BankGuys signing off
BankGuys is ceasing operation.
The BankGuys web site was created in 1999 by a law enforcement officer then assigned to the investigation of bank robberies. Since retirement, efforts have been made to keep the site operational as a tool for the identification and apprehension of bank robbers. But over the years, it has become increasingly difficult to keep the content of the site current and complete. The site’s practical usefulness has become greatly diminished.
BankGuys will be ceasing operation over the next few weeks and months. New robberies will not be posted, but everything that is presently on the site — with the possible exception of the “Albums” feature — will remain available for historical viewing and searching.
The site web address will be changing. Eventually, you will no longer be able to access BankGuys with the web addresses of bankguys.us or bankguys.net. Those are paid domain registrations which will not be renewed, but will be expiring. Effective immediately and going forward indefinitely, you may access BankGuys at a free domain:
One of the trade-offs for free web hosting is occasional advertisements appearing on the site. So you may begin to see some ads. The ads will be selected by WordPress; the owner of BankGuys will have no control over what kind of ads may appear.
The “Albums” feature may or may not remain accessible. BankGuys’ albums are kept on a separate image hosting site, which is another paid subscription service. That service is also being discontinued. If a good, free alternative can be found, and if the transfer of all the photos to another site is not too time and labor intensive, the “Albums” feature might be kept. [Update: The Albums will remain. The photos have been transferred to a free web hosting site.]
Many thanks to the law enforcement officers, bank security officers, members of the news media, and alert citizens who have made BankGuys useful over the past 12 years. It has been a pleasure.
