“If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.”

Dwight D.Eisenhower

Tips on Mugging/Extortion/Kidnapping

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Town Wise Layout of Karachi

According to estimates from the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, close to 2,284 people were killed in violent attacks in Karachi in 2012. Victims range from civilians to policemen, the paramilitary Rangers to development workers, journalists to lawyers.

Behavior Suggestions on Mugging, Extortion and Kidnapping:

• Be unpredictable. Do not settle into a routine. Vary times and routes to and from work or social engagements. 

• Remember, there is safety in numbers. Avoid going out alone. When traveling long distances by automobile, go in a convoy. Avoid dangerous areas of the city. 

• A privately owned car generally offers the best security. Avoid luxury or ostentatious cars. Keep your automobile in good repair and the gas tank at least half full. Driving in the center lane of a multiple lane highway makes it difficult for the car to be forced off the road.   

• You should immediately change your number if an extortionist calls also refuse to talk and do not engage in any conversation with him till you are told by the authorities pursuing your case for you.

• Avoid moving in high risk areas in the city.

 • Be aware of what happens in the city by listening to the radio and subscribing to

alerts.

 • Don’t use your cell phones enroute as excessive texting or scrolling takes up your

concentration and you lose sense of things and people around you.

 • Don’t stop to share at any unusual scene on the road, it may be a set up.

 • CPLC has a self claimed success rates of 98.7% while trying out cases of kidnapping,

give them a try, you have your life to lose in return.

• Give the robber what he wants--money or personal items--without hesitation. Your life is worth more than your cash and jewelry. 

• Talk only if you're spoken to. Avoid getting angry and never speak sarcastically. Words are weapons that can offend and incite. Keep yours in their holster.

A final word of Advice

1. The overwhelming majority of victims have been targeted in their vehicles on the way to or from work.

2. A large number of people targeted have ignored the most basic security precautions thus sometimes the obvious has to be stated again and again.

3. Violent tactics used by culprits are not static. As precautions prove effective, they change their methods, so you must change your security settings as well. As we say that security is an evolving process and should never ideally stop.

CPLC – An Overview

The following crime statistics for 2012 are based on reporting by the Citizens Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) and local law enforcement reports; however, many crimes remain unreported:

2,032 targeted killings (murders associated with political, sectarian or terrorist groups) 1,790 kidnappings for ransom4,720 vehicle thefts with approximately 42 percent recovered 18,774 motorcycle thefts with approximately 12 percent recovered23,962 cell phone thefts    

Maj ® Usman Farooq

Monarch Security Services (Pvt.) Ltd.

Southern Region

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