'You must take a life, or they take yours': CIT security officers recount their horror stories
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ต.ค. 2020
- Cash-in-transit security officers risk their lives carrying millions of rand on a daily basis. Despite a nationwide lockdown, SA Banking Risk Information Centre stats show a 29% increase in attacks on cash-in-transit trucks in 2020 compared with 2019. We talk to some of those tasked with transporting South Africa's money.
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Its sad to think these guys earn between R7,500 and R15,000 max depending on experience....these guys should be earning R75,000 after tax and receive the best military combat training there is.
If i was a rich man i would do a huge background check on the workers. Than they would do military training. And i would give them the best possible weapons and more than enough ammo. I would also rig there vans with extra defense
@@frikkiesmit2695 what about their salaries...sound like you only worried about protecting the money in the van
@@AndrewSmith-sy7ws the salaries also. Im actually thinking of their lives boet. I have a friend who does this dangerous job
You wish
@@sabelotyumbu3290 ok and?
These vehicles should be military grade so they can shoot from inside without exposing their bodies
This could be avoided with electronic payments
@@JeffLewis7 What about ATM cash? And cash reserves at local bank branches?
@@JeffLewis7 but these guys were carrying mobile phones not money
@x Noblesse why what?
That could aggravate pre-road/in-premise attacks. Crossfire risks increase greatly.
The recent video of the failed heist has shown us first hand the courage and skill of these brave people.
It’s their jobs not a requirement.
I wouldn’t say we are “brave” when I did CIT me as well as most of the guys I worked with just liked the adrenaline rush lol. I do ATM escorts now (guarding the actual guys that repair them) for the same reason. It’s exhilarating to stand out there waiting to potentially be robbed.
@@carryeveryday910 Who runs the underworld in South Africa? Serious organized crime syndicates there??
@@volk779 Yes.
@@tq6892 you have some examples?
Who's here after the infamous CIT failed heist?
Massive respect to CIT guys 🙏
Who's here after the Jason bourne failed transit
you mean Mr.Smith from Matrix showing some badass driving skills?
@@ParaAkula and mr anderson next to him learning the ropes
Yo...
Why don't you respect them and use their real names?
@@earlwright9715 why dont you respect god and use his real name??
Good luck to my south African brothers from the Netherlands
These men will never earn what they should. So much respect for them.
Stay safe out there brothers may God be with you guys always
Wow.. This job require 100% focus all the time always.. You can't let your guard down.. Stay safe ✌️
These businesses must pay these guys more . They deserve much more , putting their lifes at risk everyday and full medical.
Nah. Until recently the big companies in North America paid guys anywhere from $10-$15 a hour. Only recently has it gone up.
You men are the real hero's, stay safe.
The result of a country managed by a corrupt police system , corrupt government and ruling party
This hit so close to home when he said I have a wife and children
Everything must hit close to home for you then
They literally need guns built into the doors so they can fire from the truck without exposing themselves
Most trucks in the us have the pistol ports welded shut. Once they went to semi autos the guns didn’t fit in the port anymore. Plus armored companies don’t want drivers leaving the seat to try to shoot at people. If your hopper gets held up the procedure is for you to drive off and leave them there.
In Afghanistan they didn't stop attacking convoys even when they where escorted by tanks.
Maybe they should start moving money with drones or move away from using cash instead🤔
@@PaletoB UAS could provide a significant advantage for tracking attackers' movements to reacquire what is stolen. The problem is a bird capable of such sustained operation would probably cost too much per hour of flight to even be worth guarding trucks like that.
I don't know how much each truck tends to be worth and how much profit is made by CIT's like that so I can't speak like I fully grasp the situation, unfortunately.
That’s what a few agencies are thinking of doing.
@@cpt.awesome7281 here’s a thought for you. The armored companies used to give their guards .38 caliber Taurus revolvers. Some recycled some very well used S&W model 10s and they wouldn’t let you use your own gun. They paid barely above minimum wage and the trucks had all seen better days. These days some companies invested in better pay and better trucks. I think brinks is paying out 14 or 15 an hour. They’ve got all new armored P-1000 or better armored trucks and they issue their guards FN-509 9mm handguns. When I left Dunbar and Loomis they let you carry pretty much anything you wanted provided it was a police grade caliber ( 9mm .40 S&W 45 ACP ) I personally had an HK USP 9mm I carried with 5 extra mags. I had a .380 ankle gun, and when I had a big coat on I wanted a serbu super shorty but they wouldn’t let me have that on duty.
Sad part is that people inside the company sell their colleagues out by giving information to these murderers.
Ash yah
Yeah nd no 1 seem to touch on that 1
Phillip Shaw, this man saved his colleague life.
A year back when I was still working at Total Orange Farm.
I hope these guys get paid well. This has to be one of the most terrifying jobs out there.
They don't get paid well, but they should.
$1000 -$1500 a MONTH tops!
Yes...b real
And on top of that you are paid as cheap labor and undermined.
Exactly mnxm I was doing this job earning less than R20 000
@@siyabongachili94 hawwwu ngampela😢
@@siphiwemahlangu3008 R12 000 basic
You guys deserve more protection
When he said I have a wife and a daughter. 😥
A lot, of people who put their life on the line, daily, for their job, have family.
What,, ya think the dangerous jobs are only done by bachelors?
That is the most scary job waking up everyday and don't know if youl come home again
Need to run more Empty-In-Transit. Keep them guessing. Bait a few traps.
I would imagine that they do just crooked mfrs on the inside
Everyone got ideas of what they need to do. But it's simple. These guys obviously don't just target any cit hoping it's gonna be carrying a big score like somekind of lucky packet.
They need to do what needs to be done everywhere in the damn country. From the justice system to the power and water utilities from the police force to the municipalities and the government. And everywhere in between. They need to stop being fucken corrupt. Corruption is not only the thing that has brought south Africa down to just another African country. It affects the entire continent.
Everybody knows it. But nobody really gets it. It literally all corruption.
Such a dangerous job! Pray that somehow they improve the trucks to withstand explosions i know wishful thinking but my heart really goes out to all these guys in this industry. Pray also every day they are watched over by Our Father may He keep them safe always 🙏
It's very sad that people whose lives are at risk they get paid peanuts...This is very sad!!!
These guys are way underpaid for what they do. Even police officers get more than they do
This job is not worth it
Unfortunately vans aren't fully armored to save weigh and money, unfortunately most "armored" cabs are no match to a ak47
Their payment is a big abuse to this guy's and their families!! their life is on risky all the time 😠😠🖤✊
Here we go again no money is good enough but they real fingers is friends, family, neighbors, acquaintances and witnesses who either stand to benefit, scared because they not the victims or will pinpoint someone who is not close to them. Thugs are not space residents and we know everything and every single one of them. So why not save all lives and blow the whistle while they planning such acts before lives are ended You know they don't have a job most of them yet you accept their money, gifts, jobs and everything. So stop posting fingers to public officials when you got one in your house, neighbor, job, school and everywhere We fail ourselves then blame government and politicians for the thugs we groom. The government does not give birth to children they help curb the crime but we as society can cut it from the tail. Don't point others as thugs and turning a blind eye on your own
Uizijxj ii7ciuu
A lot of very brave men ...may God walk with you every day.
God Be With You Philip and Dirk aswell as your colleagues everyday 🙏
As security officers we are taken for losers who could not make it at school,we serve with diligence and determination yet when it comes to earnings..well its but not worth celebrating!Our bosses make out a lot out of us.
Exactly - and the people who are directors get fat on your hard work
Ask me I know I worked with such companies
Disgusting
We will pray for you guys💛
The hardest job 😔.. they should be earning R35000 a month
Hows the amount of money gonna make them safer? The company might as well then invest that money in escorts.
Way more than 35k
Yes they company can add additional escorts as well but they higher salary will also help cushion the impact on their families in the event of the worst happening. No one said the money will make them bulletproof. It will just ease their minds a bit
Risky job for sure
@MrLoveOneAnother we send prayer to CIT gards
This was humbling. When the cash van shows up I duck out.
Wonder if they will show us Josh and Robbie
Nahhh.... I want Josh and Robbie to be anonymous. They appear, the blood spills and then they go away.
The promised land of the ANC
It's ridiculous that the state can provide a useless public servant with all the protection but can't do the same for public who have to put their lives on the line.
God Bless Them All
You guys make ZA a better and safer place
It so sad when it say protect your money with my life😭😭😭😭
I used to work for the company supplying the cash counting machine in the video. It was risky business. Yiu need a police clearance every few months
Be safe out there guys, don’t believe in violence but I also believe in protecting your self period
The only solution is to go cashless everything digital with sophisticated security systems.
Bad idea buddy , cashless is a trap for you and me
Are you willing to chipped ?
Then they lose their jobs
@@krispy._kay The criminals will also loose their jobs no more bombs and weapons, the job is too risky lets create new jobs for them where they won't put their life's at risk
@@Saida561 that's better
May God's Protection always be with all of you guys 🙏
These guys should be escorted always with 1 tank, 1 chopper, assault team and 5 wild dogs. 🙄
Agree, but l reckon 6 dogs.
@@noelreilly8860 and why is that?
Was hoping to see Robbie and Josh in this.
These guys are the heros of South Africa i salute them and they need enforcement from Army
They need to drive in convoys and setup perimeters for this shit, 2 dudes with pistols isn't gonna stop anything...
Maybe decoy bags with explosive to be set off remotely, hidden with the cash. Detonate if robbers are back in their cars to eliminate them, or if they are not around friendlies or pedestrians...
These robbers must realize...what goes around, will come around. They are worthless spineless people that wants it easy, work is not an option.
Unbelievable. But True...
this is where subtitles are needed
I was robbed at gunpoint in San Francisco, my wallet was empty but I chunked it at his chest. It fell on the ground and I bolted into a dark area and crawled under a bush. The dude came looking for me in his car. By then someone was yelling for police, he drove away fast.
It was just instinct. I knew he would shoot me if I just stood there.
The police caught him just minutes later, with a loaded 38.
I don't think they could pay me enough to do that job *in South Africa*
that work takes a toll on you emotionally and physically. What explosives are these guys using? they must be getting the knowledge from ex-military
Mainly mining explosives and experience. It is quite easy to syphon explosives from mining operations, even though this is supposed to be heavy regulated.
A lot of "artisanal" miners in Zimbabwe get poorly regulated access to explosives. These are mostly ZANU guys. Some very senior officials will even use their diplomatic immunity for smuggling purposes
Dynamite easy to get in Zimbabwe 😆😆
I’ll never test God with this kinda job ever Ey what a risk 😭
Im with the CIT's all the way.
I was employed and payed grade C basic
And I must hold a fire arm after all that
Do you only have grade c do you have competency
So why isn’t the world moving to a cashless economy. It will eliminate having risky jobs like this.
@x vate ok fool
@x vate oh fool
I wonder what the casualties of the robbers and the guards are like every year?
This is tragic,greedyness of money
So basically you need military grade weapons and vehicles oh and have some sort of combat training like Special Forces or army Rangers to do this job, got it. 👍
And a pair of big steel balls
Hope S.A finds a solution to all these rising CIT attacks... It's sad that nowadays someone can take a life either for a cellphone, car or CIT...
Craziness!!
My dream Job... I am hoping to get into CIT by next year, SBV.
You need to be a warrior. If it's your dream job then I'm sure you are.
Managed to get in boed?
I hate how the crime in this country is putting other people's lives at risk.
Risky kind of job but one has to do it anyway
what a hell hole of a place to live
Problem is with our government, easy to threaten law abiding people when it comes to a national lock down and then think you have done well. Stop the crime as all South Africans are suffering.
What I like about Mr Erasmus he's giving his guys inough fire power
Cash in transit Guards should wear head bullet proof.
That should be part of their personal protective equipment like their vest bullet proof.
Wear head bullet proof
Yes ballistic helmets
It's hard every day
"Stand and deliver: your money or my life."
There's no hope for SA . Only through Jesus Christ!
(Why does TH-cam leave the thumbs down button if it does nothing?) In the latest census, almost 80% of South Africans professed to be Christian...I fail to see how religion is the only hope. What must they do for Jesus to save them? Should we force all criminals to become Christians? Many of them are, but are driven into crime by circumstances beyond their control. Bad as their crimes are -and I do believe in the death penalty -you rhetoric just simply does not make sense. If your answer is that Jesus will save everyone because he holds all the power, then why did he allow things to deteriorate like this in the first place? If your answer is that he allowed it because people do not pray enough...80% of a 58m population is 46,6m: That's how many Christians are already praying to Jesus. Or is there a specific person that should start praying? Does Jesus allow the suffering of all -despite the prayers of 46,6m -just because a select few are not praying hard enough. Please explain your statement, because to me it simply does not make sense.
@@jay2bnvd link up with me I'd like to have a chat with you about it
One of the worst and dangerous jobs in South Africa 😱
If I owned the company, every van would have a tail.. trailing the CIT..in that way,as soon as the robbery starts the trailer can ram and or shoot at the thugs.
I'd be hiring raiders to find the attacks, kill them in their sleep and burn down their homes.
I'm from Appalachia.... that's how we roll.
I'm gonna be one soon. Done with all my trainings
Sadness
Politicians are involved. I mean why can't you put a extra security vehicles with the trucks.
You rather loose lives and money.
Imagine one Truck and 2 bakkies convoy it's enough fire power to fight back
Subtitles man...no idea what this guy is saying...
District 9
Salute Con rates 👌👌👌👌
Why is there no plunger?
Why don't they airlift the money instead having to go through all that dangerous shit 😒
Or bitcoin...
It seems that cash transport in South Africa does not use the modern methods that exist among us in Europe, and that is why there are so many attacks.
To begin with, there is less and less cash transported because we use credit cards more and more, especially with internet purchases but also in stores, or with checks.
But of course there is still transport of funds, but they are generally carried out in unmarked cars or vans driven by a single man without a uniform but who has weapons in the vehicle.
Then the money is in armored suitcases very difficult to open, and if ever the thieves manage to steal them and open them the money will be unusable because an indelible ink cartridge will have exploded inside the box. suitcase and will have marked all tickets.
They don't get the respect they deserve and putting their lives on the line
What's the government doing to stop this crime in our country? 2:08
If we all benefited from the money inside those trucks am sure there would be no/less heists.
Government's shortcomings give an opening to such brutal acts! Those guys in uniforms should be celebrated for our convenience not shot at like animals!!
We should go cashless 90% of the time. Cash should not be used as method of payment
Is helicopter too expensive to use?
May the force be with you...good brave men working to feed their family...
Roof turrets!
allo.in 3/4 different attempt to rubber,used rpg and barrett .50 cal.My Godness.but the van incredible still safe just wheel is damage.but the helicopter save the life for burn the van.really really lucky.
Can't understand these guys without subtitles
Ive noticed Mamelodi heading to Mams mall
South Africa should seriously limit the use of cash
It ain't my money. It's the bank's. And they have insurance on it...
Said insurance costs more and more with each robbery. Insurance isn't a cornucopia of money, it's the manifestation of a risk pool.
We Americans rarely have this kind of nonsense. So far.
@@jamallabarge2665 Yeah. We Europeans don't have it either. So far ;)
People in my life
Amen. 😇🙏🏾🙇🏿♂️
Where do I apply ?
I just feel like if they rode in convoy at least 2 cars this would be much more difficult for the animals to do
Is there not any way the cash can be delivered?
Drones?