Personal Security Techniques
“A Guide to Security Awareness”
Jesse Wallace
Copyright © 1994, 2012 Jesse Wallace
The security techniques and protective measures described in this book are offered for educational purposes only.
Any attempts on your part to resist or use force against an attacker or intruder without the proper training, practice, knowledge of applicable laws, and attitude, may result in serious injury, death, or criminal prosecution. There is no guarantee offered as to the effectiveness of the measures and techniques contained herein.
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior consent of the publisher.
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2012-06-26
Dedication
To my mother, Judy Wallace (1939-1989), for the nurturing, love, and understanding you gave all seven of your children. You will never be forgotten.
Dedication
Dedication
To my mother, Judy Wallace (1939-1989) for the nurturing, love, and understanding you gave all seven of your children. You will never be forgotten.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Section I: While Driving
Section II: Using Public Transportation
Section III: While Walking
Section IV: At the Office
Section V: Shops, Restaurants, and Bars
Section VI: At Home
Section VII: Hand to Hand Combat
Section VIII: Guns and Other Weapons
Section IX: Stalkers
Afterword
Acknowledgements
Warning
Warning
The security techniques and protective measures described in this book are offered for educational purposes only.
Any attempts on your part to resist or use force against an attacker or intruder without the proper training, practice, knowledge of applicable laws, and attitude, may result in serious injury, death, or criminal prosecution. There is no guarantee offered as to the effectiveness of the measures and techniques contained herein.
Introduction
Even veteran Police Officers become the victims of street crimes, especially when they leave their “Security Awareness” in the locker room with their uniforms.
The purpose of this book is to help you establish a well balanced sense of “Security Awareness” by describing potentially threatening situations in advance, and advising you on ways to avoid or defeat the more common criminal attacks.
People who possess “Security Awareness” are in the habit of “looking before they leap”, and taking extra precautions “just in case”. The key is to do so in a relaxed and confident manner, so you avoid the problem of having your Security Awareness evolve into a senseless fear of the unknown.
The information in this book includes some of my own personal encounters with criminals, and the techniques I devised and employed in those cases. Other incidents detailed here as “Examples” are also true, and were reported to me by persons involved in those incidents.
I hope my Personal Security Techniques help you as much as they’ve helped me for the past thirty four years.
J.W.
22 June 2012
Security Awareness
“The ability to observe and analyze a situations’ potential for violence or other criminal conduct, coupled with the ability to quickly adapt your actions, so that you either minimize your exposure to the perceived threat, or neutralize the perceived threat”.
Author
While Driving
Section I:
Highways, the 2-4 second interval
While many drivers understand the general safety benefits of remaining 2-4 seconds behind the vehicle in front of them, (when the rear bumper of the vehicle ahead of you passes a viaduct, road sign, or other landmark, you should be able to count “one-one thousand, two-one thousand, etc. before your front bumper reaches the landmark you chose, thus you will have more time to react if the vehicle ahead has a blowout or makes a sudden stop). This technique also benefits your personal security.
Example: At about 7:00pm on a warm clear evening, a young woman was driving alone in her compact car, in the far right lane of a four lane highway. With no warning, the full sized van ahead of her slammed on its’ brakes. With no time or room to maneuver, the woman stood on her brakes with all her strength, and luckily stopped less than six inches from the vans’ rear bumper. The vans’ driver then drove off to find another victim.
Victim? Yes. This woman had apparently been targeted by criminals who look for drivers that follow too closely. The idea is to maneuver their large vehicle in front of your smaller vehicle, then stop suddenly to cause a rear-end collision. In nearly every state, the victim of this scam will be found at fault, and phony vehicular damage and personal injury claims by the crooks will surely follow. This criminal technique has also been used on city streets and one young man, who was able to avoid hitting the bad guys’ car, still wound up in court defending himself in an accident case when no contact between the two vehicles had occurred! He had apparently stopped to talk with the other driver, and the identifying information he provided was used against him in a fraudulent claim of vehicular damage. Therefore it would be greatly beneficial to keep a 2-4 second interval, and if you come close to rear-ending a vehicle which slammed on its’ rakes for no apparent reason, try to make a note of the vehicles’ description, occupants, location at the time, and the time and date of the incident. You can then pass this information on to the Police Department for further investigation, since this could be evidence of an organized insurance fraud operation.
Highways-Impersonating an Officer
When this book was first published, there had been an increase in the number of reports concerning women who had been assaulted, robbed, or killed by a criminal who was posing as a Police Officer. Authorities have offered tips on how to avoid being the victim of a phony cop. Such as:
1 Instead of pulling over immediately, proceed to a better lit area that has more pedestrian and vehicular traffic, and then pull over.
2 Ask the Officer to call for a marked car with a uniformed Officer before unlocking your door or