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Several months ago, I read an especially well written article in a law enforcement journal regarding off-duty security. It has stayed with me and as a result, I continue to see a number of items in my work for a cable company on the streets of Philadelphia.
Why do so many Philly cops feel the need to have an FOP license plate and “thin blue line” license plate and/or sticker on their own vehicles, frequently driven by their wives or teenagers? If an angry ex-con was looking for a police family to harm or a car most likely to contain a weapon why advertise your profession?
Secondly, I am an NRA Patron Life Member working towards Benefactor, the highest level. In addition, I am an NRA Certified Rifle, Pistol, Self-defense in the home, and Refuse to be a Victim Instructor as well as a Range Safety Officer.I have studied several Korean and Japanese martial arts since 1992. Yes I am very proud of all of this but no, nothing is on my HUMMER or my wife’s advertising any of it. Should you chose to attack me or my family, my GLOCK 21, FOX pepperspray, and SYPDERCO knife along with my martial arts skills will ALL be surprises to you!
Lastly, why give a potential child molester and/or serial killer the names of all your family members and whether you have a dog by putting the stick figure decal with this info on the back of your mini-van or SUV? Along with this, your kid’s name and which sports they play and for which school shouldn’t be info on the back of your vehicle for the same reasons.
Am I being paranoid or overly protective? I don’t think so!
It astounds me how much personal information people will volunteer about themselves.
Your comments provide a springboard to one of my personal perplexities: why does the government insist on publicly posting in so many places what the level of terrorism alert is? Potential terrorists (and criminals) know exactly what counter measures each level entails and how to avoid them. One security expert’s blog calls this “security theater,” done only to give us the illusion that steps are being enacted for public safety while actually what is being done undermines true safety.
When I see the “today’s terrorism danger” alerts, I always wonder if and where someone is standing off in the corner on a cell phone reporting “OK, Abdul, it is only yellow alert today, execute Plan A.”