March 11, 2024 • 20 mins
Buckle up with me, Bill Bateman, as I guide you through the art of situational awareness, helping to ensure you're never caught off guard. Shaking up your routine is more than a mere change of scenery—it's a critical strategy to keep your senses razor-sharp. This chat isn't just about making it safely from point A to point B; it's a deeper dive into the psychology of vigilance, from smarter parking choices to the nuances of seasonal safety shifts. I'll share firsthand why varying your drive and keeping your neighborhood in check can make all the difference when it comes to personal and community security.
In the throes of warmer days and longer nights, we don't just bask in the sun; we're also shining a light on those who weave the fabric of our community stronger, like Phoenix's Modern Prometheans theater. Let's revisit the trusty tools in our safety arsenal to see if they still stand the test of time. Join me as I recount a car alarm tale that underscores the symbiotic relationship between home defense and neighborly awareness. We'll also talk tech, weighing the pros and cons of outdoor cameras, and giving you the lowdown on leveraging emergency services effectively. So tune in, share with your family and friends, and let's fortify our collective safety one episode at a time.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Last week we were talking about situational
awareness and staying alert.
We're going to go deeper intothat this week and things that
can help get you out of yourcomfort zone and a little more
aware.
We're also going to take a lookat the video version of this
program Yup, that's coming updown the road.
We're also going to take a lookat the warmer weather ahead and
(00:24):
how that can impact your homesecurity and safety.
All of that plus a visit to MrBill's neighborhood.
Come on in, let's get thisgoing Well.
Hi everybody, I'm Bill Bateman,part of the team here.
It refused to be a victim.
(00:44):
Personal protection training.
We're located.
You know where we are.
We're in the Medford White Cityarea of Southern Oregon,
specifically 6800 Kershaw in theold Camp White shooting range.
That's where Kershaw and Coreycome together in an annoying
sharp curve, so slow down whenyou're pulling in, but we do
(01:07):
want you to do the pull and endpart and come see us.
Let's talk about changing up ourroutine.
Sometimes we get toocomfortable.
I know I'm guilty of this in anumber of different areas.
Habits are okay, but they canbecome a rut and you get this
almost fog over your vision.
(01:27):
It's like your glasses fog upor your windshield gets impaired
because of it being coldoutside.
Well, there's a lot of ways tosnap yourself out of a rut and
bring your awareness back intofocus.
Life will do this for you,whether you want it to or not,
in the form of an accident, ahealth scare or the car breaking
(01:47):
down.
It's one minute, you're fine.
The next minute there's thatthump thump, thump, thump and
you've got a flat tire, a caraccident.
It can be an accident in thehome, falling off a ladder I
knew this ladder was defectiveor a health scare, finding out
that, oh my god, it really doestake 10 to 14 hours in the
emergency room, even if you'regoing in with chest pains.
(02:08):
So when should you worry aboutthis?
I'm going to say now, or whenyou're done listening.
Don't turn this off and runover, and well, that might you
know.
I think it might be a good ideato do exactly that.
Some of this stuff is important.
Don't wait till you're sittingnext to the side of the road
waiting for an ambulance torealize you've been in a haze.
(02:31):
Focus on this.
Too often, those routines, wehear it often in an accident,
that car came out of nowhere.
No, it really didn't.
It's about.
You know, 2000 pounds, brightsilver, and had the radio and
the lights on.
It was pretty easy to spot.
You had gotten complacent, youhad gotten fog.
(02:51):
So how do we deal with this?
How do we break this?
Well, first of all, justadmitting yeah, I've done that.
It can happen to me.
Take different routes wheneverpossible.
Now, sometimes life will bringyou a different route, just
without even being asked, in theform of a detour, a form of
construction delay.
(03:11):
You've got to get around anobstacle.
These are good little.
I hate this.
It makes my blood boil becauseit's not really announced on the
radio.
Or yeah, foothill Boulevard isstill closed.
It's been closed for about ayear.
Off and on, they're doing somegood work up there.
I'm sure I have stopped using itentirely, which means I'm now
(03:33):
coming across Highway 62 ortaking the bypass to other ways
I can go, and sometimes comingacross the street and there's
construction.
There'll be a detour.
Yes, they're annoying.
Yes, the neighbors are outthere in lawn furniture looking
at you and many of them aresmiling, but it's a good way to
(03:54):
find out more about yourcommunity.
Can you get to such and such anarea by going down this street?
Oh my gosh, this would not begood in a truck.
It's a very thin street, anarrow street and there's cars
parked on it, so you're notgoing to get that big moving van
down the road.
Staying alert, staying aware ofyour surroundings is important
(04:17):
when you're driving.
It's also important in case ofan emergency.
So what about other areas thatwe can apply this thought?
Well, parking, parking indifferent areas of the parking
lot.
Now, if I go to the market, ifI go to Fred Myers, if I go to
Albertson any of the number ofshopping areas you can go I
(04:39):
don't like to park in the mosthighly used portions.
I don't like to get door dings,especially trying to get my car
in next to the 4x4 Dooley whichis trying to park in the
compact spot and you know you doit and we know who you are.
(04:59):
Stop it, reduce your door dingsby 50%, choose that end spot
that has a curb or a tree thereand park close to that, and
you've reduced by 50% the amountof damage your car can take,
thanks to other drivers.
Also, I don't like to parkclose to a whole lot of other
(05:23):
cars If I happen to be the onlycar at the end of the row and I
notice people are following meand there's no other cars down
there.
Well, they could be going onthrough, they could be going to
the gas station or this could besomething I have to be aware of
.
I prefer to be alert.
I prefer to have my eyes openand evaluating the entire time.
(05:47):
So just some ideas.
Don't let your routine lull youinto complacency.
Don't let your need forconvenience Put you in a bad
spot in a parking lot orespecially like if you're going
to a club or a theater, parkingdown by the dumpster in the
(06:07):
corner where the lights out.
No people, no, even if youcarry a flashlight.
Bad plan.
And especially now, as we'rethe weather's getting nicer.
Criminals don't like coldweather any more than you do,
but as the temperatures warm up,they kind of thaw out.
Now, yes, if it is snowing, tryand get by the door.
Hopefully there's been at leasta an attempt at de-icing.
(06:31):
But now that things are gettinga little bit better, keep your
eyes open.
Think about it in advance.
Don't wait until the lastminute to make some of these
choices.
I mentioned we're gettingstarted on a video version and I
mentioned we're gonna startdoing these on video.
Well, I'm excited about this.
(06:52):
It's been a long process and Igot kind of a jumpstart to get
this happening.
Habits and we're just talkingabout that can interfere in
regular day-to-day processes aswell.
Let me tell you how I'm a zoomguy.
When I was at the university Idid a lot of zoom.
I worked, in fact.
Well, I was one of the firstpeople bringing zoom on campus
(07:15):
Through.
Some of the IT departmentbrought it on.
It came to our department.
We worked with helping peopleget it to work for them.
So zoom is what I think of.
Automatically it became a habit.
Well, I decided to use zoom forour new recording of the video
cast, going from podcast tovideo cast.
(07:36):
Except zoom does not like toadjust portrait to landscape,
and I spent half a day trying tomake it work and getting pretty
frustrated I mean, I'm mr Zoom,for heaven's sakes.
Well, I had to do a littleresearch and discover that the
Video on my cell phone not onlyworks faster, but it's got
better quality and it's going tobe easier to Edit.
(07:59):
So the camera setting on mycell phone in this case topped
my zoom.
This allowed me to complete mycamera testing.
We're also testing audio andwireless microphone systems.
The whole plan of this is to getmore location work done, a lot
of this.
I do the research, I do thetesting.
You never see any of that.
(08:20):
I just write it down and comeback and I talk to you here in
my little studio.
Well, we're gonna be out in thefield and we're gonna be adding
more content.
Now my wife God bless her.
She's helped me in the past fewyears with my videos that I use
in my ollie class at SOU and itturns out she has quite the
(08:41):
knack as a camera person and asa producer.
So eat your heart out.
Stephen Colbert, if you don'tpick up on that reference, he's
a nighttime talk show host, doesthe late show and during COVID
he and his wife did the show,first from their home and Then
from a little corner of hisstudio.
(09:02):
They got permission to use andthey did this nighttime show all
on their own, the two of themproducing it together, and it's
in a whole another story.
That's pretty funny.
So these podcasts are going tocontinue on schedule.
You'll find the podcast whereyou normally do.
There'll be a link at thebottom which will take you to
(09:23):
the video segment, and I want toavoid just sitting there
talking.
I mean this is riveting to seehow this is done.
But, like I said, more locationwork and we're not going to be
doing product recommendations,me playing with a folding knife
or Trying to roll up a sleepingbag on camera Hours of fun.
(09:43):
But really, do you really care?
We're gonna have more content,like at the past few weeks,
expanding the viewpoint ofsurvival beyond the bug out bag,
day to day Life hacks, ways tobe a more engaged member of our
community, and I hope it worksout.
(10:03):
We're getting some goodresponse to just the changes in
content I'm doing here.
We're going to continue withthat and, as always, the doors
open, cards and letters alwayswelcome.
On that topic, I'm going to havea new feature.
I'm going to call it How's thatworking out for you?
Over the past seven years and Igot people who'll verify this I
(10:24):
have bought a lot of stuffProducts we're not sponsored,
although it's about time forthat to happen too, but we're
not sponsored.
If I say I like a product, it'sbecause I bought it, I paid for
it and it did what I thought itwould do.
I'm not going to go easy on aproduct just because they're
bankrolling us, because nobody'sdoing that.
(10:47):
We're going to look at thingslike did this thing work?
Was it durable?
What were some specificproblems we had in the products
I purchased?
More important, I think, to you, would I still recommend it?
What's new in that area ofutility?
Is it a better sleeping bag?
Is it a better solar generator?
(11:07):
What are possible new ideas andnew options?
So that's one thing we're goingto be doing.
How's that working out for you?
And if you got anything you'dlike me to talk about, I'd be
happy to entertain that.
I'm not going to go buysomething new.
I'm retired folks, sorry, butyeah, let's look at that.
Also, something brand new, mrBill's Neighborhood.
(11:30):
Yes, indeed, new perspectives.
I'm open to new things.
We're talking about changingour focus, breaking out of ruts.
I'm going to put arecommendation to a community
business that's caught myattention and helps you do that
Break out of the box.
Now there's interestinglyenough, this is a new theater in
Phoenix.
The name of the theater companyis the Modern Prometheans and
(11:54):
it's located at 310 North MainStreet in Phoenix About 30 to 40
seats.
The actors are right there infront of you and it's called
Black Box Theater, minimal Props.
This was a really good show.
I enjoyed it.
I'm going to go see future workwith them and I'm going to
include a link out of the RogueValley Times.
(12:16):
They mentioned the story and alittle bit about the theater
company, the people doing it.
I'm going to put the link onthe front page.
So look for that right underthe link to the emergency phone
number.
And if you like theater, if youlike new ideas, if you like
keeping the gray cells just alittle more flexible, check it
(12:39):
out.
I think you'll like it.
Also, let's see coming up.
Hey, it's time to start bookingyour classes.
This month's Concealed Carryclass did sell out and, thank
you, we appreciate it.
We appreciate your support andyour interest.
It is held indoors and they'relike there's restrooms and soda
(12:59):
machines.
You'd have to bring your ownlunch, but yeah, you're not out
there in the rain.
It's nicer to take a classthere.
We're also seeing increasedinterest in the home defense
class.
We have two home defenseclasses and more and more people
are taking a serious look atdefending your own kingdom.
Now let's take those classes,let's come on out, let's read,
(13:24):
let's study, let's learn andalso let's change our point of
view.
Around our house we look at itfrom the point of a prospective
criminal.
If you've ever locked yourselfout of your own house, how easy
is it for you to get in?
Who in the neighborhood wouldnotice if you broke a window or
(13:44):
a door?
We went over and this is kindof telling family members
heading off on a vacation andinstead of parking in the
parking lot at the airport, theygot an Uber over and then we're
going to take their car overand drop it out in one of the
lots.
We have an arranged area.
They know where to look for it,so when they come out, they'll
(14:06):
be paying for three or fourhours parking instead of four or
five days.
Well, we went to pick up the car, they gave us the key and their
car alarm went off.
Now, this is a big truck, to be100% honest.
So this big truck alarm isgoing off.
It was loud, it was the middleof the day Honk, honk, honk,
(14:29):
honk, honk.
We couldn't get it to turn offthe little button.
Long story we finally gotthings under control, but I
noticed that alarm had beengoing off for 10 minutes.
10 minutes of a blaring truckalarm.
Nobody looked out a window.
So what is in your area?
(14:49):
We've got a new view of thisapartment complex.
But in your neighborhood, whowould notice if the car alarm
went off or if the front porchlights were flashing on and off
or you had an internal burglaralarm system, who would hear it?
And do you have a responsesystem and have you updated that
?
So let's look at the point ofview of bad guys.
(15:14):
How easy is it for bad thingsto happen in your house, in your
neighborhood?
Let's take a little morepersonal responsibility.
Is the gate latch broken?
Look around after the winterit's been a pretty good winter
rain, snow in many areas, windstuff banging back and forth as
the gate latch broken out thereas that loose board Our lights
(15:35):
out from either wind damage orsimply burning out.
That leads to dark.
So in the backyard, are therenew people in the neighborhood?
Have you met them?
Do you know who they are?
Whose car is that you seedriving up and down the street?
Are you alert to that type ofthing?
A lot of folks turn to outdoorcameras.
They don't want to go out andconfront, they want to just see
(15:57):
what's going on, and reallythat's not a bad idea.
You're not a law enforcementofficer.
If you see something that youthink is dangerous, you should
report it.
If it's an emergency, use 911.
If not, have that non-emergencynumber located right by the
phone or in your speed dial.
But if you're interested inoutdoor cameras, come on back.
(16:19):
Next week we're going to talkmore about them.
There's some good points,there's some bad points, and
they can run you a little bit ora whole bunch.
Let's turn to calling 911.
That's what we do in anemergency.
That is the correct thing to do.
However, here's something youdidn't know.
Okay, in an emergency, as wejust mentioned, you're going to
call 911 and ideally, yournumber is going to pop up on the
(16:43):
screen of the dispatcher.
It won't always happen.
If you're using on a VIOP or acomputer based phone, it may not
be there.
So it's your responsibility toknow what your phone system will
do.
But let's take this littlefurther.
If you're in a situation whereyou can't get to the door you've
fallen, you broke your leg.
(17:03):
I hate the I've fallen and Ican't get up thing, but it
happens Give the dispatcher alittle extra help.
Well, you still can, before amedical emergency, call the
dispatch center and I'm going toput the number at the front.
I mentioned it earlier.
I think I got off my script,but the dispatch center's phone
(17:24):
number for 911 is going to be atthe front of the broadcast,
right there in the stuff toremember section.
You're going to call and ask foroption six key location and
give them the location of anemergency key.
Now I strongly advise havingone of these and don't put it
(17:45):
under the mat, don't put itunder one of those stones that
doesn't look like any stone thatoccurs in nature.
We used to have a key box, likerealtors had.
It was padlocked to the chainlength fence to use a four
number combination to open itand there'd be a key inside.
That's pretty obvious andsomebody could probably get that
(18:06):
apart if they had enough, notlike a car alarm blaring for 10
minutes and no one noticing it.
But we now have an officialhide key and we have a special
hide key location and it's acombination and you still have
to deal with our alarm insidewhich has people responding to
it.
It's making a lot of noise andannoyed the dog.
(18:28):
If you're going to have anemergency key and I recommend
you do reach out to the dispatchcenter If you call and you have
a medical emergency and theycan't get in easily.
They are going to come in and Ithank you for that.
That's what they need to do tocome in and save your life.
So don't be surprised if youhear the door splinter when they
(18:52):
come in and lets.
You've given them at thedispatch center, where your
emergency key is hidden.
So these are just all things tothink about as we approach the
change in season.
New seasons, new time, changespring forward.
All that business, new thingsto do.
Stay alert, stay aware.
(19:14):
Keep your mind agile.
Don't get focused on what'sgoing on in the radio.
Look at what's going on aroundyou.
Keep your situational awarenesshigh.
That's all we got for this week.
I'd like to invite you back nextweek.
Like I say, we got more thingscoming.
Mr Bill's neighborhood mighthave a new suggestion.
We're gonna look at our firstinstallment of how's that
(19:37):
working out for you, and we'regonna look at cameras, outdoor
cameras and possible ways toensure You're gonna stay safe.
We will see you in class orwe'll see you out at the ranger,
and I certainly hope we'll seeyou here next week.
Remember, download this, shareit, put the word out on it.
(19:58):
We want to build somelistenerships, we've got some
things to talk about and we wantyou to share Everybody's
welcome here.
So come back and see us.
Until then, be safe, have agood week.
The preceding program was apresentation of retired guy
(20:23):
productions.
Last week we were talking about situational
awareness and staying alert.
We're going to go deeper intothat this week and things that
can help get you out of yourcomfort zone and a little more
aware.
We're also going to take a lookat the video version of this
program Yup, that's coming updown the road.
We're also going to take a lookat the warmer weather ahead and
(00:24):
how that can impact your homesecurity and safety.
All of that plus a visit to MrBill's neighborhood.
Come on in, let's get thisgoing Well.
Hi everybody, I'm Bill Bateman,part of the team here.
It refused to be a victim.
(00:44):
Personal protection training.
We're located.
You know where we are.
We're in the Medford White Cityarea of Southern Oregon,
specifically 6800 Kershaw in theold Camp White shooting range.
That's where Kershaw and Coreycome together in an annoying
sharp curve, so slow down whenyou're pulling in, but we do
(01:07):
want you to do the pull and endpart and come see us.
Let's talk about changing up ourroutine.
Sometimes we get toocomfortable.
I know I'm guilty of this in anumber of different areas.
Habits are okay, but they canbecome a rut and you get this
almost fog over your vision.
(01:27):
It's like your glasses fog upor your windshield gets impaired
because of it being coldoutside.
Well, there's a lot of ways tosnap yourself out of a rut and
bring your awareness back intofocus.
Life will do this for you,whether you want it to or not,
in the form of an accident, ahealth scare or the car breaking
(01:47):
down.
It's one minute, you're fine.
The next minute there's thatthump thump, thump, thump and
you've got a flat tire, a caraccident.
It can be an accident in thehome, falling off a ladder I
knew this ladder was defectiveor a health scare, finding out
that, oh my god, it really doestake 10 to 14 hours in the
emergency room, even if you'regoing in with chest pains.
(02:08):
So when should you worry aboutthis?
I'm going to say now, or whenyou're done listening.
Don't turn this off and runover, and well, that might you
know.
I think it might be a good ideato do exactly that.
Some of this stuff is important.
Don't wait till you're sittingnext to the side of the road
waiting for an ambulance torealize you've been in a haze.
(02:31):
Focus on this.
Too often, those routines, wehear it often in an accident,
that car came out of nowhere.
No, it really didn't.
It's about.
You know, 2000 pounds, brightsilver, and had the radio and
the lights on.
It was pretty easy to spot.
You had gotten complacent, youhad gotten fog.
(02:51):
So how do we deal with this?
How do we break this?
Well, first of all, justadmitting yeah, I've done that.
It can happen to me.
Take different routes wheneverpossible.
Now, sometimes life will bringyou a different route, just
without even being asked, in theform of a detour, a form of
construction delay.
(03:11):
You've got to get around anobstacle.
These are good little.
I hate this.
It makes my blood boil becauseit's not really announced on the
radio.
Or yeah, foothill Boulevard isstill closed.
It's been closed for about ayear.
Off and on, they're doing somegood work up there.
I'm sure I have stopped using itentirely, which means I'm now
(03:33):
coming across Highway 62 ortaking the bypass to other ways
I can go, and sometimes comingacross the street and there's
construction.
There'll be a detour.
Yes, they're annoying.
Yes, the neighbors are outthere in lawn furniture looking
at you and many of them aresmiling, but it's a good way to
(03:54):
find out more about yourcommunity.
Can you get to such and such anarea by going down this street?
Oh my gosh, this would not begood in a truck.
It's a very thin street, anarrow street and there's cars
parked on it, so you're notgoing to get that big moving van
down the road.
Staying alert, staying aware ofyour surroundings is important
(04:17):
when you're driving.
It's also important in case ofan emergency.
So what about other areas thatwe can apply this thought?
Well, parking, parking indifferent areas of the parking
lot.
Now, if I go to the market, ifI go to Fred Myers, if I go to
Albertson any of the number ofshopping areas you can go I
(04:39):
don't like to park in the mosthighly used portions.
I don't like to get door dings,especially trying to get my car
in next to the 4x4 Dooley whichis trying to park in the
compact spot and you know you doit and we know who you are.
(04:59):
Stop it, reduce your door dingsby 50%, choose that end spot
that has a curb or a tree thereand park close to that, and
you've reduced by 50% the amountof damage your car can take,
thanks to other drivers.
Also, I don't like to parkclose to a whole lot of other
(05:23):
cars If I happen to be the onlycar at the end of the row and I
notice people are following meand there's no other cars down
there.
Well, they could be going onthrough, they could be going to
the gas station or this could besomething I have to be aware of
.
I prefer to be alert.
I prefer to have my eyes openand evaluating the entire time.
(05:47):
So just some ideas.
Don't let your routine lull youinto complacency.
Don't let your need forconvenience Put you in a bad
spot in a parking lot orespecially like if you're going
to a club or a theater, parkingdown by the dumpster in the
(06:07):
corner where the lights out.
No people, no, even if youcarry a flashlight.
Bad plan.
And especially now, as we'rethe weather's getting nicer.
Criminals don't like coldweather any more than you do,
but as the temperatures warm up,they kind of thaw out.
Now, yes, if it is snowing, tryand get by the door.
Hopefully there's been at leasta an attempt at de-icing.
(06:31):
But now that things are gettinga little bit better, keep your
eyes open.
Think about it in advance.
Don't wait until the lastminute to make some of these
choices.
I mentioned we're gettingstarted on a video version and I
mentioned we're gonna startdoing these on video.
Well, I'm excited about this.
(06:52):
It's been a long process and Igot kind of a jumpstart to get
this happening.
Habits and we're just talkingabout that can interfere in
regular day-to-day processes aswell.
Let me tell you how I'm a zoomguy.
When I was at the university Idid a lot of zoom.
I worked, in fact.
Well, I was one of the firstpeople bringing zoom on campus
(07:15):
Through.
Some of the IT departmentbrought it on.
It came to our department.
We worked with helping peopleget it to work for them.
So zoom is what I think of.
Automatically it became a habit.
Well, I decided to use zoom forour new recording of the video
cast, going from podcast tovideo cast.
(07:36):
Except zoom does not like toadjust portrait to landscape,
and I spent half a day trying tomake it work and getting pretty
frustrated I mean, I'm mr Zoom,for heaven's sakes.
Well, I had to do a littleresearch and discover that the
Video on my cell phone not onlyworks faster, but it's got
better quality and it's going tobe easier to Edit.
(07:59):
So the camera setting on mycell phone in this case topped
my zoom.
This allowed me to complete mycamera testing.
We're also testing audio andwireless microphone systems.
The whole plan of this is to getmore location work done, a lot
of this.
I do the research, I do thetesting.
You never see any of that.
(08:20):
I just write it down and comeback and I talk to you here in
my little studio.
Well, we're gonna be out in thefield and we're gonna be adding
more content.
Now my wife God bless her.
She's helped me in the past fewyears with my videos that I use
in my ollie class at SOU and itturns out she has quite the
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knack as a camera person and asa producer.
So eat your heart out.
Stephen Colbert, if you don'tpick up on that reference, he's
a nighttime talk show host, doesthe late show and during COVID
he and his wife did the show,first from their home and Then
from a little corner of hisstudio.
(09:02):
They got permission to use andthey did this nighttime show all
on their own, the two of themproducing it together, and it's
in a whole another story.
That's pretty funny.
So these podcasts are going tocontinue on schedule.
You'll find the podcast whereyou normally do.
There'll be a link at thebottom which will take you to
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the video segment, and I want toavoid just sitting there
talking.
I mean this is riveting to seehow this is done.
But, like I said, more locationwork and we're not going to be
doing product recommendations,me playing with a folding knife
or Trying to roll up a sleepingbag on camera Hours of fun.
(09:43):
But really, do you really care?
We're gonna have more content,like at the past few weeks,
expanding the viewpoint ofsurvival beyond the bug out bag,
day to day Life hacks, ways tobe a more engaged member of our
community, and I hope it worksout.
(10:03):
We're getting some goodresponse to just the changes in
content I'm doing here.
We're going to continue withthat and, as always, the doors
open, cards and letters alwayswelcome.
On that topic, I'm going to havea new feature.
I'm going to call it How's thatworking out for you?
Over the past seven years and Igot people who'll verify this I
(10:24):
have bought a lot of stuffProducts we're not sponsored,
although it's about time forthat to happen too, but we're
not sponsored.
If I say I like a product, it'sbecause I bought it, I paid for
it and it did what I thought itwould do.
I'm not going to go easy on aproduct just because they're
bankrolling us, because nobody'sdoing that.
(10:47):
We're going to look at thingslike did this thing work?
Was it durable?
What were some specificproblems we had in the products
I purchased?
More important, I think, to you, would I still recommend it?
What's new in that area ofutility?
Is it a better sleeping bag?
Is it a better solar generator?
(11:07):
What are possible new ideas andnew options?
So that's one thing we're goingto be doing.
How's that working out for you?
And if you got anything you'dlike me to talk about, I'd be
happy to entertain that.
I'm not going to go buysomething new.
I'm retired folks, sorry, butyeah, let's look at that.
Also, something brand new, mrBill's Neighborhood.
(11:30):
Yes, indeed, new perspectives.
I'm open to new things.
We're talking about changingour focus, breaking out of ruts.
I'm going to put arecommendation to a community
business that's caught myattention and helps you do that
Break out of the box.
Now there's interestinglyenough, this is a new theater in
Phoenix.
The name of the theater companyis the Modern Prometheans and
(11:54):
it's located at 310 North MainStreet in Phoenix About 30 to 40
seats.
The actors are right there infront of you and it's called
Black Box Theater, minimal Props.
This was a really good show.
I enjoyed it.
I'm going to go see future workwith them and I'm going to
include a link out of the RogueValley Times.
(12:16):
They mentioned the story and alittle bit about the theater
company, the people doing it.
I'm going to put the link onthe front page.
So look for that right underthe link to the emergency phone
number.
And if you like theater, if youlike new ideas, if you like
keeping the gray cells just alittle more flexible, check it
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out.
I think you'll like it.
Also, let's see coming up.
Hey, it's time to start bookingyour classes.
This month's Concealed Carryclass did sell out and, thank
you, we appreciate it.
We appreciate your support andyour interest.
It is held indoors and they'relike there's restrooms and soda
(12:59):
machines.
You'd have to bring your ownlunch, but yeah, you're not out
there in the rain.
It's nicer to take a classthere.
We're also seeing increasedinterest in the home defense
class.
We have two home defenseclasses and more and more people
are taking a serious look atdefending your own kingdom.
Now let's take those classes,let's come on out, let's read,
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let's study, let's learn andalso let's change our point of
view.
Around our house we look at itfrom the point of a prospective
criminal.
If you've ever locked yourselfout of your own house, how easy
is it for you to get in?
Who in the neighborhood wouldnotice if you broke a window or
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a door?
We went over and this is kindof telling family members
heading off on a vacation andinstead of parking in the
parking lot at the airport, theygot an Uber over and then we're
going to take their car overand drop it out in one of the
lots.
We have an arranged area.
They know where to look for it,so when they come out, they'll
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be paying for three or fourhours parking instead of four or
five days.
Well, we went to pick up the car, they gave us the key and their
car alarm went off.
Now, this is a big truck, to be100% honest.
So this big truck alarm isgoing off.
It was loud, it was the middleof the day Honk, honk, honk,
(14:29):
honk, honk.
We couldn't get it to turn offthe little button.
Long story we finally gotthings under control, but I
noticed that alarm had beengoing off for 10 minutes.
10 minutes of a blaring truckalarm.
Nobody looked out a window.
So what is in your area?
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We've got a new view of thisapartment complex.
But in your neighborhood, whowould notice if the car alarm
went off or if the front porchlights were flashing on and off
or you had an internal burglaralarm system, who would hear it?
And do you have a responsesystem and have you updated that
?
So let's look at the point ofview of bad guys.
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How easy is it for bad thingsto happen in your house, in your
neighborhood?
Let's take a little morepersonal responsibility.
Is the gate latch broken?
Look around after the winterit's been a pretty good winter
rain, snow in many areas, windstuff banging back and forth as
the gate latch broken out thereas that loose board Our lights
(15:35):
out from either wind damage orsimply burning out.
That leads to dark.
So in the backyard, are therenew people in the neighborhood?
Have you met them?
Do you know who they are?
Whose car is that you seedriving up and down the street?
Are you alert to that type ofthing?
A lot of folks turn to outdoorcameras.
They don't want to go out andconfront, they want to just see
(15:57):
what's going on, and reallythat's not a bad idea.
You're not a law enforcementofficer.
If you see something that youthink is dangerous, you should
report it.
If it's an emergency, use 911.
If not, have that non-emergencynumber located right by the
phone or in your speed dial.
But if you're interested inoutdoor cameras, come on back.
(16:19):
Next week we're going to talkmore about them.
There's some good points,there's some bad points, and
they can run you a little bit ora whole bunch.
Let's turn to calling 911.
That's what we do in anemergency.
That is the correct thing to do.
However, here's something youdidn't know.
Okay, in an emergency, as wejust mentioned, you're going to
call 911 and ideally, yournumber is going to pop up on the
(16:43):
screen of the dispatcher.
It won't always happen.
If you're using on a VIOP or acomputer based phone, it may not
be there.
So it's your responsibility toknow what your phone system will
do.
But let's take this littlefurther.
If you're in a situation whereyou can't get to the door you've
fallen, you broke your leg.
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I hate the I've fallen and Ican't get up thing, but it
happens Give the dispatcher alittle extra help.
Well, you still can, before amedical emergency, call the
dispatch center and I'm going toput the number at the front.
I mentioned it earlier.
I think I got off my script,but the dispatch center's phone
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number for 911 is going to be atthe front of the broadcast,
right there in the stuff toremember section.
You're going to call and ask foroption six key location and
give them the location of anemergency key.
Now I strongly advise havingone of these and don't put it
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under the mat, don't put itunder one of those stones that
doesn't look like any stone thatoccurs in nature.
We used to have a key box, likerealtors had.
It was padlocked to the chainlength fence to use a four
number combination to open itand there'd be a key inside.
That's pretty obvious andsomebody could probably get that
(18:06):
apart if they had enough, notlike a car alarm blaring for 10
minutes and no one noticing it.
But we now have an officialhide key and we have a special
hide key location and it's acombination and you still have
to deal with our alarm insidewhich has people responding to
it.
It's making a lot of noise andannoyed the dog.
(18:28):
If you're going to have anemergency key and I recommend
you do reach out to the dispatchcenter If you call and you have
a medical emergency and theycan't get in easily.
They are going to come in and Ithank you for that.
That's what they need to do tocome in and save your life.
So don't be surprised if youhear the door splinter when they
(18:52):
come in and lets.
You've given them at thedispatch center, where your
emergency key is hidden.
So these are just all things tothink about as we approach the
change in season.
New seasons, new time, changespring forward.
All that business, new thingsto do.
Stay alert, stay aware.
(19:14):
Keep your mind agile.
Don't get focused on what'sgoing on in the radio.
Look at what's going on aroundyou.
Keep your situational awarenesshigh.
That's all we got for this week.
I'd like to invite you back nextweek.
Like I say, we got more thingscoming.
Mr Bill's neighborhood mighthave a new suggestion.
We're gonna look at our firstinstallment of how's that
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working out for you, and we'regonna look at cameras, outdoor
cameras and possible ways toensure You're gonna stay safe.
We will see you in class orwe'll see you out at the ranger,
and I certainly hope we'll seeyou here next week.
Remember, download this, shareit, put the word out on it.
(19:58):
We want to build somelistenerships, we've got some
things to talk about and we wantyou to share Everybody's
welcome here.
So come back and see us.
Until then, be safe, have agood week.
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(20:23):
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