TIPS ON STAYING
SAFE...FOR WOMEN
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 taillights 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
Pat Malone, who has been a bodyguard 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 on HOW TO AVOID BEING THE VICTIM OF A VIOLENT
CRIME.
He gave some statistics
about how much The occurrences of random violence have
escalated over the recent years
Here are some of the most
important points:
(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
neighbourhood at night.
(2). Women have a tendency
to get into their cars after shopping, eating, working, etc.,
and just sit (doing their cheque book, or making a list,
etc.)
DON'T DO THIS! The predator will 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 victims 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! The
predator will only hit you (a running target) 4 in 100 times
even then, it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ. RUN!
(5). As women, we are
always trying to be sympathetic: 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 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.
I'd like you to forward
this to all the women you know. It may save a life.
I was going to send this
to the ladies only; but guys, if you love your mothers,
wives, sisters, daughters, etc., you may want to pass it on
to them, as well. Send this to any woman you know that may
need to be reminded that the world we live in has a lot of
crazies in it....better safe than sorry.
PLEASE BE SAFE AND NOT
SORRY!
JUST A WARNING TO ALWAYS
BE ALERT AND USE YOUR HEAD!!!
Pass this along to every
woman you have access to. Never let your
guard down