Originally Posted by
SlimRider
No! The best way to handle the situation is to remove all potential interferences and possible threats from the immediate vicinity. The "bike thief" definitely looked out of place for far too long, behaving suspiciously. It should have been placed on the high priority list for urgent police intervention, due to the large sum of cash being released and the suspicious behavior of this culprit. Get him removed from the scene immediately and investigate what he was doing, later. The immediate notification of the local police should have been executed ASAP.
Sorry, but you're wrong. The guard who was outside of the armored car and awaiting for his partner to exit said armored car should have instructed his partner to
WAIT until given the "all clear" that way he could have safely called 911
WITHOUT endangering his partner or the money.
But as others have said the guard from the armored car was
NOT paid to protect the bicycles locked to the bike rack, nor is he paid to investigate "possible" crimes. He is paid to protect his partner and the money that they are delivering, nothing more, nothing less.
Had he done as I suggested i.e. instructing his partner to wait before exiting the armored car he would have been able to investigate the "crime" as well as call 911 without endangering his partner or the money that they were delivering.