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Women: Know Your Self-Defense Options
R.A.D Systems offers realistic options for women in a world that does not do enough to protect its women
How I Learned About R.A.D.
In 2004, I took a one-hour elective class that would completely change my life. I was 20 years old and was working the night shift as a dispatcher for a small-town police department. When I arrived, it was dark outside and was often dark when I finished my shift in the mornings. I was typically the only person in the building, sometimes for the entire night. If I had a visitor, it was typically an officer bringing in one of “the regulars” who had been drunkenly flashing his man bits down at the Hobo Pantry and needed time to sober up in our holding cell. Occasionally, we would have a county deputy or state trooper stop by for a cup of coffee and some human interaction to stay awake. Other than that, it was just me, myself, and I. I had the thought on more than one occasion that it would be nice to know how to protect myself in the event something happened while I was there alone.
Having been a college student at the time, there were several times that I asked, “How in hell did we wind up here?!” after a friend of a friend of a friend invited us to where-the-hell-are-we-ville for…
