When would you have taken action in this scenario? This off duty cop handled his business, though it cost him dearly! We want our Active Self Protection to give us as great an advantage as humanly possible in any defensive encounter for sure.
What does this off duty cop teach us about protecting ourselves during a carjacking?
1. Situational awareness is your best friend. It doesn’t mean that you always are paranoid or living in “condition orange,” but it does mean that you know Col. Cooper’s color code of awareness and you live by it. Pay attention to your surroundings, and recognize that when you’re in public places you need to be more aware of your surroundings than when you’re in private.
Want to learn more? There are six more lessons (plus three class starters for instructors), plus links to the original and news story, on our website: https://get-asp.com/jxqz
Attitude. Skills. Plan.
(music in the intro and outro courtesy of Bensound at http://www.bensound.com/)
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