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“Personal Protection Issues”
©2004 Gary L. Cunningham, C.P.O.
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In today’s society one never knows what may happen to your safety. Therefore you should follow some simple rules to help protect yourself from a possible situation that you could be harmed by. Now everyone knows that you can not protect yourself 100% of the time. But you can follow simple guidelines that will give you a fighting chance if something does go wrong.
1.Always stay alert to your surroundings. Know who is around you and what they may be doing in your area.
2.When leaving stores, work or home, look around, see who is nearby, look confident and the criminal will usually look for another target that is not paying attention.
3.Have your keys already out before you get to the car. Fighting with packages, kids and keys at the car is an invitation to distraction, then you become a likely target.
4.Don’t give blind trust to a stranger for any reason.
5.If you see something that doesn’t seem right, it probably isn’t, go a different way to avoid the situation.
6.If it is suspicious to you, then report it to the police and have it checked out, don’t wait to be a victim.
7.Take a protection course for you and your family. There are a number of good ones out there. I recommend CDT™, Training For Life™ or a good martial arts program that you are interested in.
8.Keep doors locked when your home, keep the curtains closed so the criminal can not see what you have inside from the street.
9.Make sure your
lighting is adequate around you home and in use.
10.Landscaping can be nice or it can hide a criminal, check it out and make necessary adjustments to eliminate hiding spots.
These are just a few ideas on how to keep you and your family safer in these troubles times. There are several other ways to get personal protection issues under control. But you have to know about them before you can plan for them.
There are several books and organizations out there to help you be safer, use them. Even your local police department can give you the right advice. You are ultimately responsible for your safety, think before you do and act accordingly with the information you gather.
Children are the most important thing we have and yet we very seldom train them on how to be safe while they are out in the public eye. You need to start training your children to be safe before they become a victim and you need this also. Waiting to become a victim and then saying you should do something is asking for more trouble than you need.
www.cdt-traiing.com and www.trainingforlife.tv will help give you some information on training to keep you safe, martial arts can be found in your local phone book. Take action now or become a victim and pay the price, it is up to you and know one else as to if you become safer or not!
About the Author
Gary Cunningham is a Certified Protection Officer with over 30 years experience in High Risk Security, Law Enforcement Special Operations, Specialized Training and Military Special Operations. For more information on his services to business owners, check out www.cmbizinfo.com or e-mail him at mailto:secuone@aol.com!
Written by: Gary L. Cunningham, C.P.O.
