from
Pioneer Press

Be careful!
Abductions are Preventable.

DON'T BECOME A CRIME STATISTIC.
ABDUCTIONS can be prevented if you remember basic "smarts."

BE PARKING LOT SMART... During these shorter, darker days, thieves and robbers and killers may try to rob or hurt you.

IF A ROBBER asks for your wallet or purse and you are in a quiet, secluded lot, (and screams won't help) DO NOT HAND IT OVER! Toss it away from you so he must go get it. Run like your life depends on it (and it may) in the opposite direction.

IF YOU ARE EVER THROWN into the trunk of a car, kick out the back tail light and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy. The driver won't see you but hopefully everybody else will. This has saved lives.

DON'T SIT IN YOUR UNLOCKED CAR, talking on your cell phone, making a list, etc. A robber can slip into the passenger side, point a gun at you and force you to drive. As soon as you get into your car, lock the doors and drive away.

DON'T BE A SYMPATHETIC WOMAN. Serial killer Ted Bundy walked with a cane, asked for help getting into his car and then pounced.

YOU HEAR A CRYING baby or other strange noise at your door at night? DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR. Call police. Baby's cries can be recorded.

EVEN IF A PREDATOR has a gun, run! At least you'll be a moving target. It can mean your life if you go with him!

ALWAYS TAKE THE ELEVATOR and not the stairs. Stairwells are bad places to be alone. Be aware. Look around when you park. Beware of vans.

BETTER TO BE SAFE than sorry.