Safe at All Times

A veteran police officer offers clear, easy-to-follow guidelines on how to avoid dangerous situations at home, at work, and on the go, furnishing helpful advice on home security and safe travel and explaining how to deal with a variety of potentially deadly scenarios, how to protect oneself with diverse household objects, and more. Original.

With the first anniversary of September 11th fast approaching, veteran cop Rodgers gently reminds readers that while it's understandable to fear terrorists, it's the everyday events-car accidents, burglary-for which they should be prepared. This volume, she suggests, is a "secret weapon" for "positive action": a clearly developed and easy-to-read guide to staying safe, whether at home or abroad, by knowing what to do in a flood, in an internet chat room or during a mugging, and even how to "prepare for fear," raise streetwise kids and protect against eye strain at work. Rodgers, a confident coach, discusses numerous self-defense techniques, from how to get away from an attacker to how to use cell phones or pens to injure him. Recognizing that a person's natural squeamishness might prevent him or her from proper self-defense, she makes sure to encourage: biting an attacker may be "repellent," she says, but it also might be life-saving. Illus.
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