Self-Defense WAA - Have A Safe, Happy & Prosperous 2009!!
The new year is finally here and luckily 2008 is in the rearview mirrow! Today we have been celebrating the first day of 2009. I hope this day has been a positive start and your outlook for the entire year is optimistic. This has been a day of being grateful and excited about the future. If there are some things we did not accomplish in 2008 - both business and personal, we now have a fresh start to make them happen in 2009.
For me that starts with setting yearly goals and a plan for my personal and business life. By looking at what I set the year before I can see what I accomplished and what I didn’t. Maybe the ones I didn’t aren’t really that important now. If that’s the case, I scratch it and move on. If I have a written set of goals, I am more likely to achieve them. If I have to try to remember my goals, forget it!!
What are your goals for 2009? Do you have personal and home security goals? Is one of your goals to provide better protection for your home making it a safer place for you and your family? Have you been considering a security system for your home - but have just been procrastinating? How about your personal security and safety? Having a plan of action to keep yourself safe whether at home, traveling, or wherever you are is an excellent goal to have. Carry some type of personal protection if you are a "woman at risk" - whether due to your job or your domestic life. Your personal security should be a high priority the same as your home security.
Now is the best time to set your goals and take action. By focusing on one goal at a time and being proactive, you can accomplish your 2009 goals. And what a great feeling you’ll have knowing you have taken care of protecting the things that matter the most - your family, your home, and YOU!
Good luck. May 2009 be the best year ever for you and your family!!!
Cheryl & Ken - Self-Defense With An Attitude
Dr. Phil To Profile 911 Emergency Disaster Calls
Make a note to watch the Dr. Phil show on Friday, 12-12-08 where he will be profiling 911 Emergency Disaster Calls. We have all seen and heard incompetent "911 operator" audios and how they totally botch being able to deliver life-saving help to a victim. It’s disgraceful! Yet we all believe by calling 911 our lives are going to be saved by the police.
The truth is the police are over-worked, underpaid, and their response time depends upon where they are when they receive the 911 call. You might want to have a backup plan for your self-defense and protection while you are waiting for the police to show up. Don’t rely totally upon the 911 operator getting the police there within minutes. Hopefully, they will arrive in time, but what do you do in the meantime?
Last week I did an article about a violent stalker in San Mateo, California who ended up killing his victim while the police were outside of her house. Luckily while gunfire was going on between the perpetrator and the police she had the fortitude and courage to hand her two little babies out a front window to the safety of the police. In the end, the stalker ended up killing her and turning the gun on himself. (Coward!)
Dr. Phil’s 911 Emergency Disaster Call will also discuss the botched call on someone I did an article on a few months back - Olidia Kerr Day. Our sympathy goes out to her entire family. This was such a sad story!!
(Courtesy of Dr. Phil’s Show) Check your local station for exact time and channel in your area.
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Friday - December 12, 2008 - Dr. Phil Profiles - 911 Nightmares!!
Imagine that you’ve fallen, had a terrible accident or been abducted, and your only lifeline is 911. What happens if you call and can’t get the help you need or emergency personnel are sent to the wrong address?America’s 911 system handles nearly 240 million calls per year, and the growing number of dispatch disasters can be a matter of life or death. Edward and Ada know about this pain firsthand. They lost their loved one, Olidia, to a murder-suicide in the parking lot of a police station after what they say was a botched 911 call. Edward says his mom’s death could have been prevented, and Ada believes the operator was rude to her sister in the final moments before her murder. Joining Dr. Phil to discuss the tragedy are Charlie Cullen from the National Emergency Number Association and Caroline Burau, a 911 dispatcher and author of Answering 911: Life in the Hot Seat. Find out the most important piece of information you need to know when calling for help. Then, Nathan’s wife, Denise Amber Lee, was abducted, and a series of 911 calls — even one placed by Denise herself — failed to save the young mom’s life. Jane, a witness to Denise’s abduction, was on the line with 911 for more than nine minutes … but police were never dispatched. Now Nathan says he’s angry with the system and has trouble explaining Denise’s death to their two young sons. What can the grieving father do to move past the pain? And, learn what constitutes a genuine emergency, and what to teach your kids about dialing those three important numbers.
What do you do in the interim while you have a crazed perpetrator trying to kill you and you’re waiting for 911 to arrive? When it may only take five minutes or so for the police to arrive, that can seem like an eternity for the woman who is being violently attacked.
If you are being stalked and are concerned for your life or you have had other personal security and safety issues that call for you to take dramatic measures, you may want to invest in and carry some type of non-lethal personal protection or a firearm. A firearm would be a drastic measure so be sure to make that decision carefully. Talk with others who know your situation and who can help you with your decision. You might even want to discuss this with your local police department. That will at least put them on notice in the event they should ever get a 911 call from you.
Ladies…(and men) make your personal security a priority. Have a solid plan of action and know what you will do to protect and defend yourself if confronted by a violent attacker. You may also want to consider having a backup plan and other options in place …just in case!
Remember, Stay Aware…Stay Alert…Stay Alive!!
Ladies Living Alone - Be Proactive & Protect Yourself With A Home Security System
Courtesy of www.homesecurity911.com
Ladies, if you are living alone and don’t have a security system for protection you are being very naive. In today’s world and in today’s economy it only makes sense to have a security system that protects your home, your family, and you.
We just saw in the news this week a young anchorwoman, Ann Pressly, who was violently attacked - beaten, stabbed, and left for dead - after someone got inside her home. This is a young 26-year old woman who lives alone and has a high visibility position. People know her because she is seen on TV each day so they know a little about her schedule - when she is at home and when she is not. If you are a high profile person like Ann Pressly, you may be more vulnerable to a predator attack than the average person. Be proactive and install a security system for your protection!
When you are alone at night, you can set your alarm while watching late night TV or right before you go to bed. If there is a burglary or home invasion your alarm will alert you, make a tremendous amount of noise - also alerting the intruder, and will automatically notify your alarm company to immediately send the police. If the perpetrator missed the alarm security sign in the front of your home (which is your first line of defense), then the high decibel alarm noise will be a big deterrant in scaring him away.
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If you are in bed when the alarm goes off at 3:00 a.m. indicating there is a possible home intrusion, your first instinct may be to grab your personal protection, baseball bat, or your firearm. An intruder who breaks in at 3:00 a.m. is someone to be very wary of because he is more than likely a violent intruder. You want to make sure you block any access the intruder may have to you. As long as you are the only one home, immediately lock your door and place a door guard against the door to prevent the intruder from opening. If you have a keypad or panic button in your bedroom, press the panic button right away. That way your alarm company will know you are in the home and need IMMEDIATE help!! Your alarm siren should sound off for about 5-10 minutes. The police should respond and be at your home well before then. Read more
Personal Security Starts At Home - Do You Have A Safe Room In Case Of A Home Invasion?
Part I - Does Your Home Security Defense Plan Include A Safe Room? Courtesy of Home Security 911
Do you have a plan of action so you know what to do in the event you are broken into while at home? I would venture to say that most people don’t! However, it is a good idea to have a Home Security Defense Plan that includes a Safe Room in case someone forcibly enters your home while you and your family are there. The general intent of a safe room is to provide short-term protection for the family members until the police arrive or the attackers leave your home.
It is a fact of life today that burglaries, home intrusions, home invasions, and kidnappings are happening at an alarming rate. We are all encouraged to have a Personal Plan of Action in case we are attacked on the street but we forget to have a well-thought out plan for some sort of attack in our home.
The very nature that someone would forcibly enter your home, especially while you and your family members are there, means the intruder is serious about burglarizing your home either for your possessions, valuables, money, or worse yet - kidnapping. The fact that you are there and could identify the intruder means there is a good chance you may be harmed or even killed.
Hopefully this situation will never happen to you, but in today’s violent crime ridden world my suggestion would be to take all necessary precautions to prevent it from ever happening to your family. Don’t become a victim of this type of crime. Be proactive in both your personal and home security plan of action.
To begin with take a look at your home for vulnerable places that a burglar or intruder might try entering. If you think like a burglar, there’s a good chance you will see areas that you might have dismissed in the past as being secure, but now realize it could be easily accessed by a burglar. Areas like doors, windows, locks, lighting, and shrubbery should be the main areas to consider reinforcing. Update old locks with newer more durable locks that can give your door(s) the extra strength needed to endure a burglar’s kick or shoulder to bust it in. Read more
Personal Security Starts At Home-Equip Your Safe Room Before A Home Invasion!
Part II - Does Your Home Security Defense Plan Include A Safe Room? Courtesy of Home Security 911
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Make sure the Safe Room is equipped with the following items:
• A telephone for calling the police. If possible, use a cell phone in your safe room. Criminals can totally disable standard wired phones and cordless phones simply by cutting the phone line to your home or taking on extension off the hook. When you call 911, your billing address is displayed on the 911 screen, so remember to give your home address just in case it’s different from your billing address.
• Remember that a cordless phone requires the base unit to be plugged into the standard phone line in your home. If the phone line is cut or unplugged, your cordless phone is dead. However, a cell phone transmits and receives signals through the air and doesn’t require standard phone lines. You will just need to make sure it is always charged and ready for use.
• A flashlight. You may need a flashlight if the intruder turns off the power to your house. Also, if it’s late at night you may want to leave the lights off anyway. Ensure you have extra batteries or a fully charged rechargeable flashlight.
• If there is a window in your safe room, keep an extra set of house and car keys* in that room. When the police arrive, you can throw your house keys to the police from the window of your safe room. (You may even want to have a glow stick to attach to your keychain in case you have to toss the keys out a night). These keys will allow the police to quickly enter your home while you remain secure in your safe room. Additionally, if you are able to escape, you will have your car keys available.
• Personal Protection device(s) of your choice (permitted by law). Pepper or Mace Spray, C2 Taser, Advanced Taser, and Stun Guns are all non-lethal protection devices that can provide some take down power-possibly enough for you to escape to safety. If an intruder has made it this far into your home and is coming after you, he is intent on doing you grave harm. You may have to use everything in your arsenal to save your life. Remember at this point your main concern is saving your life and the life of any family member with you. You can deal with the other stuff later.
• A small folding ladder to escape out of a window if your safe room is on the second or third level, first aid kit, food, and water.
* If your car keys have an alarm button, you could activate the car alarm from your safe room. Noise is a deterrent and an audible alarm may alert the intruder/s to the fact that the situation is known to others. Read more
Self-Defense - Fight Plan of Action If Attacked
Here is a video from Fight Like A Girl and Win that gives you some great ideas of potential weapons already in your purse that you can use to fend off an attacker, plus areas of the body to aim for to disable the attacker allowing you to get away to safety. If you are walking alone to your car or out late at night, have your weapon in your hand and be ready to use it if you have to. Trying to find a weapon in your purse - the "black hole" - may be nearly impossible if under attack. Be ready ahead of time and be prepared to fight if attacked.
Courtesy of Fight Like A Girl And Win
Over the past year I have written about how each of us needs to develop a written Personal Safety Plan of Action. This plan should acknowledge that personal safety is one of our #1 priorities and by establishing specific rules and guidelines it can help us avoid dangerous pitfalls that could put us in harms way. .
Your plan should include some common-sense guidelines like "being aware of your surroundings, being alert to various situations, listening to your inner voice when things don’t seem quite right, safety on the road as you travel in your vehicle, and more." These common-sense issues can get pushed aside as we become so overwhelmed with dealing with everyday issues, our jobs, our families, and life in general.
Attending a personal security and safety seminar can be a valuable part of your plan because it reiterates common-sense things you already know and brings back to the forefront the importance of personal safety in our everyday lives. As you sit in one of these classes you may get an "Ah-ha" moment when you hear something that you know you should be doing but don’t - for whatever reason. This is now the time to get back on track and incorporate these things back into your daily safety routine. Read more
Be Prepared, Be Ready, And Know How To Fight For Your Life
If You Come Face To Face With An Evil, Violent Predator - Be Prepared To Fight For Your Life!
Back in the old days women were told if faced with a confrontation, physical attack, or sexual assault from a male prepetrator – don’t fight back you’ll only inflame the guy and that will make him madder and meaner. You were told to try and reason with the attacker – try to negotiate your way out of being raped or brutally beaten up - unfortunately many women were still violently murdered.
Not Today Ladies!!! You need to consider that there has been an increase in violent crimes and assaults against women – both young and old – in record numbers all across our country. And what are women doing to protect themselves from this offensive crime?
Women of all ages are starting to stand up and say “WE’RE NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE" and they are learning how to defend and protect themselves. Women are becoming skilled in self-defense and safety awareness techniques and finding that inner female warrior that says, “I’m not going to become a crime victim of some perpetrator’s whim!!” . Read more
Realtor 7-Point Personal Safety Plan Of Action
The following Realtor 7-Point Personal Safety Plan of Action will help you be responsible for your own safety and survival. Become mentally and physically prepared to protect and defend yourself should you ever be put in a situation where your life is in danger. Due to the risky nature of the Real Estate profession, your personal safety should be high on the priority list.
7-Point Safety Plan of Action
1. Take a good quality self-defense class in your community. Check with the local police department to see if they offer the RAD Self-Defense Program. This is an excellent training program. Once you’ve completed the training, you can go back and attend as many classes as you want for free. Taking a self-defense class can give you a tremendous sense of empowerment and self-confidence. Knowing you have the fundamental skills and techniques that can help you protect and defend yourself is definately empowering. This is also a great opportunity to become physically fit. Read more
Survival Facts From Dr. Ruthless - A Lady With A Kickass Attitude
When you read information about women who have made self-defense initiatives for women their life’s work, it is inspiring to realize that there are options for women to stay safe (and stay alive) when confronted by an attacker. When you know how to fight and defend yourself against a predator, you no longer have to live in fear!
Dr. Ruthless (Melissa Soat), self-defense/black belt expert, teaches self-defense and speaks to audiences of women and men about overall self-defense techniques, awareness strategies, and how learning these skills can give you a tremendous sense of empowerment and self-confidence. I have seen Dr. Ruthless’ self-defense videos and she is one "tough" fighter. If all options are exhausted and you must fight for your life - fight back with explosive power and find that "ballistic" alter ego inside that refuses to become a victim of some predator’s assault, attack, or worse..murder. Read more
The Ultimate Personal Protector - TASER C2!!!
If you have followed my blog for any time, you know I recommend carrying some type of personal protection device - like pepper spray, mace, stun gun, or a TASER C2 - the ultimate personal protector!.
Unless you have been tazed…you may not realize that this little device can knock the socks off of a predator..an attacker..or person assaulting another. And guess what…they deserve it! The TASER C2 is a non-lethal device that is meant to stun and/or disable a predator or attacker enough for the victim to get away to safety and contact the police.
Here is a video of a young man who ran from the law and finally ended up feeling the full force of the TASER. This young man is being very truthful in letting other potential criminals know the full effect and full force of the TASER. Listen to his recommendation on whether to fight the law or fight the TASER….
Courtesy of Momatungba - TASER Man
If you already have a Personal Safety Plan then you know how important it is to be prepared and know what to do if confronted by an attacker. Having self-defense skills and knowledge are a great part of the plan, but if you are dealing with someone who is totally bent on doing you grave harm, you want that secondary backup - and that is where the TASER C2 can be your ultimate personal protector. If you decide to carry a TASER C2, be sure to become properly trained in knowing how to use the device. You will receive a training DVD from Taser which gives excellent instructions. Practice using your TASER. That way you know exactly what to do if a situation arises where you must use it. Also check with your local city/county/state to be sure it is legal to carry within your area.
NOTE: Isn’t it ironic that YOU are trying to keep yourself safe and protect yourself from the criminal element who wants to assault/rape/attack or kill you, and the only way to protect yourself is by self-defense measures or using personal protection devices…and the LAW in some states say that personal protection devices are illegal to use. I wonder who they are trying to protect!! The criminal or the innocent????
You can get all your non-lethal Personal Protection products @ www.ThePersonalSecurityStore.com
Remember, Stay Aware…Stay Alert…Stay Alive!
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