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http://www.komonews.com/news/local/52271217.html
SEATTLE -- A local bank teller who chased down a would-be robber was fired from his job for not simply handing over the cash. Jim Nicholson was working at a Key Bank branch in the city's Lower Queen Anne neighborhood when a man walked into the bank, put a bag on the counter and told the teller to fill it with money.
"At that point, I grabbed the bag, I threw it on the ground and said, 'Where is it?' referring to if he had a weapon," said Nicholson.
Jim Nicholson
Nicholson then lunged across the counter.
The robber turned and ran. Nicholson gave chase, and managed to tackle him a few blocks away.
"If I allowed him to get away, then he would just continue doing it. He could come back to our branch. He could... go to another bank," said the teller.
Two days later, Key Bank fired Nicholson for violating the bank's security policies.
Nicholson says he knew he broke the rules, which require tellers to comply with robbers' demands.
Tellers are trained to hand over the cash and work to get the robbers out. The bank would then be placed under lock down, and police would be called. Anything else is unacceptable, according to the bank.
Key Bank managers referred questions to a corporate spokesperson, who didn't return KOMO's calls.
As for Nicholson, he says he has "no hard feelings."
"I had hoped that they would give me a reprimand, or maybe a write-up -- something like that. But it ended up in termination," he said.
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/52271217.html
SEATTLE -- A local bank teller who chased down a would-be robber was fired from his job for not simply handing over the cash. Jim Nicholson was working at a Key Bank branch in the city's Lower Queen Anne neighborhood when a man walked into the bank, put a bag on the counter and told the teller to fill it with money.
"At that point, I grabbed the bag, I threw it on the ground and said, 'Where is it?' referring to if he had a weapon," said Nicholson.
Jim Nicholson
Nicholson then lunged across the counter.
The robber turned and ran. Nicholson gave chase, and managed to tackle him a few blocks away.
"If I allowed him to get away, then he would just continue doing it. He could come back to our branch. He could... go to another bank," said the teller.
Two days later, Key Bank fired Nicholson for violating the bank's security policies.
Nicholson says he knew he broke the rules, which require tellers to comply with robbers' demands.
Tellers are trained to hand over the cash and work to get the robbers out. The bank would then be placed under lock down, and police would be called. Anything else is unacceptable, according to the bank.
Key Bank managers referred questions to a corporate spokesperson, who didn't return KOMO's calls.
As for Nicholson, he says he has "no hard feelings."
"I had hoped that they would give me a reprimand, or maybe a write-up -- something like that. But it ended up in termination," he said.
