olivares personal assessment survival system updated 11012011

A Research & Analysis Services Company

Sergio Olivares, MPA

President & General Manager

Have you been a VICTIM of a violent crime?

If you were, could you have modified your behavior to lessen the possibility of becoming a VICTIM?

Do you know who is ultimately responsible for your own Personal Safety and Security?

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The majority of all crimes occur because we fail to take steps to protect ourselves and our property.

We make ourselves vulnerable and susceptible to criminal activity.

Your Personal Survival will depend on learning and applying the basic Olivares Personal Assessment

Survival System (OPASS) concepts described in this presentation.


Basic Personal Protection Techniques

Disengage a Conversation.

Keep your Distance.

Protect your Personal Space.

Memorize physical description.

Draw attention to yourself if necessary.

Call for Assistance.

Drop everything and RUN.


The average person engaged in normal, everyday

activities will not be aware that he / she is being

Targeted by criminals.

Every person is responsible for his / her own Personal

Safety and Security.


You should try to eliminate or avoid activities that expose you to Risks and Threats.

An Assessment allows a person to determine which Risks and Threats cannot be avoided and to make plans to

counter them by limiting exposure or reducing liability.


The Olivares Personal Assessment Survival System

(OPASS) can be used for personal or business purposes.

OPASS incorporates the concepts of the SAAM

Methodology to improve a person’s safety and survival.

Before using SAAM, conduct Research on targeted location

or individual.


SAAM Methodology

SCAN - the Immediate Area

APPLY - the Appropriate Safety Level

APPROACH - the Location with Caution

MONITOR - the Environment


SAAM Methodology

SCAN - the Immediate Area

What do you HEAR?

What do you SEE?

What do you SMELL?

Are you familiar with the immediate area?

Did you conduct an initial study of the area to learn about current crime trends?


SAAM Methodology

APPLY - the Appropriate Safety Level

Determine the Level of Personal Safety you should be

functioning under:

Unaware

Aware

Alert

Alarm


SAAM Methodology

APPROACH - the Location with Caution

Even if you are comfortable being in this area, and you are

very familiar with it, maintain a heightened level of

awareness

The situation can deteriorate at any moment


SAAM Methodology

MONITOR - the Environment – SITUATIONAL AWARENESS

Keep tabs on the changing Environment:

Decreasing Daylight

Arriving people at the location

Person’s behavioral changes

Changing Weather


After applying the SAAM Methodology, and the potential

for danger becomes apparent:

Depart the area Immediately

Seek Shelter

Seek Assistance

Help Others

Fight or Flight


After the situation is over:

Write an Incident Report / Brief

Conduct a Debriefing Session / After-Action Report

What are the Lessons Learned


Sergio Olivares, MPA

President & General Manager

(361) 694 - 2385

[email protected]

olivares personal assessment survival system updated 11012011

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