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| Aug 01, 2006 6:04 am |
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re: Attacks on MNC employee |
Deepak Shenoy
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The more I think about this the more the solutions seem to be:
1) Personal self defense: Useful if you are attacked by 1 or 2 people. Learn a martial art, or simple self defense techniques . Use the head and elbow, they can hurt. An uppercut hit with the lower part of the palm can knock a person senseless for a minute etc.
2) Weapons: I don't believe the concept of "self preservation" applies in Indian law - only self defense. Carry a pepper spray or an air gun - both are allowed for civilian use. You can also carry a knuckle duster - this is a hard iron ring that goes neatly around your fingers, and a punch can break a lot of bones. Obviously, if you carry a weapon be ready to use it - you can't point a pepper spray and not shoot if the person still attacks you.
3) Citizen's watch: I'd proposed a plan before and now I believe that each area can (or must) have it's own citizens watch. We can't have a Bangalore wide watch - that is like building a police force, which is ridiculously overdoing it. It's better to have people in each area take care of the watch, the roster and the scheduling.
There are some ground rules that each citizen's watch patrol should follow; I have mentioned a few above and will try to make a list on my web page.
4) Employing guards: People from each area can pay for patrolling guards - not really great for security but at least they can raise the alarm.
It's not possible to remove burglary completely. But we can make it difficult for the burglars. What is needed is not an internet web page or a ryze post - but action on the street.
How about a meeting to discuss security issues? I'm not in town this week and weekend, but how about next tuesday, at India coffee house on M.G. Road? Private Reply to Deepak Shenoy (new win) |
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