As thieves continue to hit armored cars at groceries stores.

As thieves continue to hit armored cars at groceries stores, one chain is fighting back. In January 1995 an armored car robbery in a Wegmans groceries store parking lot left an armored courier employee damageed and one of the suspects dead.

Unfortunately, similar violent incidents are on the rise, according to a take a view of of four major armored car operators at the National Armored Car Association. The review recorded 58 armored car robbery attempts in 1996; 11 of them occurr during transactions at groceries stores, the second highest number of attempts by means of location after financial institutions. Total losse from robberies for 1996 were $4186908 according to the scrutinize The average loss per incident was $73454

Brian Scanlon, director of los prevention/security for Wegmans, Rochester, NY did not ne the statistics to acknowledge him that something needed to be done to combat the growing question

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