BANK ROBBERY

You are a member of the infamous gang of bank robbers. The secret of your success is that
your robberies are always verry well planned. Your next target is a branch of the National Bank
in one small provincial city. From well-informed source, who wish to remain anonymous, you
learned that the police need seven minutes and thirty seconds to reach the bank from the
moment the alarm is triggered. Now you want to determine if the robbery can be successfully
carried out during that time.

To commit the robbery, two gang members (a man with a gun and a burglar) will be left behind
the bank so they can brake a lock on the back door.

The rest of the gang will be driven to the main entrance of the bank and they will wait. When the
alarm goes off, all gang members will enter the bank. Armed persons will point weapons at
guards and clients, the burglar will jump over counter and empty the cash register, and the
burglar of the safe will break into the safe and empty it.
When all these actions are done, the gang will leave.

Assignment:
1. Can a robbery be carried out in seven minutes and thirty seconds, before the police arrive?
2. What is the shortest possible time for a robbery to be committed and what is the sequence of
actions?
3. Show through a chart, drawing or role play a sequence of actions during a bank robbery.

Gang members:
2 armed persons
1 safe burglar
1 driver
1 cash register burglar
1 gang leader

Activities:
1. Leave an armed person and a safe burglar in the alley behind the bank.
2. Leave other gang members in front of the main entrance.
3. Everyone enters the bank at the same time.
4. Armed persons take up positions and point their weapons at guards and clients.
5. The cash register burglar jumps over the counter and empties the cash register.
6. The safe burglar breaks into the safe and they empty the safe.
7. All gang members leave the bank at the same time.
8. The driver waits for the rest of the gang in front of the main entrance of the bank. When the
robbery is done, they all drove away together.

Time required:
 2 minutes to break the lock on the back door.
 Upon activation of the alarm, the police arrive after 7 minutes and 30 seconds.
 45 seconds to drive from the alley behind the bank to the main entrance of the bank.
 30 seconds for armed persons to enter the bank and take their positions.
 60 seconds for the safe burglar to reach from the back door to the safe.
 30 seconds for the cash register burglar to jump over the counter and start emptying the
safe.
 3 minutes to empty the cash register
 2 minutes to break into the safe
 2 minutes to empty the safe
 45 seconds to get out of the bank and get to the car at the main entrance