TIPS FOR STAYING SAFE FOR WOMEN and men.


I learned from my children's karate classes that the elbow is the
strongest point on your body.


If you are close enough to use it, do!


If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car, kick out the back
tail lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like
crazy.

The driver won't see you but everybody else will. This has saved
lives.


Last night I attended a personal safety workshop, and it jolted me.
It was given by an amazing man, Pat Malone, who has been a body
guard for famous figures like Farrah Fawcett and Sylvester
Stallone. He works for the FBI and teaches police officers and Navy
SEALS hand-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 VICTIM OF A VIOLENT CRIME.

He gave us some statistics about how much the occurrences of random
violence have escalated over the recent years, and it's terrible.

Something like 99% of us will be exposed to, or become a victim of
a violent crime.


Here are some of the most important points that I got out of his
presentation:


(1.) The three reasons women are easy targets for random acts of
violence are:

(a.) Lack of Awareness You MUST know where you are & what's going
on around you.

(b.) Body Language Keep your head up, swing your arms, stand
straight up.

(c.) Wrong Place, Wrong Time DON'T walk alone in an alley, or drive
in a bad neighborhood at night.

(2.) Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping,
eating, working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, or
making a list, etc). DON'T DO THIS!

A predator may be watching you, and this is the perfect opportunity
for him to get in the passenger side, put a gun to your head, and
tell you where to go. AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR, LOCK THE
DOORS AND LEAVE.


(a.) A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot, or
parking garage: Be aware: look around you, look into your car, at
the passenger side floor, and in the back seat.

(b.) If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the
passenger door. Most serial killers attack their ictims by pulling
them into their vans while the women are attempting to get into
their cars.

(c.) Look at the car parked on the driver's side of your vehicle,
and the passenger side. If a male is sitting alone in the seat
nearest your car, you may want to walk back into the mall, or work,
and get a guard/policeman to walk you back out.

IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY.

(And better paranoid than dead.)

(3.) ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs. (Stairwells
are horrible places to be alone and the perfect crime spot).

(4.) If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control,
ALWAYS RUN!

(a.)The predator will only hit you (a running target) 4 in 100
times. And even then, it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ.
RUN!

(5.) As women, we are usually sympathetic to others by nature: STOP
IT! It may get you raped, or killed.

(a.) Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good looking, well
educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting
women. He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often asked "for help"
into his vehicle or with his vehicle, which is when he abducted his
next victim.

(b.) Pat Malone told us the story of his daughter, who came out of
the mall and was walking to her car when she noticed 2 older ladies
in front of her. Then she saw a police car come towards her with
cops who said hello. She also noticed that all 8 handicap spots in
the area were empty. As she neared her car she saw a man a few rows
over calling to her for help. He wanted her to close his passenger
side door. He was sitting in the back on the driver's side, and
said he was handicapped. He continued calling, until she turned and
headed back to the mall, and then he began cursing at her. In the
meantime, she wondered why he didn't ask the 2 older ladies, or the
policeman for help, and why he was not parked in any of the empty
handicap spots. As she got back to the mall,two male friends of
hers were exiting, and as she told them the story, and turned to
point at the car, the man was getting out of the back seat into the
front and the car sped away.

DON'T GET CAUGHT IN THIS TRAP.



PLEASE BE SAFE AND NOT SORRY! Just a friendly reminder:

TO ALWAYS BE ALERT AND USE YOUR HEAD!!! It doesn't always happen to
"SOMEONE ELSE"