MURFREESBORO — MTSU’s in-demand Rape
Aggression Defense classes have a new element of security for safety-conscious
women on and around the MTSU campus this fall: free training in aerosol
defense.
The MTSU Police Department’s
newest five-week session of free RAD classes begins Wednesday, Sept. 7, and
runs from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. through Wednesday, Oct. 5. It’s open to all female
MTSU students, faculty and staff, along with the general public.
Organizers say
that participants must attend all five Wednesday sessions to ensure that their
training is complete.
The Rape
Aggression Defense System is a comprehensive program of realistic defense
tactics and techniques for women that emphasizes awareness, prevention, risk
reduction and avoidance, and progresses to the basics of hands-on defense
training.
MTSU’s nationally
certified RAD instructors have recently been certified to teach RAD System Aerosol
Defense Options, which means class participants also will learn about:
- carrying pepper spray and other aerosol
self-defense variants;
- what to look for when purchasing a
self-defense spray; and
- how to use it for protection.
“This is another
great facet of personal safety training for our RAD class members to have at
their disposal,” said MTSU Police Detective Kyle Thompson, one of the
department’s RAD course instructors.
“Even if they
choose not to use self-defense spray, it’s another tool in their arsenal and
they’ll know how to keep themselves safer around it.”
The Rape
Aggression Defense program is designed for women age 13 and older with no
previous experience or background in physical skills training. Instructors will
help accommodate any physical impairment a participant may have.
Class size is very
limited for this new fall course, so the MTSU Police Department is encouraging interested
parties to enroll as soon as possible.
Participants
should email their names and contact information to rad@mtsu.edu. Instructors will call or email participants with more
details about enrollment and the class location.
For more
information about MTSU’s RAD classes, email rad@mtsu.edu.
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