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Family Personal Protection
At Home, In the Car and in Public
At Home, In the Car and in Public
By Sensei Arango
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
- Americans are twice as likely to be assaulted, robbed at gun point or abducted as they are to be seriously injured in a car accident.
- 52% of all burglaries occur during daylight hours, 67% involve forcible entry and 2 out of 3 are residential.
- Urban America now reports a property crime every 2 minutes and a violent crime every 18 minutes (murder, forcible rape, aggravated robbery or assault). By this time tomorrow 1,500 Americans will face a criminal with a gun, 400 will die.
- The fear generated by an assault, car jacking or home invasion will raise your heart rate immediately to a rate that exceeds 150 bpm. At this heart rate you will loose fine and complex motor skills, your vision will dramatically narrow, you will likely loose bladder control and you will experience auditory exclusion and intrusive thoughts – you will freeze up. Your body and mind will revert to its lowest level of specific response training. With response training, you can maintain decisive and appropriate response to a heart rate above 190 bpm.
- Our training in advance and our value and belief systems will be critical to our survival in an assault. Scenario training with your family, particularly for women and children, will likely mean the difference between survival and disaster.
- Police are experts, however, there are 2.4 police officers for every 1,000 citizens in urban America. At times police are now responding to less than 1 in 3 reported crimes.
PERSONAL PROTECTION AT YOUR HOME Consider home invasion from the criminal’s perspective – easy approach and access, limited or no security, privacy from view and traffic, multiple entrances and escape routes, untrained defenders in most cases and, valuables are typically in plain sight. Home invasions are accomplished as an ambush, typically with two or more assailants.
Your response time in a home invasion is typically less than five seconds. - Consider the entrance, approach and access to your home from the criminal’s perspective. What is your daily routine? Can a criminal plan around it? Can you be observed approaching or entering your home at the same time most days? Plan in advance scenarios that would cause you to not enter your home. Stick to your rules. - Never answer the door to someone you have not called to your home. Never allow children to answer the door without you present. Consider lures that would cause you to open your door – uniformed police, delivery uniform, sounds of a baby crying. Don’t be lured into opening your door under any circumstance. - Develop a prearranged plan with your family for response to a break-in. Consider contingency plans for different break-in scenarios (night, day, people in different areas of the home, multiple intruders). Under no circumstances should you conduct a search for an intruder. Even for a trained professional, searching for a potentially armed intruder entails great risk. Charge your cell phone in your safe room each night, keep spare keys and a police style flashlight or firearm/ammo in your safe room. Teach This To Every Person In Your Family 911 Call Info – full name, address or cross streets where you are, why you need help, leave phone connected. PERSONAL PROTECTION IN AND AROUND YOUR CAR Raise your awareness and sense for danger when driving or approaching your car, particularly at night. Most car jackings begin with a panhandling approach, lure for directions or help or, a bump from behind – allowing the criminal to get close and assess your vulnerability.
Keep windows up and do not engage street vendors or beggars at night.
- Remember, criminals need opportunity and position to launch an assault on your car. Distance and awareness are always your most important self defense skills. Do not exit the car for distractions once inside. Approach your car decisively; practice a defensive strategy in advance with your children and others. Consider a deterrent (pepper spray, stun gun or firearm) and, consider a window tint for security. - Act decisively when driving at night, make up your mind and make your move, particularly at intersections. Always consider a drive out option when stopped. Avoid the center lane in a three lane street at stop lights. Consider a rolling stop if the situation looks suspicious. Pre-dial 911 and have your pepper spray in hand if you must engage a stranger. Stay in car while waiting for police to arrive. - Home invasions are frequently launched as a homeowner drives into the garage or drive. Check both directions as you approach for idling cars parked near your home, do not delay in drive or garage. Heighten awareness through every doorway. - If someone gets in your car and threatens you with a weapon, give up your car immediately after collecting your children. DO NOT FIGHT OR ARGUE. Do not drive away with an assailant, drive into a building, light pole or wall. PERSONAL PROTECTION IN PUBLIC VENUES “SAFE PEOPLE, SAFE PLACES” is a primary self escape strategy when we find ourselves in a dangerous or potentially dangerous situation. In almost any situation, we have some option to self-escape to the safety of others or the security of cover or concealment. Teach children to identify a safe place in any situation and how to self escape if you must act to defend them. - Teach children and adults to walk with purpose and communicate confidence. Learn to raise awareness when passing through doorways. Teach children they always have the option to say NO and adults do not need to ask them for help. - Always keep an eye on cars when in or near the street. If tires screech, stop, step away and assess the danger. Know the difference between concealment and cover. The closest and safest cover in the streets is usually a car engine or concrete wall. - Panic stricken crowds. People in crowds can become aggressive, especially if spooked or scared. If this happens, find a close stable object (pillar, railing, bench or light pole and wrap your arms around it. Teach children to use “STICKY HANDS and hug the object and YELL “HELP, HELP – CHILD HERE!” - Practice a “Safety Drill” in four primary assault scenarios with children and loved ones – approaching the car, in an aggressive panhandling scenario, if lost or separated from you and on the playground or at a friends home. - Learn a “Safety Stance” and how to present a “Personal Fence.” Others nearby can readily see there is a problem, video cameras will likely catch the event in your defense. Prepare in advance for an “Escalating Response” to the four primary assault scenarios you may face. Give yourself permission to respond aggressively! - Teach every child basic gun safety for school, in a neighbors home or out in public –
STOP, DON’T TOUCH, LEAVE THE AREA AND TELL AN ADULT!
PERSONAL PROTECTION AT YOUR HOME Consider home invasion from the criminal’s perspective – easy approach and access, limited or no security, privacy from view and traffic, multiple entrances and escape routes, untrained defenders in most cases and, valuables are typically in plain sight. Home invasions are accomplished as an ambush, typically with two or more assailants.
Your response time in a home invasion is typically less than five seconds. - Consider the entrance, approach and access to your home from the criminal’s perspective. What is your daily routine? Can a criminal plan around it? Can you be observed approaching or entering your home at the same time most days? Plan in advance scenarios that would cause you to not enter your home. Stick to your rules. - Never answer the door to someone you have not called to your home. Never allow children to answer the door without you present. Consider lures that would cause you to open your door – uniformed police, delivery uniform, sounds of a baby crying. Don’t be lured into opening your door under any circumstance. - Develop a prearranged plan with your family for response to a break-in. Consider contingency plans for different break-in scenarios (night, day, people in different areas of the home, multiple intruders). Under no circumstances should you conduct a search for an intruder. Even for a trained professional, searching for a potentially armed intruder entails great risk. Charge your cell phone in your safe room each night, keep spare keys and a police style flashlight or firearm/ammo in your safe room. Teach This To Every Person In Your Family 911 Call Info – full name, address or cross streets where you are, why you need help, leave phone connected. PERSONAL PROTECTION IN AND AROUND YOUR CAR Raise your awareness and sense for danger when driving or approaching your car, particularly at night. Most car jackings begin with a panhandling approach, lure for directions or help or, a bump from behind – allowing the criminal to get close and assess your vulnerability.
Keep windows up and do not engage street vendors or beggars at night.
- Remember, criminals need opportunity and position to launch an assault on your car. Distance and awareness are always your most important self defense skills. Do not exit the car for distractions once inside. Approach your car decisively; practice a defensive strategy in advance with your children and others. Consider a deterrent (pepper spray, stun gun or firearm) and, consider a window tint for security. - Act decisively when driving at night, make up your mind and make your move, particularly at intersections. Always consider a drive out option when stopped. Avoid the center lane in a three lane street at stop lights. Consider a rolling stop if the situation looks suspicious. Pre-dial 911 and have your pepper spray in hand if you must engage a stranger. Stay in car while waiting for police to arrive. - Home invasions are frequently launched as a homeowner drives into the garage or drive. Check both directions as you approach for idling cars parked near your home, do not delay in drive or garage. Heighten awareness through every doorway. - If someone gets in your car and threatens you with a weapon, give up your car immediately after collecting your children. DO NOT FIGHT OR ARGUE. Do not drive away with an assailant, drive into a building, light pole or wall. PERSONAL PROTECTION IN PUBLIC VENUES “SAFE PEOPLE, SAFE PLACES” is a primary self escape strategy when we find ourselves in a dangerous or potentially dangerous situation. In almost any situation, we have some option to self-escape to the safety of others or the security of cover or concealment. Teach children to identify a safe place in any situation and how to self escape if you must act to defend them. - Teach children and adults to walk with purpose and communicate confidence. Learn to raise awareness when passing through doorways. Teach children they always have the option to say NO and adults do not need to ask them for help. - Always keep an eye on cars when in or near the street. If tires screech, stop, step away and assess the danger. Know the difference between concealment and cover. The closest and safest cover in the streets is usually a car engine or concrete wall. - Panic stricken crowds. People in crowds can become aggressive, especially if spooked or scared. If this happens, find a close stable object (pillar, railing, bench or light pole and wrap your arms around it. Teach children to use “STICKY HANDS and hug the object and YELL “HELP, HELP – CHILD HERE!” - Practice a “Safety Drill” in four primary assault scenarios with children and loved ones – approaching the car, in an aggressive panhandling scenario, if lost or separated from you and on the playground or at a friends home. - Learn a “Safety Stance” and how to present a “Personal Fence.” Others nearby can readily see there is a problem, video cameras will likely catch the event in your defense. Prepare in advance for an “Escalating Response” to the four primary assault scenarios you may face. Give yourself permission to respond aggressively! - Teach every child basic gun safety for school, in a neighbors home or out in public –
STOP, DON’T TOUCH, LEAVE THE AREA AND TELL AN ADULT!
Information sources – FBI Uniform Crime Reports, U.S. Department of Justice, National Center For Lost and Exploited Children, John Hopkins University, NRA Eddie Eagle Program, Warrior Personal Safety Training Systems and the U.S. Department of Health.
For More Information Go To WarriorPersonalSafety.com
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