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 SAFETY TRAINING BASICS - AWARENESS AND DISTANCE

AWARENESS AND DISTANCE ARE OUR TWO MOST IMPORTANT SAFETY SKILLS. PEOPLE YOUNG AND OLD CAN LEARN TO BE MORE AWARE AND HOW TO CREATE DISTANCE FROM POTENTIAL DANGER. DEVELOP A HABIT OF CHECKING YOUR AWARENESS AS YOU MOVE THROUGH ANY DOORWAY OR EXIT YOUR CAR, HOME OR SCHOOL.

ALWAYS MAINTAIN A SAFE DISTANCE FROM POTENTIAL DANGER.

Every crime, from bullying at school to a robbery mugging, involves three important steps before the actual assault – intent, opportunity and positioning. Teaching our loved ones how to eliminate or avoid any one of these pre-crime steps is the first line of safety defense.

CRIME FACTS

• 80% of all muggings begin with an aggressive panhandling or shakedown.
• 1.5 million people are stalked every year in America, 4 of 5 victims are women.
• A robbery mugging occurs every 48 seconds in urban America.
• This year in America 246,000 women will be raped or sexually assaulted.
• This year more than 15,000 men will be sexually assaulted or raped.

HAVE A PERSONAL SAFETY STRATEGY

• PRACTICE HEIGHTENING YOUR AWARENESS AS YOU EXIT YOUR CAR,
• HOME, SCHOOL OR WORKPLACE.
• HAVE AT LEAST ONE HAND FREE AT ALL TIMES WHEN WALKING.
• TEACH LOVED ONES TO PAY ATTENTION TO THEIR SURROUNDINGS.
• MAKE DELIBERATE, SHORT EYE CONTACT WITH ANY POTENTIAL THREAT.
• PLAN IN ADVANCE TO REACT TO DANGER SCENARIOS OR THREATS.

• ~ Walk purposefully, communicate calm and confidence. Protect your personal safe zone and trust your instincts. Realert yourself as you pass through doorways and entrances/exits. Practice using peripheral vision or “Spider Sense.”
• ~ Develop a habit of raising your awareness and being sure you have full use of your hands and feet when moving in or out of a secure area. Have your faculties about you and focus your attention briefly on being in a safe and aware state of mind.
• ~ Evaluate entry areas to your home and garage. Consider locations that could hide an intruder from your view while entering or leaving your home. Consider removing shrubbery or lighting any location than could conceal an attacker. Use motion sensor lighting near doors or driveway access points.
• ~ Keep garage doors closed and locked. Remove remote door openers from vehicles regularly parked in your driveway. 
• ~ Teach children the importance of Safe People and Safe Places. Show your children common safe places and how to recognize them – a policeman, a store clerk at the checkout counter, a Mom with children. Teach children how to recognize a safe place if they feel threatened – the checkout at a store, a group of well dressed adults. 
• ~ Try not to carry a purse, if you must, carry it securely under your arm. Never wrap the strap around your arm or enter a tug-of-war if a thief grabs your purse. You could be seriously injured.
• ~ Adults and children alike should avoid walking alone and stay away from dark walkways, stairwells and alleys. Learn to avoid short-cuts that take you from the public view. Teach children how to say “No” to adults asking them for help. Adults should ask other adults, not children, for directions, help with packages or for other assistance.
• ~ Consider your return approach when you park your car. Pass up parking spaces in corners and without a clear view from several angles. Stalkers generally attack on your return to the car when you are distracted, your arms are full and they have evaluated you as a target.
• ~ Learn and teach loved ones the importance of maintaining a safe distance in any situation. Experts teach three primary safe zones – about 20 feet, about 10 feet and reaching distance. At each of these distances we can develop effective safety responses to danger or aggression.
• ~ Have a “safety drill” rehearsed with your children to escape danger or safely lock them in the car if you are threatened. Practice this drill just as you would practice a fire drill in a school or business. Teach loved ones there is always a safer place to be if danger presents itself.
• ~ Glance into your backseat and floorboards before entering your car. Always lock your doors whether you are in our out of your vehicle or home. Keep windows at least partially rolled up to avoid someone reaching in to unlock and open your door.
• ~  Keep your purse, wallet or briefcase on the floor or under the seat at all times. Do not leave any packages, packs or bags in your parked and locked car even if they don’t contain valuables.
• ~  If you are bumped from behind by another vehicle, do not immediately exit your car. ASSESS THE SITUATION. If you feel uneasy, remain in your vehicle until police arrive. If the other party leaves the scene note vehicle description and tag – do not follow.
• ~ If someone threatens you with a weapon, give your vehicle up immediately after you collect your children. DO NOT FIGHT OR ARGUE. Your life is more important than your car.
• ~ If your car breaks down, raise the hood to signal for help. If possible remain in your car. If someone stops to assist you, have them call for help. Do not allow strangers inside your vehicle and do not accept a ride from them.

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