Rape in Texas

All statistics are from Crime in Texas 2008, provided by Uniform Crime Reporting program.

The estimated number of rapes committed in Texas for 2008 was 8,004. Of all reported forcible rapes, only 7% were attempts, 93% were rapes by force. More rapes were committed in April than any other month.

Rape arrestees were 75% White, and 88% adults, with the highest number of arrests made in the 20-24 age bracket.

Educating and empowering women will give them the confidence to protect themselves.

Be SmartSafe!
Regina : )

Cooper's Color Code

White: inattentive/distracted
example- helping a child; listening to an ipod; texting; on the phone; relaxing at home.

Yellow: functionally alert
example- focusing on your car as you walk through the parking lot.

Orange: attentively alert
glancing around you and at the vehicles parked next to your car in the parking lot.

Red: high alert
example: noticing the vehicle following you and driving to a well lit and populated area. Active duty military personnel.

Your level of awareness should be somewhere between yellow and orange. Red is too exhausting to remain in all the time. The more you practice being surprised the sharper your senses become.

Surprise!

The element of surprise can be a disadvantage AND an advantage.

When surprised your body dumps a chemical cocktail into your system impairing your ability to function. Typically you experience a)Muscle Tension, b)Auditory Occlusion/Exclusion, c)Tunnel Vision, d)Time and Space Distortion.

Let it be your best friend. Attackers are not counting on you knowing how to defend yourself and physically responding to their attack. Quick reaction time and the ability to use effective techniques could equal your life.

SmartSafe, Women's Commando Krav Maga, prepares you so you can steal an attacker's mind by surprising him.

Do You Know Any of Them?

Authorities are looking for help identifying the people in the photos.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/03/11/dating.game.killer/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3A+Top+Stories%29&utm_content=Twitter

Rodney Alcala certainly utilized survelience when choosing his targets. Don't be an easy target! Be KUTA Empowered! : )

Matters in Hand

Here is the link to the story I share in my seminars.

http://www.federalobserver.com/2009/02/08/matters-in-hand/

Enjoy the laugh, gain valuable info.

Keep Up The Awareness!
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Benefits of Learning Life Saving Skills

Increase your knowledge and awareness
Gain freedom from fear
Boost your self-esteem
Skyrocket your self confidence
Lessen the risk of being a target
Discover potentially life saving skills
Increase your level of fitness and health

While power, speed, flexibility, fitness, balance, endurance and stamina are benficial, they are NOT pre-requisites when defending yourself.

KUTA: Keep Up The Awareness!

Guard Your Information

The first essential step to self-protection for women is prevention. Prevention comes as your awareness is increased. Guard your information.

Be aware of people eavesdropping on your conversations.
Do not post personal information on the internet that may come back to haunt you.
The person standing next to you in line at the post office does not need to have access to information about where you live (your return address on the envelope that he can read).

Predators use information against their victims-don't help them hurt you!