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Your life is more important than a transaction. Learn simple techniques that ensure you are

safe as you show homes, hold open houses, and meet for appointments.

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Real Estate Agent Safety Tips

• Follow your intuition. Trust your instincts!• Be suspicious of everyone.

• Never turn your back on guests.• Clients enter in front of you.

• ID and pre-qualify at your first appointment—have a procedure in place with new clients.

• Utilize technology.• Always keep your cell phone charged and close to you• Download personal security apps for your cell phone:

• Guardly• Moby, etc.

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Real Estate Agent Safety Tips

• Always communicate with your office.• Have a plan for safe open houses.

– Park where you cannot get blocked in.– Meet the neighbors.

• Use predetermined code words to alert your office of distress.• Conduct safe personal marketing.

– Ex. Do not be photographed with expensive jewelry.• Implement a buddy system – work in teams!• Dress for safety.

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SELF-DEFENSE TRAINING

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Self-Defense

• Self-defense training• Are you prepared to

defend yourself?

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Awareness

• SITUATIONAL AWARENESS: What is my situation? Am I aware of my surroundings?

• THREAT ASSESSMENT: What is the potential threat and how should I deal with it?

• ESCAPE AND EVASION PLAN: How do I avoid or escape the situation?

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Awareness

• IMMEDIATE ACTION DRILLS: Speed-Surprise-Aggression!

• ATTACK/DEFENSE DRILLS: Fight back and/or defend.

• PRE-EMPTIVE SELF-DEFENSE: “She who strikes first usually wins.” – Ernest Emerson (Paraphrase)

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Awareness Color Code System“My actions are a result of your actions.” – Bruce Lee

Colonel Cooper’s awareness color code system • WHITE: You are unprepared and unready to take lethal action. If

attacked, you will probably never know what hit you.

• YELLOW: You begin to understand that your life/safety is in danger and you may have to take action.

• ORANGE: You have identified the threat/adversary and prepare to take defensive/offensive action.

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Awareness Color Code System

• RED: You are in combat mode and will fight/shoot/take any action necessary to survive/win if necessary!

• BLACK: Your senses have overloaded and you shut down completely! You are of no use to yourself or the people who might have to depend on you.

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Survival

• The Three Ds of Survival1. DETECT!2. DENY!3. DESTROY!

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OODA Loop• OODA Loop: The process the human mind goes

through when faced with danger or startling situations.

Observe: You observe/see the event unfolding.

Orient: Your mind orients or attempts to orient the event.

Decide: Your mind decides that there is a threat and/or you are in danger.

Act: Your mind tells your body to act!

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Be a WarriorWhat kind of target are you? Be a warrior!

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Crime PreventionCRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL

DESIGN (CPTED)

• CPTED IN PARKING LOTS: “Very little time is devoted to parking designs in typical architectural education programs, and assignments for such projects are often relegated to the most inexperienced members of the architectural teams. As a result, active security systems are often needed to correct problems created by architectural designs that failed to incorporate CPTED.”

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ROOT YOURSELF IN THIS PRESENT MOMENT

“DANGER IS REAL. FEAR IS A CHOICE.”Be Smart, Be Safe

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Defend Yourself

To properly defend yourself, you must learn how to block and/or evade an attack.• High block: intended to protect the head from an overhead

strike (typically by some type of weapon). • Middle block: intended to protect the head and face blows

or strikes coming the left or right.• Deflection block: intended to “deflect” or redirect a punch,

stab, or grab.

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High Block

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High Block

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Middle Block

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Middle Block

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Middle Block

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Middle Block

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Defend Yourself

• Low block: intended to stop and/or deflect a kick to the groin area or lower extremities .

• Emergency block: This block is intended to protect the face and head from surprise and/or multiple strike attack. The defender covers the face while using the elbows to block. The intention is to try to get the attacker to injure his/her hand on the defender’s elbows.

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Low Block

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Low Block

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Emergency Block

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Emergency Block

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Emergency Block

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Strikes, Punches and Kicks

• Open hand palm strike!• Closed fist strike/punch!• Knee spike!• Front kick!• Rear elbow strike!• Rear groin chop!• Front/rear headbutt!• Front choke break!• Wrist grab/hold break!

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Action Plan

List at least ONE action you will take as a result of what you’ve learned.

1. _________________________________________

2. _________________________________________

3. ___________________________________________________________

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