Show bank bandits active the greatest num number berot ot bandit raids on ea american banking ever recorded la the figures of the protective department ot of the american bankers association were reported during the six aix months montha ending lant february bank members ot of the association reported tor investigation sll 11 lo to SeTY cases holdup robberies 16 burglaries burg larlee 2 sneak neak thetta thefts and 8 3 mortgage swindles while toon bon member banks numbering lose ie than halt teetotal the total enrolled in the association suffered buffered 86 holdup robber sea lei and 9 burglaries non members being burglarized or held up once for very every 89 39 banks banka as comp compared sred with vita once tor every 16 i member banka the association so detective agents caused the arrest of W ot of the ass bank criminals apprehended during the pa period r so d cov covered ored the associations report on those these conditions cond irions urges support ot of hc be movement to r provide city police departments with radio equipped cruising automobiles which hv have proved par affe c tive la in cleveland ana detroit in the brnad broadcasting casting of alarms sud and t the be closing in on criminals immediately after or even la in the midst ot of the th perpetration ot of crimes last year the average time ilme elwed between the receipt of radio calls by these cars and the 1325 1825 arrests which followed was one minute a and forty two second seconds ur ft tepo report it a ay |