Oct 2010, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India - 2 kids, a boy and a girl, went missing from the school. After a few days they were found brutally murdered. it was evident that they were also sexually abused. The criminal turned out to be a car driver, who has been recently fired from the job, by the kids' dad. Later the accused was killed by the police in an 'encounter'. The public didn't mind that. After this gruesome crime, there was a flurry of activity to tighten security by schools and guidelines were issued by police. Even I got lots of phone calls from anxious parents, enquiring about self-defense classes. Ofcourse, within a week everything evaporated as usual. The police guidelines were filed. The schools went back to their routine. The parents stopped worrying.Thats human nature..hmmm. Anyway, as a KravMaga instructor, I have put down my thoughts on the kidnap preventive aspects. Please give your suggestions to improve these safety guidelines for schools and parents, to prevent crimes against children. Call me up if you need any workshops at the school or office .......................................................................... S.SREERAM Co-ordinator / Instructor Chennai Chapter, Krav Maga (IKMF) India Mobile: 93400 06600 Email- kravmaga.chennai@gmail.com Chennai Group - http://groups.google.co.in/group/kravmaga-chennai www.kravmagachennai.com ........................................................................... "So that one may walk in peace" ... Imi Lichtenfeld, Founder of KravMaga KRAVMAGA BLOG - http://kravmaga-chennai.blogspot.com/ LINKED IN - http://in.linkedin.com/in/ksr960 FACEBOOK - http://bit.ly/KravMagaChennai YOUTUBE - http://www.youtube.com/user/KravMagaSreeRam GOOGLE PROFILE - http://www.google.com/profiles/ksr960 TWEET - @kravMagaSreeRam

1. Safety procedures
to prevent kidnapping –
For Schools & Parents
KravMaga SreeRam
Chennai, IKMF (India)
www.kravmagaindia.in

2. • Kidnap - nap (to seize) kid ( a child)
• The child kidnapping crime has been around for
time immemorial, forvaried motives – Anger &
frustration, Money, Political or Sex.
• After the recent spate of kidnappings in
TamilNadu, the police have announced certain
guidelines - for Parents, School authorities and
the Kids themselves. Very sane advice, no doubt.
• To understand the issue at hand, we analyze it a
bit more.

3. Kidnapping has some
unique characteristics -
• Mostly the victim is the softest target of all - Children
• Kidnapping is generally NOT a crime committed in
sudden burst of anger or impulse, because it
needs elaborate planning of logistics.
• That pre-supposes that the criminal should be
reasonably familiar with the victim's universe.
• In the case of kidnap for sexual assault, it’s different.
The victim may be chosen on parameters like
vulnerability and circumstances.
• In kidnap crimes, the police are at a disadvantage,
since the victim's family is generally reluctant to co-
operate.

4. Taking up
the preventive aspects first;
We can see it from 3 perspectives -
The School,
the Home &
the Potential Victim

5. Kidnap preventive measures
by The School-
• Dropping & Pickup of students to be monitored
in person and if possible, as the Addl.CoP,
Chennai suggested with CCTV cameras.
• Identification tags can be provided to Drivers or
whoever comes to pickup, which will be verified
by school security
• To devise a System to detect unannounced
absence of a student to be red-flagged asap.
• Conduct safety awareness programs to educate
students & parents on preventive methods.

6. Kidnap preventive measures
by The School-
• The school should have an escalation
procedure in place, to prevent chaos and
confusion during a crisis. This saves precious
time.
• Impart self-defence classes to the students,
like KRAV-MAGA which does NOT depend on
Strength or Fitness - useful for a small
defendant against a bigger aggressor

7. Kidnap preventive measures
by The Parent -
• The rich should have secure procedures for
recruitment and monitoring of staff - Drivers,
domestic help etc.
• This will include identification and address proofs,
referrals and retaining photographs of staff.
• In extreme cases, even a background check by a
private detective agency can be done.
• Security should be upped if there are reasonable
grounds for caution, like a disgruntled sacked staff.
• The child should be taught at the earliest to use the
phone and tell the parents' names & address.

8. Kidnap preventive measures
by The Parent -
• Any change in the behaviour or attitude of the
child should be probed. This can be due to fear or risky
habits.
• Interaction with the school and be part of its safety
programs.
• The Child should be taught the safety protocols
of dealing with strangers or recognizing deviant
behaviour of known persons.
• Keep an eye on the online activity of the child
• Impart self-defence training for the child - preferably a
system which is natural and intuitive like KRAV-MAGA

9. • Related Posts - Safety Precautions to be
practiced by The Child and other Vulnerable
Profiles
• Meanwhile readers are asked to contribute
more points. You can leave it as Comments
below or write me an email. And please do
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10. • S.SREERAM
Co-ordinator / Instructor
• Chennai Chapter, Krav Maga (IKMF) India
• Mobile: 93400 06600
• Email- kravmaga.chennai@gmail.com
• Chennai Group -
http://groups.google.co.in/group/kravmaga-chennai
• www.kravmagachennai.com
• KRAVMAGA BLOG - http://kravmaga-chennai.blogspot.com/
• LINKED IN - http://in.linkedin.com/in/ksr960
• FACEBOOK - http://bit.ly/KravMagaChennai
• YOUTUBE - http://www.youtube.com/user/KravMagaSreeRam
• GOOGLE PROFILE - http://www.google.com/profiles/ksr960
• TWEET - @kravMagaSreeRam
"So that one may walk in peace" ...
Imi Lichtenfeld, Founder of KravMaga