to pull the trigger. All this is untrained people, who might change regularly, and them being quick enough to stop the gun being stolen.

Seems like Kaleen and Giralang are both easy targets. I worked the graveyard shift in a petrol station, a very long time ago. We had a number of steps in place to prevent a robbery – one of which was having hardly any cash in the till. I imagine you would need far less cash again these days, with so many payments made on cards… Good to know people in my local area will still risk prison for less than $100.

Rollersk8r said :

Again!!?? Unbelievable. They seriously need to invest in a proper security barricade – or simply not allow anyone to enter the shop late at night – or not even open.

I’d honestly rather they let the staff keep a gun behind the counter, and make an example of the scum who attempt armed robbery (or any robbery, for that matter).

Again!!?? Unbelievable. They seriously need to invest in a proper security barricade – or simply not allow anyone to enter the shop late at night – or not even open.