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Pickpockets 3
You should be aware: The most vulnerable places to keep your wallet are in your back pants pockets, your inner coat jacket pockets, your backpack and/or your fanny packs (especially if the fanny pack is behind you). At the same … Continue reading
Pickpocket 4
Some things you can do to make it harder to pick your pocket: 1. If you carry your wallet in a pocket, try putting a rubber band around your wallet; the band’s friction against the fabric of your clothes can … Continue reading
Holidays
It’s the season for holidays, pickpockets, thefts, and other mischief. So I’m going to start a series of posts about how to protect yourself during this season of making merry. I hope you all find them useful.
Pickpockets 1
Pickpockets don’t just come out after dark, nor do they hang around only tourist spots and transportation hubs. They strike at all hours, in all venues, especially where money changes hands. So be on alert at banks, currency exchange booths, … Continue reading
Pickpockets 2
Pickpockets often create distractions to catch shoppers and tourists unaware. Sadly, as cute as groups of children may be, they aren’t always so angelic. While you are fawning over them, one may be slipping her tiny fingers into your pocket. … Continue reading
Be careful what you wish for–you might get it
The Washington Post today ran a Front Page Story about how the government is using cell phones as tracking devices. Sometimes this is done with warrants, sometimes without. Sometimes with probable cause, sometimes without. Privacy advocates object to the government … Continue reading
Cell phones as tracking devices
For those parents who want to know what their children are up too, the cell phone companies will let you do it for a fee: Sprint Nextel and Verizon has “ehanced 911” which you can subscribe to. Although slightly different, … Continue reading
dogs
This isn’t exactly one of my normal posts but something happened yesterday that I want to talk about. I was walking my dog in the park when we came up to a young lady and her dog. She pulled off … Continue reading
Practice, practice Practice
I’ve talked about this before, I think, but it bears repeating over and over. If you are going to have a weapon you must practice with it. CNN had this article linked to a man who shot 6 times at … Continue reading
Do Not Ignore Security
I just came from a 2 day conference sponsored by the ABA Law Practice Management in Washington D.C. While I was there I noticed that they had some books for sale and I went over to take a look. I … Continue reading
