ABSTRACT
There is a scene in the movie LA Story with Steve Martin and Sarah Jessica Parker that shows them going to an ATM on the outside of a bank in Los Angeles late one night. A line of yuppies is withdrawing cash for late-night dining and clubbing, and adjacent to them, a line of robbers in typical robber garb … masks, shotguns, knives, handgun, and so on. A robber waits for Steve Martin to make his withdrawal and then introduces himself: “Hi, I’m Bob. I’ll be your robber tonight!” The robber takes the money and walks away (see Figure 23.1). A very funny scene, but in real life people get hurt and killed. Both Atlas and Scott have been hired as a premises security negligence expert on a dozen cases involving robbery and assault at ATMs or drive-through deposits.
