Security

When it comes to urban survival, you will have to live a little bit differently than you would if you were in the country. There will be people around every corner looking to claim what is yours. Many of these individuals will be willing to go to extreme distances to obtain minute amounts of supplies. Setting up surveillance will be a key factor in helping you to remain safe.

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Surveillance can be set up by using video equipment, radio monitors, motion detectors, and even visual lookouts such as people. By having alternate shifts where someone is always awake and vigilant you can be prepared should the unexpected start to occur. Having security measures in place will not only keep you safe they can possibly save your life in the time of need. The best way to familiarize yourself with security techniques is of course by practical applications of studying them online, attending classes where they teach them and actually applying them to realize yourself in test drills.

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Urban survival can be highly dependent on the amount of security measures you have taken to secure your shelter or home. Never think that you are overly prepared and at the same time never think that you have everything covered. Expect the unexpected, stay vigilant, and if you want to help others, share your security survival techniques. I learned mine by reading and researching tips and suggestions from others.

 

Video equipment you use for surveillance could be smashed leaving you blind so to say.

One must for that reason plan for all contingencies. Since surveillance is what might warn you when people are approaching, you might need to have a human lookout at all times. A lookout who can stay out of sight but observe everything going on around them would be a great asset.

 

"Actor Eric Roberts and Wife Experience Intruder in Dead of Night: ‘I Know You’"

https://www.breitbart.com/entertain...erience-intruder-in-dead-of-night-i-know-you/

"Actors Eric and Eliza Roberts experienced an intruder who apparently set his sights on Eliza outside their San Fernando Valley, California, home before he evaded police and escaped into the night.

"Eliza Roberts told TMZ that her daughter drove her home on Friday night at around 9 p.m., and that she got out of the car, said goodbye, and entered the code on her security gate at the end of the driveway.

"After the gate opened, the actress walked up the long driveway to the home, but just as she walked inside, Eric walked out and came face-to-face with an intruder, who was standing on their property just feet from the front door.

"The actor then reportedly asked the man why he was there, but the intruder didn’t give a clear answer. Eric Roberts became alarmed, and asked the man to exit the premises.

"The intruder then headed back down the driveway and into the dark — but that was no guarantee that the man left the property. Eliza Roberts feared he could be lurking in the bushes outside, so they called the police."

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Hey preppers! Just think about how many things these people did wrong!

First, I'm just going to assume that the porch light was on. Maybe not, but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt on that.

I'm gonna toss out some things that I personally do security-wise and feel that others should also do. There's been some nasty stuff go down around here where we live, but nothing anywhere near the violent and crazy stuff that goes on out there in California.

> If my wife goes out to walk the dog at night (front yard), I turn on the front lights and the side lights. On particularly dark nights or when I hear the natives screaming at each other, I use my night vision goggles to take a look around before she goes out. I have a gun in my pocket -- but that is an ongoing behavior of mine. Our dog will bite and it's not small.

> If people have fences, especially security gates (as these famous people do), then they should have dogs on their property. I was raised where people didn't keep dogs in their houses. Dogs were outside and had doghouses or they slept under the porch. Very harsh weather, the dogs might be allowed in the house. Dogs also had barns and out-buildings to where they could go to get out of bad weather.

> In crazy California, this actor should have gone out and had an eye on his wife's progress up the driveway.

> If their area was getting criminal / insane behavior, then his wife, if capable, should have a carry permit. If someone doesn't want to carry, then I fully support their right not to carry.

> Depending on the police to be able to do anything about crime in California is a bad joke. Thinking that they can protect you personally is overtly irrational. Too, in the United States, the courts have ruled that the police have no mandate to protect you individually, only society in general. A socialist Washington Post editorialist once wrote, "It is our duty as civilians to be loud and observant victims." I disagree. I deeply disagree !

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I encourage others to read what happened to Warren, Taliaferro, and Douglas:

"Warren v. District of Columbia"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_v._District_of_Columbia

Warren v. District of Columbia (444 A.2d. 1, D.C. Ct. of Ap. 1981) is a District of Columbia Court of Appeals case that held that the police do not owe a specific duty to provide police services to specific citizens based on the public duty doctrine.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duty_to_rescue

"Duty to rescue"

"A duty to rescue is a concept in tort law that arises in a number of cases, describing a circumstance in which a party can be held liable for failing to come to the rescue of another party who could face potential injury or death without being rescued. In common law systems, it is rarely formalized in statutes which would bring the penalty of law down upon those who fail to rescue. This does not necessarily obviate a moral duty to rescue: though law is binding and carries government-authorized sanctions and awarded civil penalties, there are also separate ethical arguments for a duty to rescue even where law does not punish failure to rescue."

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Short story: "It is better to be tried by 12 than carried by six."