Pattern: Cab/Taxi Driver Victims
Victims: Cab/taxi drivers
Perpetrators: Usually lone males, sometimes two or more males
Locations: Usually in a city
Times: Late at night, infrequently in daytime
Entry/Approach Methods: When fare is dropped off, victim is robbed by the fare – sometimes robbery occurs during the ride
Weapons: more often gunpoint, sometimes knifepoint
Vehicles/Transportation Routes: Suspects will more often be let out of cab at an intersection rather than a particular address
Stolen Goods: Cash, sometimes wallet
Method: Robbery occurs during normal course of cab ride – suspect calls cab or hails cab and then robs victim, suspect may wear a disguise, sometimes violent
Motive: Crime of opportunity, sometimes becomes a serial crime
Query terms: cab, taxi, fare, driver, meter
Suggestions: Track all robberies of this type in one file to note a series of crimes early. Analyze by cab company, by time of day, by geography, by weapon, by suspect(s) description, by victimology (old cab driver? young? race?). Track where rides begin and where they end.
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