Employee Personal Safety Training Program
(The Seven Steps™ Program):
Introduction
The dynamics of spontaneous subject control and human confrontation.
Exposure to personal defense spray in air.
No technique is 100% effective 100% of the time, even when done correctly.
The defensive tactics described in this program may only be used when you face a serious physical threat.
STEP 1
BE AWARE OF YOUR VULNERABILITY
Statistics on assaults in the United States:
There are roughly 600,000 police, of which about 150,000 are on patrol at any given time.
Causes of death in the U.S. (homicide accounts for about 1.4% of the total deaths in the U.S.)
STEP 2
MENTALLY COMMIT TO DOING EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO STAY SAFE
It is not the job of law enforcement or government to protect us, as individuals, from harm.
"The Decision": You have a moral right, and obligation, to protect yourself.
Components of survival:
STEP 3
BE AWARE OF YOUR ENVIRONMENT AND TAKE REASONABLE PRECAUTIONS
The four elements of violent behavior:
Circumstances that lead to violence:
Mental states of awareness and preparedness:
Threat assessment:
Threat assessment and evaluation:
Understanding emotionally disturbed people:
The etheric experience:
Early behavioral warning signs:
Pre-attack kinesiological clues:
Safety Tips:
STEP 4
GET AWAY BY CREATING AND MAINTAINING DISTANCE
Success factors in self-defense:
Physical skills for self-defense:
STEP 5
STOP THE VIOLENCE AND THEN GET AWAY
Use-of-force:
Pre-training tactical warm-up:
Psychomotor skill techniques with personal defense sprays:
Psychomotor skill techniques with defensive keychains:
Psychomotor skill techniques with canes, walking sticks, and umbrellas:
STEP 6
IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE POLICE OF THE ATTACK
Why you should call the police:
What the police will ask you:
What you should ask the police:
If you are sexually assaulted:
Talk to an attorney.
STEP 7
DEAL WITH THE POST-VIOLENCE TRAUMATIC STRESS OF BEING ASSAULTED
The "Inoculation Effect"
Some of the most common potential aftereffects of a traumatic incident:
With whom should you talk?
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