Robbery is a serious offense commonly associated with crimes of violence by the FBI. According to the agency, there were 447,403 robberies during 2006, a 7.2 percent increase over the previous year. In terms of dollars and cents, this represents a loss of $567 million. Electrical contractors (ECs) that install and service holdup and panic alarms should be extra careful because of the added liability. If the system fails to work properly during a real holdup, your customer could hold you responsible, and the consequences can be serious. Just for clarification, according to the FBI, robbery is "the taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear."
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