ASH WEDNESDAY - PART 1 - Former Riverside Sheriff's Deputy Andrew Monti discusses the Norco (California) Bank Robbery that took place May 9, 1980


ASH WEDNESDAY - PART 1 - Former Riverside Sheriff's Deputy Andrew Monti discusses the Norco (California) Bank Robbery that took place May 9, 1980


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The Norco bank robbery took place May 9, 1980, at 3:40 pm. Four armed men entered the Security Pacific Bank in Norco, California, forcing the tellers to give them $20,000. A fifth robber waited outside in a van. The robbery, at the time, was considered one of the most violent in American history. It changed policing in the United States, and local police officials say it taught them how to deploy overwhelming force rapidly. SO WE THOUGHT - As we know, then came the North Hollywood shootout on February 28, 1997, when two bank robbers outgunned the LAPD.