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    The Busy Woman's Pocket Guide to Safety: Safety Tips for Busy Women on the Go
    The Busy Woman's Pocket Guide to Safety: Safety Tips for Busy Women on the Go
    The Busy Woman's Pocket Guide to Safety: Safety Tips for Busy Women on the Go
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    The Busy Woman's Pocket Guide to Safety: Safety Tips for Busy Women on the Go

    By Carla Thompson

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    About this ebook

    This book is written for every busy woman that values her personal safety. It contains safety tips for women but goes one step further and actually teaches women how to think about their safety and make wise judgments about everyday situations.

    This book could be used as an educational tool for women in:
    Non-profit Organizations, Corporations, Government Agencies, Churches, Violence Prevention Programs, Colleges and Universities, Self Defense Training

    This crime prevention pocket guide has been very successful here in the Detroit area. It has been featured in the Detroit News, Observer Eccentric Paper and on Fox 2 News Detroit. For more information please go to the website: www.thebusywomanspocketguide.com.

    Here are some of the tips you will see in the book:
    “This book little book is so valuable because the content it holds. Lives can truly be saved, and protected. Many crimes can be prevented because of lack of opportunity. The advice in this little book is awesome! In this book I am told: The things I need to do for safety.
    I am reminded of the importance doing the things I already know to do. It gave me some new things to do for safety that I never would have thought of.

    I learned so much in such a short time such as:

    New Ideas to protect myself -"waiting until the garage door close before getting out of the car."

    Things you should find out before appointments such as repair - "Make and model of vehicle, Name and description of representative"

    When you have to let someone in to do work what to put away, and what to Keep out and ready.

    Having the "ICE" numbers in place for easy and ready access.

    The List just goes on and on. You just will be amazed at how much powerful information is packed in this little dynamo of a book!

    I definitely would recommend this book to everyone especially women. The reason being is that it truly is a safety tool that every woman should read and use the wisdom that is therein. It tells you the practical thing you can and should do to be safe form. The place you live to traveling safely. It is an awesome piece of work. Thank you Carla for you diligence to produce such a work.” Minister Carolyn Thornton

    “The book was easy to read. The book was informative. I take my personal safety more seriously. I will take the tips. I do feel empowered to make better decisions.”
    Bernice Waller, EVP, Federally Employed Women

    “I found your book insightful, informational and easy to read. I spent 31 years as a police command officer in the Detroit Police Department and your book would have saved hundreds of women from being victims of assaults, purse snatching, car and home break-ins, and other serious crimes had they read your information.”
    Roosevelt Lawrence, Marygrove College Campus Security

    “Carla Thompson is not only an author, she is also a crime prevention specialist, who has researched women as victims of crime. As I pointed out earlier, Carla has written this booklet based on her own experiences. She lived on her own while working and going to school at night, and travelled internationally.

    I liked this booklet because it was a quick read, that was filled with simple, common sense advice. Since I borrowed the copy I read, I’ve decided to buy at least one copy, for my daughter, a college student who lives in an off-campus apartment. I worry about her every day! If she at least takes Carla’s “date diary” advice, I’d be happy!” Camille Goscicki, AKA Bea Boomer

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCarla Thompson
    Release dateApr 19, 2011
    ISBN9780984328727
    The Busy Woman's Pocket Guide to Safety: Safety Tips for Busy Women on the Go
    Author

    Carla Thompson

    Carla M. Thompson is the owner of Ladies First Publishing, LLC and publisher of The Busy Woman’s Pocket Guide Series (www.thebusywomanspocketguide.com). Carla is also the author of “The Busy Woman’s Pocket Guide to Safety” which includes most of the safety tips that were developed while she was living in Detroit. Carla is a graduate of the University of Detroit Mercy were she received her BA in Finance. She is also a graduate of Oakland University where she received her MBA. She has worked in the automotive industry for most of her career.Carla is very passionate about educating women concerning their personal safety and has been in most of the situations that busy career oriented women find themselves in everyday (i.e. traveling abroad, working late hours, and living alone). Carla has been featured in the on Fox 2 News Detroit Morning Show, on Detroit’s Angelo Henderson’s “Your Voice” WCHB, and in the Detroit News and in the Observer Eccentric Newspapers. She also conducts crime prevention workshops at college campuses, schools, libraries, women's organizations, etc.Carla Thompson has spent most of her career in the automotive industry as a buyer. She has worked for both an automotive manufacturer and a automotive supplier. She looks forward to pursuing other challenging, strategic roles in this area

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      The Busy Woman's Pocket Guide to Safety - Carla Thompson

      The Busy Woman's Pocket Guide to Safety

      Carla M. Thompson

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2009 Carla Michelle Thompson

      Ladies First Publishing, LLC

      ALL RIGHTS RESERVED No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means — electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise — without prior written permission, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review.

      For information about this title or to order other books and/or electronic media, contact the publisher: Ladies First Publishing, LLC PO Box 772 Garden City, MI 48135 www.thebusywomanspocketguide.com 734-326-2544

      ISBN: 978-0-9843287-0-3 Printed in the United States of America

      Cover and Interior design by: 1106 Design

      Ebook formatting by www.ebooklaunch.com

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Chapter 1 – A Place to Live

      Picking a Safe Place to Live

      Coming Home: No Attached Garage

      Coming Home: With an Attached Garage

      If You Have to Let People In

      Chapter 2 – Out and About

      Jogging

      Parking

      Shopping Tips

      Gas Stations and Car Repair Shops

      Accidents

      Dating

      Chapter 3 – Traveling Safely

      Before You Go

      Smart Ways to Use the Hotel

      Sleeping in Public Places

      Party: Have Fun But Be Very Careful

      General Precautions

      Can’t Identify Yourself: Make Sure Someone Else Can

      Chapter 4 – Miscellaneous Precautions: Thinking Safely

      Phone Tips

      Other People

      If You’re Living Alone

      Resources

      Book Order Information

      ~

      This book is dedicated to my mother Deborah Edison, who is one of the busiest women I know and who still took time to teach me how to be safe. Thank you, too, to my husband, Andre Thompson, who encouraged me to write this book.

      Introduction

      WOMEN NEED THIS BOOK. Yes, women. According to the US Department of Justice:

      * Females were more likely than males to be victims of rape or sexual assault.

      * Female victims knew the offenders in approximately 70% of assaults against them. Offenders known to the victims were most often identifi ed as friends or acquaintances.

      * Robbery was the crime most likely to be committed by a stranger compared to other violent crimes against women.

      In short, women are more vulnerable in these areas. And we should be constantly thinking about how we can be safer. Most of us are busy — very busy. But we can't afford to be so busy that we don't think about how to be safe. Too many women have been robbed, beaten or assaulted when a little watchful foresight might have prevented the unfortunate from happening.

      This book is designed to show women who are squeezed for time how to keep themselves safe from being robbed, beaten up or assaulted. I know

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