Personal Safety Tips
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:07 am
While we do public speaking on safety and security, here are some tips that are floating around that are basic, but worth remembering. Some were given to me this morning, some I'll add.
1) The elbow is the strongest part of your body, if close enough, use it.
(Tae Kwon Do teaching)
2) If a robber demands your purse or wallet, don't hand it to him, throw it in the opposite direction of where you want to run. Chances are he wants it, and not you.
3) If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control, run and scream. The gunman will only hit a running target, 4 in a 100 times, and then not likely in a vital organ.
4) If put in the trunk of a car, kick out the tail light, stick you your arm, and wave like crazy. This has saved lives.
5) About getting into your car:
a: Be aware, look around you, into your car's front and back seats.
b: if you are parked next to a van, enter your car on the side away from the van. serial killers pull their victims into their vans when they try to get into their cars.
c: Watch out for a a male sitting alone in a vehicle next to your car.
d: If you get into your car, and notice a paper on the back window, don't get out to remove it. Drive off at once.
e: Don't sit in your car after shopping etc.; this enables a predator to get in your car and put a gun to your head. Get in your car, lock the doors and drive off.
6) Always take the elevator, never the stairs. Stairwells are perfect crime spots.
7) Being sympathetic may get you raped or killed. Serial killer Ted Bundy played on the sympathies of women; he walked with a cane or limp, and asked for help into his vehicle, then overpowered the helper.
(Remember the scene in "Silence of the Lambs" ? )
8.) Don't respond to baby's crying outside at night. Call the police. Police think serial killers have recorded a baby's crying and use it to lure women outside their homes at night.
9) When walking down a dimly lit street, walk in the center of the street, when possible. This gives you some time if a predator is lurking between parked cars.
10) Remember a credit card, a pencil, almost anything can be used as a self-defense weapon. Almost anything that hits a soft area of the body, such as the throat, facial area, or areas without much "meat" such as the wrist, shin, knee, with as much force as you can, will hurt even the largest of men.
11) Predators expect to be kicked in the groin. Men will guard against that. If you need to fight, go for the soft areas. Pull the ear. The ear will come off with only 3 pounds of force.
11b) If being choked, pull one thumb of your assailant away from your body. (Tae Kwon Do teaching)
12) If an unknown person comes to your door, don't open the door to speak to them. If it's a screen type door, even with glass, they'll hear you well enough.
Mark Allan (Crnolatas)
"A society or group of people exist soley in it's ability to maintain an atmosphere of peace and civility. It's failure is directly relative to the degree of the lack of these conditions".
1) The elbow is the strongest part of your body, if close enough, use it.
(Tae Kwon Do teaching)
2) If a robber demands your purse or wallet, don't hand it to him, throw it in the opposite direction of where you want to run. Chances are he wants it, and not you.
3) If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control, run and scream. The gunman will only hit a running target, 4 in a 100 times, and then not likely in a vital organ.
4) If put in the trunk of a car, kick out the tail light, stick you your arm, and wave like crazy. This has saved lives.
5) About getting into your car:
a: Be aware, look around you, into your car's front and back seats.
b: if you are parked next to a van, enter your car on the side away from the van. serial killers pull their victims into their vans when they try to get into their cars.
c: Watch out for a a male sitting alone in a vehicle next to your car.
d: If you get into your car, and notice a paper on the back window, don't get out to remove it. Drive off at once.
e: Don't sit in your car after shopping etc.; this enables a predator to get in your car and put a gun to your head. Get in your car, lock the doors and drive off.
6) Always take the elevator, never the stairs. Stairwells are perfect crime spots.
7) Being sympathetic may get you raped or killed. Serial killer Ted Bundy played on the sympathies of women; he walked with a cane or limp, and asked for help into his vehicle, then overpowered the helper.
(Remember the scene in "Silence of the Lambs" ? )
8.) Don't respond to baby's crying outside at night. Call the police. Police think serial killers have recorded a baby's crying and use it to lure women outside their homes at night.
9) When walking down a dimly lit street, walk in the center of the street, when possible. This gives you some time if a predator is lurking between parked cars.
10) Remember a credit card, a pencil, almost anything can be used as a self-defense weapon. Almost anything that hits a soft area of the body, such as the throat, facial area, or areas without much "meat" such as the wrist, shin, knee, with as much force as you can, will hurt even the largest of men.
11) Predators expect to be kicked in the groin. Men will guard against that. If you need to fight, go for the soft areas. Pull the ear. The ear will come off with only 3 pounds of force.
11b) If being choked, pull one thumb of your assailant away from your body. (Tae Kwon Do teaching)
12) If an unknown person comes to your door, don't open the door to speak to them. If it's a screen type door, even with glass, they'll hear you well enough.
Mark Allan (Crnolatas)
"A society or group of people exist soley in it's ability to maintain an atmosphere of peace and civility. It's failure is directly relative to the degree of the lack of these conditions".