Are politicians swatted enough to make emergency dispatchers authenticate emergency calls? Hopefully, the recent wave of swatting politicians, government officials, and judges, will spur them to make it a crime for the emergency answering and dispatch services not to authenticate calls that could result with dispatching a SWAT unit. Considering the frequently lethal consequences, one […]
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Man, monitored constantly by up to 30 police officers, stabbed seven people The man, who stabbed seven people in a New Zealand supermarket, was being monitored constantly by up to 30 officers who tracked his every move in the weeks leading up to the attack. He was followed by police officers to the supermarket, and
Self-Defense Tip 126 When Seconds Count: Tactical Preparedness Read More »
Can you thrust and poke with the Unbreakable® Telescopic Umbrella like with a police baton Now and then we get a question like this one: “Does your [Unbreakable®] telescopic umbrella lock in the extended position or is it a friction hold like an ASP baton? I am curious about whether you can thrust with it.”
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First, a definition for those few who don’t know the term swatting: Swatting is causing a police SWAT team to attack someone based on the false report of a dangerous or violent situation (e.g., a bomb threat or hostage-taking). The false report can be made by any means, but most often it is done by
This does not contain practical advice, so it is not a self-defense tip but a statement of fact. Last weekend in London three murderers killed 7 people and injured 48, of which 21 critically. The attackers drove a car into a crowd and then proceeded to knife people. The attack lasted 16 minutes. Police arrived
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This does not contain practical advice, so it is not a self-defense tip but a statement of fact and a heads-up. French police do a great job recruiting for ISIS. They raped an arrestee (in a similar manner to NYPD officers’ rape of Abner Luima and who knows how many others). ISIS, al-Qaeda, or whatever
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Effectiveness and deniability of self-defense techniques Self-defense techniques must be reliably effective, but they should also be deniable. Deniability is important in self-defense, whether you are armed with everyday objects or empty-handed. I have explained why in Self-Defense Tip #99, which applies to everyday objects you may use for personal protection. This tip though deals
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Deniability in self-defense: How to talk safely to police and others Deniability on an example of a book and an umbrella Modern states, that is police states, have laws to keep their citizens powerless and dependent on the state. They want people to be fearful of exercising their natural rights — such as the right
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Learn about training myths that inhibit effective learning of fighting skills I thought you might find interesting my article on skill training, because it quotes extensively from Chuck Remsberg’s post “6 myths of police training that inhibit effective learning,” which, in turn, is based on Robert Bragg Jr.’s presentation on skill instruction at a conference
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British police officer suggests an improvement to Unbreakable® Telescopic Umbrella A British police officer sees a problem with Unbreakable® Telescopic Umbrella and suggests an improvement to help deal with an attacker one has subdued. Suggestion: I recently bought the telescopic model umbrella through your UK distributor. It is so inconspicuous that I walked right past
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