Be Your Own Bodyguard In South Africa - Casey Christie

South Africans are bombarded by headlines and news broadcasts giving vivid details of crimes of violence. This tends to create a negative attitude - a victim attitude. Casey Christie, the author of Be Your Own Bodyguard, is a police reservist directly involved in fighting crime and he believes that this attitude of defeatism, of inevitably becoming a victim, is completely misguided.

This book provides a blueprint of information and guidance which the public can use in their daily lives. The advice is compiled from the author’s own direct experience in dealing with robberies, hijackings, murder, car theft and housebreakings.

The book provides detailed guidance on Home Security, Anti-Hijacking tactics, how to make your house a Hard Target, how best to use the 10111 police emergency service, what to do if caught in a Cash in Transit Heist, how to Relate to Police in their difficult work, Personal Security in shopping centres and Intelligent Gun Ownership, among many other subjects.

The book also contains helpful diagrams, for instance showing how to create a safety cocoon in your house, and various photographs. At the end of the book Casey Christie offers some examples of inspirational quotes which help to imbue confidence and subdue fear. He also gives some suggestions on how better to deal with the crime epidemic in South Africa.