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Florida ranks 9th in bank robberies, and bankers say you can help cut the numbers down.� They�re asking customers to follow a new, voluntary �no hats, no hoods, no sunglasses� policy.� If customers refuse to take off the items, they won�t be denied service, but shown to an area with more security measures.� The program is not new.� Missouri started a similar one in 2002 and robberies fell by a third in the first year.� Law enforcement says robbers won�t be able to hide now.

�I can�t tell you over the course of my 30 years of law enforcement experience, how many bank surveillance photographs I�ve looked and they could have been my own son in that photograph and I wouldn�t have recognized them because of the disguises that they do use,� said the FBI’s Matt Pellegrino.

Nearly 40 percent of Florida�s bank robberies in 2007 involved the suspect wearing some type of disguise or mask.� 25 banking institutions have already started the �no hats, no hoods, no sunglasses� policy.