Campsite Security Revisited

BarabooBob wrote:
Lantley, I have had a couple of times where having situational awareness has kept me out of trouble. By being aware of what was happening around me, I have stopped people from getting robbed at a mall. I have reported burglaries in progress, and stayed around to assist officers take people into custody. I assisted a police officer that was outnumbered by the bad guys, by the way, this is a normal situation for a police officer.
Almost every active duty or retired officer has done this. You are never really off duty or totally retire. You are just out of uniform.
My wife has been with me for over 35 years. If I "go on alert" she looks for escape routes. She will be the woman helping to get people to safety in the event things go to ****. She would not be the useless person sitting there crying and waiting for someone to rescue her. If needed , she can and will grab a firearm to protect herself and others.
This is life for all people in the armed services, police officers, firefighters, and first responders of all kinds. We are not being paranoid, we are being realistic. **** happens.

My wife is learning. Even more so now that my son is out of the military as well. Whenever she is with either of us she now starts to point out things that may be worth keeping an eye on. A few years back we were in a mall when the power went out. My wife wanted to stay until the power came back on and continue to shop. I steered her to the nearest exit. This is a mall where the FBI arrested some guy who threatened to blow it up near Rockford Il. My son is not comfortable in crowds but is getting better. We went to the auto show once and I could see he was getting nervous in the crowds so we would move to another display that was less populated. He also used to drive down the middle of the road but has gotten better about that too.