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In recent article featured in the Kenyon College campus newspaper, students voiced their take on a recent incident involving students and campus safety officers. The staff editorial reports:

“Safety officers are employed to protect students from the harm of outsiders, other students and the effects of substance abuse, but sometimes, it is the students who cause harm, and in these cases, our Safety officers deserve the right to defend themselves. Last year, when students attacked Safety officers, the officers should have had the option of using pepper spray to protect themselves. We are not definitively asserting that the officers should have used pepper spray in those situations, or even that they would have, but we believe that they deserved the right to decide, in that instance, how to defend themselves.”

With campus incidents on the rise, it’s important for security and safety professionals to recognize and understand the risks that are associated with protecting those they serve. Safety is a dangerous job – but someone has to do it. For the men and women in the security and law enforcement industries, DefendWell.com is here to provide you with Self Defense Products like Pepper Spray to increase on-the-job safety. In addition, DefendWell.com is proud to support those who put their lives and safety on the line every day to protect the rights that we hold so dear. Do something for your campus or community. Support law enforcement self defense tactics.

If you’re a college student, you already know about the safety hazards and dangers that surround your campus. Instead of feeling powerless, take control of your safety. Learn to use Self Defense Tactics and products responsibly. These preventative measures, when coupled with common sense and attentiveness to rules and surroundings, can make all the difference in your college experience.

Deputy Chief Chuck Miner with the University of Minnesota Campus Police said he thinks self-defense items are generally a good thing — as long as the people carrying them know how to use them. He said in a recent interview with a self-defense products retailer that university police “certainly encourage people to protect themselves.” He does think there are pros and cons; however, to using self-defense products in a campus encounter.

“Pepper spray can blow in the wind and affect the user,” Miner said. “(Campus police) recommend other things like free escort services.”

The key to utilizing self defense products properly is to learn about them through taking classes at your local community center or by contacting your campus security office. Both resources can equip you with the knowledge and experience you need to deflect an incident should one occur. Either way, you’ll feel safer and more secure about your overall college experience.

According to Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted 2006, in that year, 48 law enforcement officers were feloniously killed as a result of 47 separate incidents. 22 of the 48 officers feloniously killed were employed by city police departments. Of these victims, 8 were members of law enforcement agencies in cities of 250,000 or more in population.

Each and every day, countless men and women in law enforcement put their lives on the line to protect the welfare of citizens across the nation. Because their jobs are so dangerous, it’s more important than ever to ensure that they are protected. DefendWell.com is proud to offer several self-defense items that are essential for officer safety. From Stun Guns to Tasers, DefendWell.com has the self-defense equipment that your officers need to stay protected.

Encourage officer safety in your community today. Write to your precinct to find out what you can do to help law enforcement professionals where you live. Encourage officers to check out DefendWell.com for essentials they need to stay safe on the job.

The post-Holiday shopping season is a great time of the year to take advantage of after holiday sales. If we disregard the fact that this is the busiest time of the year for gift giving, people tend to spend a lot of time looking for clothing, electronics, and other items of interest they wanted but could afford before the post-Holiday sales. This actually adds to the mayhem of people returning gifts and increases the volume of people out at the malls.

With the hurricane of consumerism hitting us every year, the shopping centers are flooded with armies of people between Thanksgiving and well after December 25th. Much like a herd of wild animals, this invites the danger of predators looking for an opportunity to pick off an unknowing shopper for their own gain.

Even with summertime being the peak time for robberies, the Holiday shopping season is when we see a peak in crimes of this nature. This doesn’t mean you have to lock yourself indoors and wait until the Holidays are over, you just have to take the proper precautions when venturing out.

Travel in a group – By increasing your numbers, you increase the number of eyes that could look out for danger. Walking in a group also may deter a potential robber from considering you as a target.

Travel light – When you make a shopping trip, bring only what you need. Don’t travel with a ton of credit and ATM cards. If possible, just carry cash and be sure to keep everything in separate locations on your person. If you carry everything, car keys, ID, credit and ATM cards, etc, in one place like a wallet or bag, you could lose everything in one fell swoop. With all this personal information falling into the wrong hands, you leave yourself at risk for potential car theft, burglary, and identity theft.

Travel with protection – In a case were an attacker may engage in violence to rob you, it’s always better to hand over your shopping bags than engage your attacker. However, if you find yourself in a situation where you are at risk for harm, it’s always a smart idea to have a self-defense weapon just in case. Keeping something as small enough to hang on your key chine at the ready when walking alone, such as a Kubotan, Heart Attack, or small canister of Pepper Spray, could even the odds in the event of being surprised by someone.

When walking in the evening, it’s hard to notice if someone is following or watching you from afar. Couple the darkness when being tired from a long day, you are more focused on getting home rather than your surroundings. You could find yourself in a situation where there isn’t time to reach for a self-defense weapon and the only defense against some punk is yourself.

That is why martial arts instructor Tim Larkin developed Focus Training, a method of self-defense that uses quick reactions to deliver devastating attacks to subdue an attacker. Focus training provides you with the skills needed to turn yourself into a formidable weapon to ward-off any attack.

This training will teach you how to overcome any situation, even if the person attacking you has a weapon. The trick is to know the person attacking you has a weapon, avoid it, and subdue the person quickly and efficiently. Tim Larkin’s training won’t make you fearless, instead it will teach you how to ignore that fear and to do what needs to be done to survive.

This training comes in the 5 Seconds to Live or Die, which teaches you the full program of hand-to-hand/hand-to-weapon fighting techniques such as striking, targeting, and using leverage to ward of an attacker or even multiple attackers. Or you could just purchase the Defending Against a Gun or Knife which teaches hand to weapon fighting.

In any event, when you invest in a self defense item you should take into account how you access it. Unless you plan on walking around with a taser or pepper spray canister out and at the ready at all times, training yourself to be a weapon is the logical option.

The most primitive form of self-defense is the action of forcefully striking an aggressor to subdue or repel him. If you are able to, you can use your body to defend yourself with a flurry of punches, kicks, and other strikes against the attacker. However, when you’re faced with an attacker, even if you’re physically matched, you’re usually at a disadvantage because these attacks are a surprise to the victim.

The fear of the unknown is one of the biggest of all human fears. So to keep yourself safe, there are measures you can take to prepare for the unexpected, and even the odds during a surprise attack.

Telescopic Steel Baton – This weapon will allow you to put distance between you and an attacker. It is especially useful because it can collapse and be held in a pocket or on a belt holster for easy access. It can then be drawn and extended in one fluid motion, allowing you to quickly strike an aggressor before they know what you’re holding.

The Heart Attack – It may look like a simple key chain, but this heart-shaped piece of hard plastic will leave an attacker in a world of hurt. Grip the Heart Attack between your fingers to deliver a punch that will focus all its power to the pointed end of the device. Ouch!!!

Pointed and Flat Kubotan – No more than a metal rod, this devastating weapon will leave an attacker bruised and broken. It can be use to strike an aggressor by swinging your keys or by striking in a poking or smashing fashion to cause pain to vulnerable bony and fleshy areas of the body.

You don’t have to pack a sophisticated taser or stun gun, or something potentially lethal like a knife or a gun, to protect yourself from a person determined to cause harm to you or your family. These weapons require some confidence and training to use, but will leave an attacker thinking twice about coming at you again.

If you’ve ever walked alone, you know feelings of vulnerability can creep up on you very fast, sometimes making you too nervous to turn a corner. Don’t get me wrong, these feelings are usually exaggerated; however, this doesn’t mean you should walk around unprotected. The problem is, most people learn this lesson only after they’ve been assaulted or robbed.

To prevent you from becoming a victim, self-defense items can be your first and, in many cases, only line of defense against an unexpected attacker. If the attacker is unaware that you have a weapon, you have a better chance to get away safely. This is the edge you could use to overcome a dangerous situation.

• Stun Guns/Tasers – These are very effective self-defense weapons that can easily be concealed in a purse or pocket. But if you really want to catch an attacker by surprise, choose a stun gun disguised as a Cell Phone. An attacker will assume you are unaware of their presence giving you the opportunity to catch them off guard.

• Pepper Spray/Mace – These canisters are very easy to conceal in a purse or on a Keychain. But if you need something more discreet, pepper sprays disguised as something innocent, like Lipstick, a Pen, or a Ring, are also available. These will leave your attacker rolling on the ground in pain, not knowing what hit them.

The secret to being safe isn’t always to put up a strong front. If you’re aware of your surroundings and prepared, a potential attacker will be unaware that they are about to receive a very painful surprise.