Found and sent by Tim Walker in North Florida
Dangerous Trends
The act of committing a home invasion is escalating much like carjacking. The reason for the increase seems to follow a similar pattern. Much like automobiles, the traditional commercial targets for robbers like convenience stores and fast-food restaurants have hardened themselves against criminal attack and have reduced available cash. Technology has allowed commercial establishments to install affordable video surveillance systems, silent alarms, and other anti-crime deterrent devices. A residence, by comparison, is now a more attractive choice.
Home invaders know that they won't have to overcome alarm systems when the home is occupied or be worried about video cameras and silent alarms. Unlike robbing a retail store, home invaders expect privacy once inside your home and won’t have to deal with the police suddenly driving up or customers walking in. Once the offenders take control of a residence they can force the occupants to open safes, locate hidden valuables, supply keys to the family car, and PIN numbers to their ATM cards. Home invaders will try to increase their escape time by disabling the phones and sometimes will leave their victims bound or incapacitated. It is not unheard of for robbers to load up the victim’s car with valuables and drive away without anyone in the neighborhood taking notice.
Method of Operation
The most common point of attack is through the front door or garage. Sometimes the home invader will simply kick open the door and confront everyone inside. More common is when the home invaders knock on the door first or ring the bell. The home invader hopes that the occupant will simply open the door, without question, in response to their knock. Unfortunately, many people do just that.
Home invaders will sometimes use a ruse or impersonation to get you to open the door. They have been known to pretend to be delivering a package, flowers or lie about an accident like hitting your parked car. Once the door is opened for them, the home invaders will use an explosive amount of force and threats to gain control of the home and produce fear in the victims. Once the occupants are under control the robbers will begin to collect your valuables.
Some home robbers have been known to spend hours ransacking a residence while the homeowners are bound nearby watching in terror. Some robbers have been known to eat meals, watch TV, or even take a nap. A major fear is that the robbers might commit more violence like sexual assault or even murder. Some robbers have kidnapped and forced a victim to withdraw cash from their ATM machine or take them to their small business to rob it as well.
Excerpts taken from Chris E McGoey, CPP, CSP, CAM
Friday, December 31, 2010
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Getting greased up
Of interest to police and others, sent to me by e-mail.
Safety warning: Beware of slippery suspects
Is hand lotion the newest threat to officer safety?
In California, sheriff’s deputies stopped a vehicle with occupants that included an ex-con gangbanger who’d recently escaped from an unsuccessful buy/bust operation. Ordered out, he “remained calm and appeared to be very cooperative, allowing himself to be placed into a cursory search position” for a pat-down, according to a report of the incident.
But “as soon as his hands were gathered behind his head, he slipped out of the deputy’s grasp and fled on foot.” He reached to his waistband several times as he ran, but never produced a weapon or fired a shot.
Good thing! The searching deputy discovered that he was “unable to grasp his service pistol because his hands were made extremely slippery from something on the suspect.”
Others from the car explained: As soon as the deputies pulled behind them, the ex-con began “applying an extremely large ‘coating’ of hand lotion on his hands, wrists, and arms — readying himself for a physical confrontation.”
A safety alert from the LAPD warns that “it is reasonable to assume” that applying copious amounts of lotion, cream, or other lubricant is “a new tactic being taught” among prison inmates to escape from being searched or physically detained.
“It is important to remember this tactic when coming in contact with any street gang member, especially those belonging to Hispanic gangs,” the alert advises.
“There’s no end of weird stuff you can encounter on the street,” comments Bob Willis, former instructor for the Calibre Press Street Survival® Seminar. “You have to really be vigilant.
“Gangbangers and other criminals expect to get stopped. Their whole lives revolve around how to defeat the police. Unfortunately, they often engage in when/then thinking more than cops do.”
Instructor Gary Klugiewicz agrees that intensifying threat assessment before and during an approach is critical in preempting potentially deadly surprises. “Good threat assessment involves more than just being alert for standard pre-attack postures,” he says. “You need to be carefully listening to what each subject is saying, watching what he’s doing, assessing his appearance, evaluating everything about him and the surrounding environment, and asking yourself, ‘How is this person and situation different from what I normally see?’ ”
From a practical standpoint, he adds, “Always reach for contact first with your reaction hand so your gun hand stays safe.”
Another trainer, Officer Gary Monreal of the New Berlin (Wisc.) PD, suggests that “the use of certain ‘tactile’ gloves may help” deal with the slippery-hands problem, providing the glove can “withstand a substance and still have gripping ability.”
Likewise, having backup present, if available, may discourage suspect resistance.
“If, at any time during the contact, an officer perceives that a substance has been applied to the suspect, the officer needs to escalate force or disengage from the subject,” Monreal says. One option might be to have the suspect kneel during the pat-down, in an effort to better control him.
“The key is for the officer to identify the risk associated with a subject’s ‘greasing’ up,” Monreal says. “Why else would a subject do that, other than to resist an officer’s attempts at control? Having knowledge of this offender tactic may help an officer articulate why he or she took ‘extra measures’ during a pat-down.”
Safety warning: Beware of slippery suspects
Is hand lotion the newest threat to officer safety?
In California, sheriff’s deputies stopped a vehicle with occupants that included an ex-con gangbanger who’d recently escaped from an unsuccessful buy/bust operation. Ordered out, he “remained calm and appeared to be very cooperative, allowing himself to be placed into a cursory search position” for a pat-down, according to a report of the incident.
But “as soon as his hands were gathered behind his head, he slipped out of the deputy’s grasp and fled on foot.” He reached to his waistband several times as he ran, but never produced a weapon or fired a shot.
Good thing! The searching deputy discovered that he was “unable to grasp his service pistol because his hands were made extremely slippery from something on the suspect.”
Others from the car explained: As soon as the deputies pulled behind them, the ex-con began “applying an extremely large ‘coating’ of hand lotion on his hands, wrists, and arms — readying himself for a physical confrontation.”
A safety alert from the LAPD warns that “it is reasonable to assume” that applying copious amounts of lotion, cream, or other lubricant is “a new tactic being taught” among prison inmates to escape from being searched or physically detained.
“It is important to remember this tactic when coming in contact with any street gang member, especially those belonging to Hispanic gangs,” the alert advises.
“There’s no end of weird stuff you can encounter on the street,” comments Bob Willis, former instructor for the Calibre Press Street Survival® Seminar. “You have to really be vigilant.
“Gangbangers and other criminals expect to get stopped. Their whole lives revolve around how to defeat the police. Unfortunately, they often engage in when/then thinking more than cops do.”
Instructor Gary Klugiewicz agrees that intensifying threat assessment before and during an approach is critical in preempting potentially deadly surprises. “Good threat assessment involves more than just being alert for standard pre-attack postures,” he says. “You need to be carefully listening to what each subject is saying, watching what he’s doing, assessing his appearance, evaluating everything about him and the surrounding environment, and asking yourself, ‘How is this person and situation different from what I normally see?’ ”
From a practical standpoint, he adds, “Always reach for contact first with your reaction hand so your gun hand stays safe.”
Another trainer, Officer Gary Monreal of the New Berlin (Wisc.) PD, suggests that “the use of certain ‘tactile’ gloves may help” deal with the slippery-hands problem, providing the glove can “withstand a substance and still have gripping ability.”
Likewise, having backup present, if available, may discourage suspect resistance.
“If, at any time during the contact, an officer perceives that a substance has been applied to the suspect, the officer needs to escalate force or disengage from the subject,” Monreal says. One option might be to have the suspect kneel during the pat-down, in an effort to better control him.
“The key is for the officer to identify the risk associated with a subject’s ‘greasing’ up,” Monreal says. “Why else would a subject do that, other than to resist an officer’s attempts at control? Having knowledge of this offender tactic may help an officer articulate why he or she took ‘extra measures’ during a pat-down.”
Saturday, December 25, 2010
They look like terrorists to me
http://thedailypatdown.com/
Grandma Got Molested at the Airport
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qdb6wC0Iz4&feature=player_embedded
I'll Be Groped For Christmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KucnZVKZfKQ&feature=player_embedded#!
Grandma Got Molested at the Airport
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qdb6wC0Iz4&feature=player_embedded
I'll Be Groped For Christmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KucnZVKZfKQ&feature=player_embedded#!
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Matt Walk makes black
Congratulations to Matt!
Friday, December 17, 2010
New post on www.leewedlake.com
I have posted an article on eye pokes and hooks in the Member section of my site. Here's an excerpt.
Consider too that the reaction to the hook is usually different than the poke. The hook tends to keep the head in place and turn it before they try to pull it back (the natural reaction to being hit in the eyes). A poke tends to move the head backward along the line it was struck on. In short, the hook turns the head and the poke moves it back. There’s a “dirty trick” the Silat people use in which you take the man down on his back and poke at his eyes. His reaction is to pull his head back and so he hits it on the ground even when you don’t get him with the poke. This could be used against a wall, too or of there were two opponents close together. Neat.
To access all the available articles and scans, you can join for $29/yr at http://www.leewedlake.com/index.asp?PageID=29
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
20th anniversary
Today, Dec. 15, is the 20th anniversary of the passing of Ed Parker. He'd have been 79 this year, turning 80 in March. It doesn't seem that long. We will never forget you.
News spot on tai chi
Here's a link for a short thing they did on my class at the local hospital. http://www.leememorial.org/healthmatters/index.asp
See the Dec 14th SHARE Club/tai chi segment.
See the Dec 14th SHARE Club/tai chi segment.
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