Shaniya's Protect Me Guide
On How to Catch a Child Predator
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1.) Our children and Grandchildren should literally become Whistle Blowers. Parents can equip children with whistles should they choose, or teach them how to scream loudly should they feel threatened.
Our children need to be aware of their surroundings and should blow their whistles if they get separated in large crowds (mainly because screams may get drowned out in large crowds), while going to or coming from school, attending events, or at recreation or on vacation.
People automatically react when they hear a noise. They want to know where the sound is coming from, and that would make any child predator think twice and could stop them in their tracks in their attempt to abduct a child. If adults or other children react by asking "Do you know this man/woman?," or "What are you doing talking to that girl / boy?" you can probably deter another missing child or adult.
2.) All children should be taught that a whistle or screaming loudly can be used as a great deterrent, but these whistles should be used in case of emergencies (like a car alarm) when someone tries to get too close, or if the children get separated during a crowd gathering (as in the case of little Somer Thompson ) , or if someone gets too close to the child and tries to lure them away by asking if they saw their dog, cat, bird or anything else. The child can pretend like they are blowing on their whistle for fun, but they should blow as loudly and as long as they can.
Also find out what kind of candies your children like and buy them for them, so they are not tempted to take them from a person they don't know. The person offering them could be offering drugs or medication that could hinder a normal response from a child. In a case like that, the child can blow on that whistle, because in the time it may take a child to answer, they can be pushed into a car or muzzled and put to sleep by some sort of drug/chemical that may be on a handkerchief or towel.
3.) Enforce curfews where children are in their homes at 10PM. Contact your local broadcasters ask them to help bring back the public service announcement from the 1960's which says "It's Ten O'Clock. Do you know where your child is?"
4.) Political Correctness most likely has caused the weakness and breakdown in our communications and how we would normally handle things. That has to change. Part of taking our country back is taking control of our neighborhoods and protecting our children while letting them have some since of normalcy. We need our concerned (known to children as Nosey) neighbors back. These sort of neighbors know what kind of car a child left in, what color the license plates are, and what the person looked like who took the child, and which way they turned. We should look out of our doors and windows just for GP (General Principle) and when we see something wrong, we should take action.
5.) Help the police : According to the U.S Dept. Of Justice, 797,000 children are reported missing in a one year period. 2,185 children are reported missing each day. According to CNN's Headline News, there are an average of 62 cases for every police officer. That's overload, and there is no way they can effectively do each case justice with that kind of ratio.
We need to make sure that we take action when we see a child that looks scared, lost, timid, or the person with them looks suspicious. If an adult or older child sees a child going into a van with no windows, or a door with no windows or way out (like in an alleyway), then shout at that person and call the police.
6.) Strongly Consider a Neighborhood Predator Watch similar to a Neighborhood Watch. Re-evaluate child sex predators which may only be a case of children mis- behaving, so it can take some of the load off of the justice system and eliminate a lot of access paper work. Examples: Children are labeled sex predators for kissing a child younger (by a couple of years) than themselves, even if the younger of the two agreed to a consensual relationship. Every case should be evaluated in a case by case manner. This will allow the police to focus on real predators who are let out of our prisons
6A) Adults taking back their neighborhoods may want to have a whistle also to alert other neighbors something is happening. Get familiar with different types of whistle codes; just make sure a distressed whistle blow is long and hard.
7.) Our police departments across the country are so overloaded with cases they cannot possibly handle all the cases, and child sex predators know that. Man up, men and take back your neighborhoods; women who are just as tough should do so as well. Get some kind of training (free from the Police Department or somewhere that provides it).
Get finger printed or whatever it takes, as if you were in the military and take your neighborhood back http://www.mcgruff-safe-kids.com for fingerprinting information . The Military is sworn to protect our country against all enemies foreign and domestic, and we should have that same mentality against enemies of our children. You may have to be of the mind set that says "I don't care what happens to me as long as my children and the neighborhood are safe."
8) Tell children to report any misbehaving comments said by an older child to them or an adult, and have your parents report it to the police .
If the parents are not home and you feel threatened, don't be afraid to call 911.
9.) In order for our children not to be perceived has weak, let's make sure they are taught to fight back in extreme cases instead of not fighting at all. Crime has risen because the bullies have had weapons and the innocent have had mainly nothing but a prayer. Let's get the political correctness out of our children and parents' heads and let's use the old school approach.
10.) Child Defense Training Get your child training of some type to protect themselves ref: www.wisegeek.com if there are free courses enroll your children or have a former active military person in your neighborhood teach the children how to protect themselves. If preferred by parents, always have that whistle either around their neck or in close proximity (like taking it off to swim or participate in a sport that could be uncomfortable or could cause an accident while wearing it). If you can't afford karate for your children, teach them Kraaza (how to bite, kick, yell, scratch, kick to inflict pain where it hurts most as well as go limp screaming and hollering,) so the predator will have to drag the child, which will take longer for them to commit their act because it's harder to be put into a vehicle that way . In other words, teach them to just go crazy on their predator (not on innocent friends or family).
11) In some cases a friend of the family member may be a predator, and children should be aware and report to their parents any inappropriate behaviors. Should parents not be home, blow that whistle, yell, scream, run and act like a completely wild person. Try to break away to call the 911.
The Lockhart Family is working closely with Stop Child Trafficking Now, and if you want to get more involved please contact them at www.sctnow.org
This page is dedicated to Little Shaniya Lockhart Davis whose life was taken away from us way too early
