Walk Aware

Self-Protection Tips:

When a shady fella walks in the opposing direction on the other side of hall/trail, never put your head down and look at your phone or feet (especially within contact distance).

(1) Don’t walk alone. Bring a friend or capable K9, or maybe a Jaguar if you can find a trained/domesticated one.

(2) Keep your head up to communicate awareness and walk with confidence… as if you definitely wore deodorant that day.

(3) Pan your vision toward them, scanning the hands, then making quick eye contact. #DontBeSuspicious

(4) After they’re about to pass by, skillfully use your peripheral vision to track their movement (without looking paranoid of course)…and yes, stop staring, that’s a real beard.

(5) As they pass to the side and to your flank, give’em a second scan.

Take away their element of surprise.

We can talk about tools, environment, avenue of approach, effective range, pretext, fancy cheese selection, etc., in another post.

⚠️ And because it has to be said: take the ear pods or headphones out of your ears, especially if it’s Nickleback. They highly reduce your capability for situation awareness.