Self Defense and Security Blog

We spent late night Tuesday and early morning Wednesday in the hospital emergency room waiting area. If there ever was fodder for a tv show, it’s happening nightly there. It’s no wonder all of the medical soaps do well.

There were car wrecks, broken bones, just plain old illness, stabbings, you name it, but the best one was a guy who came in because his eyes were burning and he couldn’t see. He was wandering along the street downtown staggering because of his blindness and someone brought him in.

Come to find out, he had been hit with some type of pepper spray. He was disoriented, and having trouble catching his breath. He was screaming about his burning eyes (he was actually cursing profusely).

Just about what I’d expect to see. Pepper spray is a great form of self defense. It does major damage. Although not permanent, it is enough to really mess someone up if they were to attack you. It’ll get you enough time to get away from the scene and to safety.

I’m not jumping to conclusions at all, but I’d say score one for the good guys here! Someone was prepared and didn’t become a victim.

Take a look at all of the ways that you can equip yourself with a pepper product. There’s bound to be one that will fit your lifestyle.

Just got through watching the evening news. We had another police involved shooting today. Making 24 for the year and 3 in the last 8 days. Justified for the most part, these have been more and more frequent. There are more and more break-ins, more muggings, more carjackings all of which have happened here in Jacksonville in the last 24 hours. These thugs are becoming more and more bold.

The current economic conditions are making these criminals more and more desperate. Crime is happening all around you whether you know it or not. these times call for us as law abiding citizens and just normal people to protect ourselves and our families from these blazen outlaws.

If I may use a phrase from my friend the Big Kahuna, you need to “tool up” to defend yourself from the “mooks”. Don’t get caught unprepared. The criminals are carrying weapons, shouldn’t you? I’m not saying that everyone should carry a .44 magnum Harry Callahan piece, but you need to be prepared just in case. These crimes will be getting more frequent. You don’t have to become a victim. Fight back. Join the war on crime.

Your house could benefit from window and door alarms, or a security camera. Your daughter could carry a lipstick pepperspray for those Friday evenings at the mall. Get your wife a keychain pepperspray or a stun gun for her purse. Put a stun baton in the pocket of your car door.

Don’t be a victim…..Be prepared!

I was talking with Ken the other day and he told me this story about his Stun Baton.

Ken loved his work. As the night watchman for a warehouse, he got paid to exercise. Spending seven hours a night taking laps of the facility gave him a good workout, and he enjoyed the relative peace and quiet of working overnights in the city.

Ken wasn’t crazy about the neighborhood he worked in, but he figured he was far better off being locked inside the warehouse overnight than running into some of those lowlifes on the street.

As he made his rounds one night, Ken heard a clattering from one of the storage lockers. He wrapped his hand around the handle of his Stun Baton, which hung in a holster from his hip. He convinced his boss to let him carry one after a friend of his who works as a prison guard shared stories of how the same piece of equipment had saved his life during a riot.

Ken crept around the corner and observed a looter busting his way through dozens of cardboard boxes, tossing precious looking items into a burlap sack. With a flashlight in one hand and his Stun Baton in the other, Ken approached the criminal.

“You there!” yelled Ken, “put your hands up!”

Mistaking the Stun Baton for a plain old nightstick, the looter tried to hustle past Ken toward the exit.

Big Mistake.

As the criminal ran past, Ken reached out with his Stun Baton, its twenty-inch length easily closing the gap between Ken and his target. Three seconds later, the Stun Baton had emptied
500,000 volts of energy into the looter’s quivering frame.

Ken managed to stop the criminal cold and recover a family’s prized personal belongings, all without breaking a sweat.

So much for his workout!

Yours in safety,

Dozier McKendree

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Roxie hated the subway. She grew up in a small town in Oregon, so she enjoyed being outside at every chance she could get.

As an attorney in the big city, she often had to get to work at an hour that most folks were still dreaming in their beds. So she used the twelve-block walk from her apartment to her office as a chance to spend some quiet time enjoying her surroundings.

Still, she often felt a little nervous about walking those streets alone. So she picked up a Cell Phone Stun Gun.

It looks just like a regular phone, complete with a holster and a wrist strap. And nobody’s going to question a well-dressed businessperson walking down the street holding a cell phone.

Roxie’s intuition paid off one Thursday morning, when a junkie burst out from behind a dumpster and started screaming at her to hand over her purse. As she put her hands in the air, she used her thumb to disable the safety lock on the Cell Phone Stun Gun.

Roxie grabbed her purse with her other hand, tossing it past the criminal. As he bent over to pick it up, she jabbed the Cell Phone Stun Gun in the small of his back, shooting 180,000 volts of electricity through his body. She never even had to take it out of its carrying case.

With her attacker curled up on the ground, Roxie pulled out her real cell phone to call the police. Her colleagues always wondered why she carried two cell phones. They usually assumed that a powerful woman needed them both. Roxie grinned as she realized they didn’t know just how much power she really wielded.

Yours in safety,

Deihl McKendree

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When it comes to video surveillance, the security of your business is the deciding factor. So, read on to determine your options for wired or wireless video surveillance equipment.

When wireless video surveillance counts

With a wireless video surveillance system, you can do two things at the same time. You can go over your receipts and check on your kitchen staff in the comfort of your own office. This saves you time from going to the kitchen just to see how work is progressing when urgent paper work needs to be done. The convenience of monitoring the waiters and the counter people is also yours with a wireless video surveillance system. By adding additional cameras, you can also have an electronic eye keeping watch over the cash register and the restaurant’s entrance and exits.

The flexibility of the wireless video surveillance system is enhanced when you add a mobile viewer. You can see all the important nooks and crannies whether you are in the office, in the kitchen, or at the counter. This will deter your staff from loitering or wasting their time, so you get your money’s worth for their services. Like other restaurant owners, you want to prevent theft in the kitchen and at the cash register. A wireless video surveillance will give you piece of mind and control over your business.

Going fully wired

The advantage of going for a wired video surveillance system is the confidence that a particular quarter of your restaurant is permanently covered. Other areas in the restaurant that need your constant scrutiny are the cash register, bar, wine cellar, front door, and exits. A wired surveillance camera cannot be transferred from the kitchen to the cash register, so you have to add more cameras and have these installed in these important areas. The wired and wireless video surveillance versions give the same advantages when it comes to your business security.

Wired or wireless?

The option to go wired or wireless may depend on your needs and convenience. Many restaurant owners get both versions. The also get the pan-tilt surveillance cameras to get more viewing angles. The infrared cameras are also a hit for outdoor surveillance.

Depending on your budget, you can start with a four camera package or go full time with 16 cameras – whether your system is PC or DVR based. Wired or wireless, you can be flexible. If you want to be discreet about your surveillance, go for the wireless option. This will cost more, though. However, in consideration of your dine-in customers, this will be just perfect. In addition, a wireless system installation will blend well with your interior.

Cost versus security

Surveillance security systems may not prevent accidents from happening, but you and your staff can be alerted immediately to prevent more damage from happening. Petty theft can be averted and your staff will be encouraged to perform better. It is not cheap to have a system installed, whether it is wired or wireless video surveillance. It will all depend on the number and type of cameras you will get, and the floor area of the establishment. A package may cost anywhere from $1,000 to $25,000. Wired or wireless, the installation per camera will depend on if you install them or if you have an electrician do it.

Indeed, when it is about security and your business, you need to be protected the right way.
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I attended a show this past weekend for safety products. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office made one of their training officers available to demonstrate the new C2 Taser. Let me tell you, I’m impressed. 14 people from the group of attendees volunteered to have the Taser demonstrated on them. The strongest of the victims lasted about 5 seconds before hitting the ground. It took about 3 seconds for most of the men to cry “Stop”! They all admitted it was absolutely something that could not be fought. Their muscles just would not function.

That is the premise that the Taser products work on. The electrical current is not necessarily a pain stimulus, although there is some pain involved. The pulses interrupt the brain’s signals to the muscles making it impossible to control them. The biggest and baddest of the volunteers hit the floor. They didn’t have a choice.

Research these little items. The C2 Taser deploys 2 small barbs designed to penetrate clothing. This distributes the electronic pulse through the body. There are several models to choose from. Some include a flashlight and even a laser sighting device.

Don’t be a victim on a police report. Get yourself one of these great items. They may keep you from becoming that victim.

I was watching one of those prison documentaries the other night and noticed one of the guards carrying my favorite device. It’s the stun baton. These things are fairly concealable, easy to carry, but pack a huge punch. These things can pack up to a 200,000 volt punch.

The Stun Baton has very little noticeable difference from the typical stun gun with one main exception. You don’t have to be quite as close to the attacker to use the weapon. The probes on the end of the baton are energized, but the shaft also is energized. In case an attacker decides that he needs to try to disarm you, once he grabs at the baton, he’ll shock himself.

Keep one in the little pocket on your car door. Keep one at the front and back door of your house. Keep one in your briefcase or purse. They are easy to use, very effective, and just plain impressive when you pull the trigger.
Don’t get caught not paying attention..Be Prepared.

With all of the talk out there about change this election season, one thing comes to mind. Change is good for a society only if that change is for the betterment of the society as a whole, not just for a few. I have an idea that the Obamites are ready and willing to make the change.

That change will be to raise the taxes of the ones who already pay the lion’s share of the taxes anyway. To increase the social programs for the ones who don’t pay any taxes anyway. Help illegal immigrants feel at home by letting them fit into our society and giving them the same rights as American born citizens have. To increase the dependence on the almighty American government in as many ways as possible assuring them long lasting power in political office.

To that end, there’s already lobbying as you know to deepen regulation on the second amendment. The weakening of this right to defend ourselves will further increase the power of the government and assure them that you will need them for everything, because you aren’t capable of making the right decisions yourself.

If you’re not a supporter of the second amendment, let me cater to you also. This same lobbying is trying to weaken the ability of supposedly free citizens to even carry pepper spray or a stun gun for basic self defense while on the street.

Do yourself a favor and don’t get caught empty-handed when the laws start to change. When they do, it’ll be too late. Arm yourself with plenty of tools to protect yourself and your family. I’m not talking about hoarding a mass of firearms that would make the military blush, but get your wife a stun gun or pepper spray for her purse. Your teenage daughter could use a lipstick pepperspray or personal alarm. You could carry a stun baton in the pocket of the door of your car or your briefcase.

These simple tools could make the difference in you becoming a victim or not. You need to be aware that as the financial security of the nation declines, crime will go up. It’s almost a guarantee. Be prepared.

We had an incident in our town this past week that made me wish I had special powers to find and punish the bad guys. We had a 96 year old woman beaten beyond recognition during a robbery. The two men and one woman broke into her house and demanded her credit card. She told them that she didn’t believe in credit cards and didn’t have one. After turning the place upside down and not finding anything of value, they decided they would beat her. She insisted that she didn’t have a card, but they wouldn’t stop. She was beaten in the face, kicked in the ribs and back. She lay in a pool of her own blood for two days until her son found her. Her hip was broken and she couldn’t move. She was face down until help arrived.

We live in a society that demands that we defend ourselves. There are a plethora of thugs, deadbeats and criminals just waiting to take advantage of someone that looks like an easy target. Make sure that you don’t become a statistic. You have the right to defend yourself. Make sure that you are always prepared for such an emergency.

Carry some sort of personal protection. Maybe a stun gun, or a Taser. Pepperspray is also a good alternative. It is imperative that you are prepared if a situation like the incident above happens. Don’t let your name appear in the box on the police report in the victim box. Be safe and be prepared.

All we hear is bad news from the financial world these days. Well guess what? The financial troubles will translate into more crime on the streets. You’ll be more of a target than ever for those that don’t have. The government will try even harder to take what you have and give it to the ones that they think deserve it.

You’ll be more of a target for the thug teenager on the street looking for that next drug fix, or that crack head needing another rock. You’ll be a potential victim for the joyrider, and even the mugger.

Don’t be that victim! Protect yourself. Don’t be a statistic on a police report. Carry some type of personal protection device. Not everyone is comfortable, or even able to carry a firearm.

There are alternatives. There are stun guns, pepper sprays, personal alarms and many other items that one could carry for defense. Check out some of the items that are available. We have over 500 personal protection items that could help you avoid being a victim.

What is a bailout? One of its definitions is; an instance of coming to the rescue.

We’ve seen this happen with the financial markets in the recent past. It makes me sad to see that now businesses and the like will look to be “bailed out” every time something goes wrong.

I don’t want the government to bail us out. I don’t want the taxpayers of my country to have to have their taxes spent on fixing the mistakes of others.

When it comes to your personal safety, and the safety of your family, please don’t go about your daily routine always thinking that someone will come to the rescue in an emergency(bail you out). Be responsible for your own safety while doing your daily duties.

What would you do if someone came up to your car window and demanded your keys, or your wallet, or your child from the back seat? Would you wait there for a government bailout? Would you need congress to convene a special session to see if they could send a committee out to stop that mugger on the sidewalk, or the thug who was trying to kidnap your daughter at the bus stop? Absolutely not!

Please get some small inexpensive personal safety items and help keep your family safe. I’m not saying that a stun gun will prevent an attack, but it will surely increase your chances. A personal alarm can and will attract attention in a mall parking lot. Some peppersprays come with UV dye in them so that the creep gets marked so that after his face stops burning and he can open his eyes again, he can be identified as the attacker. There are many items you can carry easily and legally that will help you and your loved ones protect themselves.

Don’t be a victim. Don’t rely on the government for your security. Be proactive. Be Prepared!

Holdup Prevention

• Call the police at once if you notice suspicious strangers loitering near or in your place of business.
• Never block the view into your store by crowding display windows. It is important to maintain visibility into your business establishment at all times.
• Secure your teller and cashier operations. Install barriers to keep unauthorized persons out of these areas.
• If practical, mark doorways at varying heights to allow proper identification of robber’s height.
• Install a holdup alarm system.
• Install a timed delay switch to turn off exterior lights after your employees have gone for the night.
• Use two people to open and close your business. Establish a system of prearranged signals. One person should stay outside until the other gives the all clear signal.
• Keep cash on the premises to a minimum. Make frequent pickups of money from registers and make regular bank deposits.
• Do not establish a habitual routine when making bank deposits. Robbers will soon learn it.
• Keep the safe in your place of business locked at all times.
• Check the references of job applicants before you hire them.
• In the event you are contacted about an emergency at your business, and the call is of questionable validity, please verify the call with the police dispatcher, before going to your business.
• Have frequent meetings with your employees in order to familiarize them with holdup prevention measures which you have initiated.

If You Are Held Up:

• Remain calm.
• Do not resist.
• Be identification conscious. Observe the holdup suspect carefully for future identification.
• Report the robbery immediately-dial 911 and don’t hang up.
• If possible, protect the crime scene: do not let anyone disturb it. Wait for police.
• Cooperate with police. By doing as they request you will help solve the crime.
• Reduce Criminal Opportunity
• and Protect Your Business