In General, there are 3 things needed for a crime.
- There must first be a motivated offender. There are many things to motivate an offender; drugs, money, enjoy the thrill, feel of power, illness, or fantasy to name a few.
- There must also be a window of opportunity for the criminal planned or unplanned. Some things that could make you an easy target can be as simple as having the same schedule daily; leaving the same time every day and/or visiting the same establishment and following the same routine and or route; going to work, eating out, go to church, shop or participate in the same activity certain days and/ways and habits; jogging, texting, putting keys and purse in same spot, taking trash out, or even when lights are on and off in certain rooms, or leaving your garage door open, warming up your car and/or leaving it untended. Criminals learn when to attack most successfully without the victim getting help.
- There must be a victim whether chosen as a target or being convenient; wrong place at the wrong time. Even if you are the convenient target there still reasons why the criminal “chose you”. The decision for you to become the target may happen in a few seconds because things are in place for the criminal. Routine makes us comfortable and complacent yet making it easier for the criminal.
Be Ready With Your Safety (Weapon) Device
When using a safety device or tool think of it from here on out as your weapon. It is what you choose to defend yourself against a criminal. Keep both eyes open. With both eyes open, you have more peripheral vision. Decide where you need to go and how to use your weapon (safety) devise of choice. Think about different scenarios as to when you would make a decision to use the safety devise and then how to use it. Visualize using your safety device on an attacker.
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Be prepared. Practice to not being a victim. If you carry mace/pepper spray/stun gun etc… it is useless most of the time if you don’t have it in your hand before or at the time the attack! Often you could lose the item, or simply can’t get to your safety device before the attack is over. Never assume there is only one criminal. Here is a poem told in the Omega Formulation Safety Seminars: