Personal Safety Tips<\/p>\n
: Send this on to any woman you care about. Last night I attended a personal safety workshop, and it jolted me. It wasgiven by an amazing man, Pat Malone, who has been a body guardfor famous figures like Farrah Fawcett and Sylvester Stallone.He works for the FBI, and teaches police officers and Navy SEALShand to hand combat. This man has seen it all, And knows a lot.He focused his Teachings to us on HOW TO AVOID BEING THE VICTIMOF A VIOLENT CRIME. He gave us some statistics about how muchthe occurrences of random violence have escalated over the recentyears, and it’s terrible. Something like 99% of uswill be exposed\/a victim of a violent crime. Here are some of most important points that I got out of his presentation:
\n1. The three reasons women are easy targets for random actsof
\nviolence are:
\na. Lack of awareness (you MUST know where you are &what’s
\ngoing on around you.)
\nb. Body language (keep your head up, swing your arms,stand
\nstraight up)
\nc. Wrong place, wrong time (DON’T be walking alone inan
\nalley, or driving in a bad neighborhood at night)<\/p>\n
2. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after
\nshopping, eating, working, etc, and just sit (doingtheir
\ncheckbook, or making a list, etc). DON’T DO THIS! The
\npredator will be watching you, and this is the perfect
\nopportunity for him to get in the passenger side, puta
\ngun to your head, and tell you where to go. AS SOON
\nAS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR, LOCK THE DOORS AND
\nLEAVE. A few notes about getting into your car in a
\nparking lot, or parking garage:
\na. Be aware: look around you, look into your car, at the
\npassenger side floor, and in the back seat. Check
\nunder the car as well.
\nb. If you are parked next to a big van, enter yourcar from
\nthe passenger door. Most serial killers attack their
\nvictims by pulling them into their vans while the women
\nare attempting to get into their cars.
\nc. Look at the car parked on the drivers side of your
\nvehicle, and the passenger side. If a male is sitting
\nalone in the seat nearest your car, you may want to
\nwalk back into the mall, or work, and get a guard\/policeman
\nto walk you back out.
\nIT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY.<\/p>\n
3. Always take the elevator instead of the stairs. (Stairwells
\nare horrible places to be alone.)
\na. Do not get on an elevator if there is a weirdo already
\non there. (of course bad men don’t always look bad).
\nb. Do not stand back in the corners of the elevator,be
\nnear the front, by the doors, ready to get off or on.
\nc. If you get on the elevator on the 25th floor, andthe
\nBoogie Man gets on the 22nd, get off when he gets on.<\/p>\n
4. If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control,
\nALWAYS run!
\na. POLICE only make 4 of 10 shots when they are inrange of
\n3-9 feet. This is due to stress.
\nb. The predator will only hit you (a running target)4 in
\n100 times. And even then, it most likely WILL NOT bea vital
\norgan. RUN!<\/p>\n
5. As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOPIT,
\nit may get you raped, or killed.
\na. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good looking,
\nwell-educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathiesof
\nunsuspecting women. He walked with a cane, or a limp,and often
\nasked “for help” into his vehicle or withhis vehicle, which is
\nwhen he abducted his next victim.
\nb. Pat Malone told us the story of his daughter, whocame
\nout of the mall and was walking to her car when shenoticed 2
\nolder ladies in front of her. Then she saw a policecar come
\ntowards her with 2 cops, and they said hello. She alsonoticed
\nthat all 8 handicap spots in the area were empty. Asshe neared
\nher car she saw a man a few rows over calling to her,for help.
\nHe wanted her to close his passenger side door. He wassitting
\nin the drivers side, and said he was handicap. He continued
\ncalling, until she turned and headed back to the mall,and then
\nhe began cursing at her. She wondered why he didn’task the 2
\nolder ladies, or the policeman for help, and why hewas not
\nparked in any of the empty handicap spots. As she gotback to
\nthe mall, two male friends of hers were exiting, andas she told
\nthem the story, and turned to point at the car, a malewas
\ngetting out of the back seat into the front, and thecar sped
\naway. DON’T GET CAUGHT IN THIS TRAP.<\/p>\n
6. Tips to saving your life, if you have gotten into a violent
\nsituation:
\na. REACT IMMEDIATELY: If he abducts you in a parkinglot,
\nand is taking you to an abandoned area, DON’T LET HIM GET YOU TO THAT AREA.
\n* If you are driving, react immediately in the
\nsituation, and crash your car while still going 5 MPH.
\n* If he’s driving, find the right time, and stick your
\nfingers in his eyes. He must watch the road, so choosean
\nunsuspecting time, and gouge him. It is your ONLY defense.
\nWhile he is in shock, GET OUT. (This sounds gross, butthe
\nalternative is your fault if you do not act.)<\/p>\n
b. RESIST: don’t go along with him: run, if you areable:
\n* Scream.
\n* You DO NOT want to get to crime scene # 2. DON’T
\nEVER GIVE UP!<\/p>\n
7. Always keep your distance when walking past strangerson the
\nstreet or in dark areas.<\/p>\n
8. GET A CELL PHONE.
\na. There are packages for $19.95 a month that allowyou to
\nprogram only 911 into the dialing out program (thisis for
\nparents who say it is too expensive for their kids tohave a
\ncell phone.)<\/p>\n
9. BREAK DOWNS: (avoid this by ALWAYS keeping your car ingood
\nworking order)
\na. If your car breaks down: you better have a cellphone to
\ncall for help, and lock your doors.
\nb. Keep a blanket, and a pair of warm clothes and boots,
\nand a flashlight in your car always for emergencies.
\nc. If you don’t have a cell phone: (shame on you) * If it’s noon on a business day, you MAY want to put your hazards onand walk to safety.
\n* If it’s 2 a.m.: put on your warm clothes, and walk to a lighted area * You are a perfect target if you are sitting in your
\ncar broken down. Predators search the highways for easy targets like you.
\nf. If you’re on a desolate road: walk away from thecar (in
\nyour warm clothes) and go to some bushes, or some area
\nAWAY from your vehicle. It will be cold, and uncomfortable,
\nbut you DO NOT want to stay in your car, and there areno
\npsychic boogeymen waiting in the bushes who knew you
\nwere going to break down.<\/p>\n
10. Physical defenses that we can use against the violent
\npredator:
\na. The eyes are the most vulnerable part of the body.Poke
\nhim there, and you have (possibly) your only windowof
\nopportunity.
\nb. The neck is also a vulnerable spot, but you MUSTknow
\nwhere to grip, AND HAVE THE STRENGTH to cut off hisbreath.
\nc. The last place is the KNEES. Everyone’s knees arevery
\nvulnerable, and a swift kick here will take anyone down.
\n— A cautionary note about these things is that if you
\ndo not do these things right the first time, you area in
\ntrouble, because it will only anger the individual,and that
\nanger will be TAKEN OUT ON YOU. I’m not saying don’t
\nattempt them (it may be your only hope), but be forceful
\nwhen you do. —<\/p>\n
11. If you are walking alone in the dark (which you shouldn’t
\nbe) and you find him following\/chasing you:
\na. Scream “FIRE!”, and not “help”.People don’t want to
\nget involved when people yell “help”, but”fire” draws attention
\nbecause people are nosy.
\nb. RUN!
\nc. Find an obstacle, such as a parked car, and runaround
\nit, like ring around the rosie. This may sound silly,but over
\nthe years, 5 women have told Pat Malone that this SAVEDTHEIR
\nLIVES.
\nd. Your last hope is getting under the car. Once youare
\nunder there, there are tons of things to hold on to,and he
\nwill
\nnot be able to get you out, and will not come underfor you
\n(most likely). Usually they give up by this point. The
\ncatch
\nhere is that YOU MUST PRACTICE GETTING UNDER THE CAR.
\nYou must have a plan (he will have one); know if youwill be
\ngoing on your back, front, from the side or back ofthe car. It
\nmust be practiced.<\/p>\n
12. Never let yourself or anyone that you know be a”closer” in
\nany type of business (bar, store, restaurant, gas station).
\n*Pat knew Danielle, who was the girl that just diedfrom
\nbeing shot point-blank by some kids while she was closing
\nat the local gas station.* He talked with her the night
\nbefore she died, and asked whether it ever scared herto
\nclose alone. She said yes, but said “I’ll be alright,Pat.
\nI’ll be alright.” She wasn’t.<\/p>\n
I didn’t mean to scare you with any of this, but honestly,I hope
\nit did. It should. Our world is not as safe as we pretendthat
\nit is, and living in our fantasy worlds WILL get usin trouble,
\nsooner or later. “It won’t happen to me” doesn’tcut it, and is
\na bogus expectation anyway. Pat Malone said again andagain that
\nthe women who die EVERY MINUTE from violent crimes expectedto go to bed tonight, and get up tomorrow, and do it all overagain,
\nand again, and again. No one expects it, but we mustbe prepared
\nand aware so that we HAVE A PLAN.<\/p>\n
I would encourage you to pass this on to all women,not just your
\nfriends and family, but everybody. We all need to hearit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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