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Last year, a nearby community experienced the horror of a child kidnapping. Jessica Ridgeway was kidnapped and killed within a weeks’ time frame. She was 10-years-old and walking to school when it happened. She was covering the same few blocks to a friends house that she had covered numerous times before. A suspect is in… Continue Reading
We’ve discussed all week the basics of personal safety outside the home, but what happens when the danger is from your own family? Ira Lipman, author of How to Be Safe: Protect Yourself, Your Home, Your Family, and Your Business from Crime says that spousal battering clusters more on the weekends, during vacations and holidays, and… Continue Reading
Whether you are flying, driving, riding the rails old school like, or going by magic carpet, anytime you travel you are taking some risk. The rewards are generally worth the risk in most cases, but there are a few basics you can do to protect yourself from being the victim of a crime. If you… Continue Reading
Whenever an incident like the bombings in Boston occur, there is first the search to find the offender, then will come the “how could this have been prevented“ question. The answer to the second question may not be one of institutional culpability, but more of personal responsibility. We’ve all been taught to drive defensively –… Continue Reading
It’s ironical that on the week we’re focusing on personal safety and protection, tragedy strikes the Boston Marathon when two bombs explode. The casualty count is still at 3, but many more are wounded and many are in critical condition. Our hearts and prayers go out to everyone involved, including the first responders and the… Continue Reading
Unfortunately, terror has struck the U.S. again and again it hits the Boston area – remember, two of the flights on 9/11 departed from the Boston/Logan Airport. This was not an aviation attack this time, but it serves as notice that the threats have not gone away and they can strike anywhere, anytime, anyplace. We… Continue Reading
This week we explore author Ira Lipman’s excellent book, How to Be Safe: Protect Yourself, Your Home, Your Family, and Your Business from Crime. I believe that part of the secret to living a successful life is knowing how to protect yourself and your family from threats and Lipman does a good 360-degree job of showing… Continue Reading
“Do not wait. The time will never be just right. Start where you stand: work with whatever tools you have at your command, and the better tools will be found as you go along,” Napoleon Hill (as quoted by Brian Tracy in Flight Plan: How to Achieve More, Faster than You Ever Dreamed Possible). The amazing… Continue Reading
When US Airways 1549 was forced to ditch in the Hudson River, there were quite a few people who were very happy that the Captain had some grey on the sidewalls and that he’d also been a glider pilot. There’s something to be said for experience. According to author Brian Tracy, in his book Flight Plan: How… Continue Reading
TSA announced a pending Airport Security Program amendment that intends to require airports to staff sterile area exit lanes, by the end of this year. This has been a sore spot for airport operators for many years, as pre 9/11, exit lane protection was the responsibility of the air carrier. When TSA took over the… Continue Reading