Currency and Security Handlers transport money and valuables, and guards money and valuables during transit. They are responsible for pickup and delivery of customer orders in accordance with designated routes and make stops at customer locations daily replenishing ATM machines. These armed security professionals sometimes carry millions of dollars in their armored vehicles and put their lives on the line each day. Crews typically consist of two or more team members. Specific responsibilities will vary from day to day. Industry studys have shown that Currency and Security Handlers are at the highest risk factor while being at the lowest pay and benefit scale.
The SPFPA is proud of the fact that we represent thousands of Currency and Security Handlers working for such companies as Loomis Fargo & Co, Brinks, Dunbar, AT Systems, Guardian, and Wells Fargo just to name a few. We are also proud of the fact that our members are the highest paid with the best benefits vs. those Currency and Security Handlers who remain non-union At--Will Employees.
Two Loomis guards killed in armored-car robbery both were members of SPFPA Local 506.
October 4, 2007
CNN) -- Two guards were killed and a third wounded Thursday in the robbery of an armored vehicle outside a Wachovia Bank branch in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, police said.
Police were looking for one suspect, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson said.
The suspect, a black male wearing a yellow baseball cap, may have driven a black four-door car from the scene, Johnson said.
The two guards died from gunshot wounds.
The third guard, who was grazed by a bullet or flying glass, was hospitalized, Johnson said.
The robbery attempt happened shortly after 8 a.m. ET as the Loomis armored vehicle crew serviced an automated teller machine outside the bank near the Roosevelt Mall in northeastern Philadelphia, Johnson said.
Video footage from CNN affiliate WPVI-TV of Philadelphia showed the guards' bodies lying on the ground near the drive-up ATM, covered with white sheets.
The mall was shut down, Hanson said, and police were stopping cars leaving the area, The Associated Press reported.
Police were studying bank surveillance video for clues, the police commissioner said.
Schools in the area were locked down, Hanson said.
Police found a black bag filled with cash behind an off-track betting parlor near the bank, police Officer Raul Malveiro told the AP.
The bank is close to Interstates 95 and 76, which police said could have provided easy escape routes for anyone involved in the robbery.