OT: Safety Tips for Women

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Because of the recent abductions in daylight hours, refresh yourself of

these things to do in an emergency situation...This is for you, and for you

to share with your children, everyone you know.

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>After reading these 9 crucial tips, forward them to someone you care

about. It never hurts to be careful in this crazy world we live in.

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>1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do: The elbow is the strongest point on your body.

If you are close enough to use it, do!

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>2. Learned this from a tourist guide in New Orleans. If a robber asks for

your wallet and/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM. Toss it away from

you....chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/or purse

than you, and he will go for the wallet/purse. RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER

DIRECTION!

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>3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car, kick out the back tail

lights 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.

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>4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping, eating,

working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, 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 on 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.

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>a. If someone is in the car with a gun to your head DO NOT DRIVE OFF,

repeat: DO NOT DRIVE OFF! Instead gun the engine and speed into anything,

wrecking the car. Your Air Bag will save you. If the person is in the back

seat they will get the worst of it. As soon as the car crashes bail out and

run. It is better than having them find your body in a remote location.

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>5. A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot, or parking

garage:

>A.) 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.

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>IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better paranoid than dead.)

>6. ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs. (Stairwells are

horrible places to be alone and the perfect crime spot. This is especially

true at NIGHT!)

>7. 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; And

even then, it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ. RUN, Preferably ! in a

zig -zag pattern!

>8. As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP. It may get

you raped, or killed. 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.

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>9. Another Safety Point: Someone just told me that her friend heard a

crying baby on her porch the night before last, and she called the police

because it was late and she thought it was weird. The police told her

" Whatever you do, DO NOT open the door. "

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>The lady then said that it sounded like the baby had crawled near a

window, and she was worried that it would crawl to the street and get run

over. The policeman said, " We already have a unit on the way, whatever you

do, DO NOT open the door. " He told her that they think a serial killer has

a baby's cry recorded and uses it to coax women out of their homes thinking

that someone dropped off a baby. He said they have not verified it, but

have had several calls by women saying that they hear baby's cries outside

their doors when they're home alone at night.

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>Please pass this on and DO NOT open the door for a crying baby ----This

e-mail should probably be taken seriously because the Crying Baby theory

was mentioned on America's Most Wanted this past Saturday when they

profiled the serial killer in Louisiana.

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>I'd like you to forward this to all the women you know. It may save a

life. A candle is not dimmed by lighting another candle. 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 onto 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 and it's better to be safe than

sorry.

>Shannon LaForge

>Courtroom Deputy to Judge Robert Junell

>U.S. District Court for the Western District

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