How to handle (survive) Organized Stalking and Electronic Harassment
Preface: This is the
section that acts as a resource guide for victims of Organized Stalking
and Electronic Harassment. By reviewing this section, whether a Targeted
Individual or not, it is assumed you have at least a general grasp of
these crimes and it's victims. We preface this as many of these pages
may not go into heavy detail on what these crimes are as well as to why
the crime victims may want to or need to try many of the resources and
techniques below. It does require a general knowledge of what these
crimes are. The sections above "What Is Organized Stalking?" is intended to answer many of these questions. Also see "What Is Electronic Harassment?"
If you do not know about these crimes, to avoid confusion we suggest
you visit these pages to get a better grasp on what these crimes are. In
that understanding you may have a better grasp on what crime victims
need to do for themselves until these crimes are not just more publicly
known of, but these crimes cease to exist on a major scale due to large
public awakening. To view how you can help with this awakening, click here for more information.
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These are some suggestions, by Targeted Individuals and our supporters, that you may have find helpful in handling both organized stalking and electronic harassment, such as how you may best deal with street theater and harassment skits, even those harassment skits that occur on V2K. As with any advice you consider, always do what feels right for you. Note: If directed energy weapons (aka nonlethal weapons) electronic harassment information is what you are looking for, click here to this site http://www.freedomfchs.com/id34.html here you will find shielding tips for these types of electronic attacks/harassment.
Tips by the following contributors: Aisha M. (to contribute your tips, visit the Contact Us page for more information)
Here are the tips and information I have used to handle organized stalking and electronic harassment/assault:
- Remember: though we are target of these crimes, we are NO ONE'S VICTIM, in terms of some pushover who will not fight back against these crimes. Don't forget that.
- Remember: Every last one of the things these criminals commits against you is absolutely ILLEGAL. Never forget this, ever, no matter how much thee criminals want you to forget this FACT. these criminals, like any other, will attempt to minimize what they are doing to you by projecting, scapegoating, manipulation, etc. just basically doing anything to not be held accountable for the crimes that they commit. That includes being held accountable by you, the Target of these crimes. So remember this and watch out for developing Stockholm Syndrome (having anykind of sympathy or empathy for your abusers and use that false empathy to condone what they do), you may see them attempt to do this as well. All of this classic manipulation is completely ingrained in so much of these crimes, as well as deception and lies. The point of the above is to attempt to manipulate you into ceasing fighting these illegal violations of your human rights.
- You know the truth, and they fear this fact. No matter how arrogant these criminals act, it is this they fear the most from you. Use the truth and spread the truth in as a coherent and professional way as you possibly can. Click here to view some tips on this.
- Start fighting back, especially in mind and in spirit. You can actually reduce many aspects of the targeting simply by letting it be known in action, thought, and deed that you will NOT take this stalking and electronic assault lying down. You will see ways to do this in a moment.
- Important handling/coping tip: Look for local targeted individual support/activism groups. If there is none in your area, start one. You need support and having others to witness for you, especially aware individuals, can reduce some of the targeting (these criminals fear exposure). One place to network with other Targeted Individuals in your area is Freedom From Covert Harassment and Surveillance, a North American Non-Profit for helping victims of Organized Stalking and Electronic Harassment. The resources of these items are below this tip sheet. For now, keep reading.
- Learn as much as you can about these crimes. You can start on this site such as the "What Is Organized Stalking?" and "What Is Electronic Harassment?" pages. There is also a free eBook on Organized Stalking, written collaboratively by a group of targeted individuals (unaffiliated with this site), free for download and available in a couple of languages. Also there are books you can purchase. You can click the "Support Our Cause" store if you would like to buy books (proceeds act as donations that go to the Indigo Ribbon Campaign website. You can also click the links to the books and shop around for inexpensive used ones. Amazon and Betterworldbooks.com are good places for inexpensive books. Reading up on these crimes can help you better handle it and be able to keep up your holistic health, simply by knowing about what is happening to you. Resources for this will be listed below this article.
- Avoid anchoring onto any information simply because it is available information. When you research Organized Stalking and Electronic Harassment, be sure the information you see can be independently verified at a minimum by media sources, scholarly articles, etc. and learn to distinguish opinion from fact. Also consider your own experience when viewing available information to see if this resonates with you as being fact---in your own case. I state "in your own case" because it is very likely you will learn there are a number of ways an individual may be targeted, so much that you may feel like you won't be through learning of these crimes even in your own lifetime. Another reason you want to avoid anchoring is because of this fact alone. While certainty of what is going on is great, such as learning the name of these crimes, anchoring onto only one way you know of that you can be targeted can set you up for a false sense of security that can be shattered by learning, especially when these criminals try a new method of targeting you, that you were wrong or even that there is another way you can be targeted (which you didn't learn of until the perpetrators stalking you use that electronic harassment technology on you) I know it is a great relief to learn information on these crimes and to finally know the names of the various weird, illegal, criminal activities that occur to you and around you. Just don't put yourself in a position of being painfully disappointed as it is very likely new electronic harassment will be used against you sooner or later, and learning this the hard way by anchoring can set you up for disappointment, and this will be used to further harass you. Know that these criminals will attempt to manipulate and deceive you--- a lot, like 24/7. Be secure in yourself and learn just enough of what you need to protect yourself. Tips below this article is a place to start.
- Learn about electronic harassment. Use symptoms as a "guide" to how you may experiment with shielding yourself. Because you may never know specifically what is used against you, at least in the very beginning, using symptoms and starting treating it can inadvertently lead to learning what is used against you. Also following the tips and experiences of other targeted individuals (with a grain of salt of course) who have learned what is used on them.
- Remember the true purpose of all staged events---this includes all harassment skits, all street theater, and all other staged events. This will better enable you to react calmly to any that occur. (For a refresher of what staged events are, click here "What Is Organized Stalking?") I feel like the most important part I can't emphasis enough is when it comes to the harassment skits and street theater, those theater/skits are first and foremost for you to see and, most importantly, for the purposes of these staged events, for you to look to the unaware public as mentally unstable, potentially violent, or whatever lie that is used to gain the cooperation of others to stalk you with, to falsely "justify" the crimes and harassment under the guise of the "investigation" yourself by reacting negatively to. It acts as a form of entrapment. You know what you see, here and experience each day, but because it can be hard to prove, if you react angrily to any of the stimuli, it can look to unaware onlookers as if you may not be mentally well, though you and I know the truth and so do these criminals for that matter. These crimes count on public ignorance to continue, it will ultimately be an awakened public of enough people in large numbers that will stop these crimes. Other than this, in my opinion, there is no other purpose for all staged event than to provoke a negative reaction from you.
- Try looking at all harassment skits, street theater and all other staged events as "shows." This is an interesting illustration taht may give you a good perspective on how to passively observe street theater that occurs against you. So the street (public areas such as your place of work if you receive workplace mobbing) is the "stage," you, the target, are the "only audience member." I repeat, unless an aware person who can recognize street theater is witnessing this behavior, you are the only known "audience member" of this "show" called street theater and harassment skit. Usually the public who witnesses these events and recognizes them either know what street theater is or see these strange occurrences enough (through these criminals arrogant actions for example, plus one good way to recognize street theater is the events are generally the same and repetitive), such as a neighbor in your neighborhood, to know something suspicious is occurring and may attempt to look it up. Other than this, remember that you are the only "audience member" of the "show" aka street theater and harassment skits about to take place. The stalkers of these groups assigned to do street theater are the "actors" and the "play" is the street theater harassment skits that take place.
Now this "show" takes place in two "parts." However your primary (and only necessary) goal is to ensure part two of the "show" never occurs. The first part of the "show" is the harassment skits these stalkers use against you, and this can be coupled with electronic harassment. Remember that unless an aware member of the public knows what street theater is and can recognize it, this first "act" of the "show" aka harassment skit is meant for you to see alone and, most importantly for these criminals, for you to react negatively to. Below we will include tips on how to handle this "stage" of the "show" that is meant for you to see. The way harassment skit shows work is though the use of NLP techniques as well as other sensitization techniques. For a quick refresher on what these are in terms of harassment skits and street theater, click here. Remembering these facts and information can leave you more prepared for any street theater and harassment skits that occur.
Now, more information on part two of the "show" aka the main goal of the street theater and harassment skits on the part of the criminals of these crimes that occur: The second part of the "show" of these staged events is meant for both the perpetrators (as goal and as part of the power-hungry ego-centered satisfaction they gain from doing this acts) and, most importantly to these criminal groups, for the unaware public. The second part of the "show" always requires the participation of the "only audience member" aka you, the Targeted Individual. For the second part of the "show" to begin, you are needed by these criminals to react negatively to these "seemingly unfortunate events" (aka "the normal breaks of life" --- for a refresher on the deceptive nature/revenge-driven nature of staged events, click here) so that attention of the unaware public is turned on to the "show." Now the curtain "draws," and when they are turned onto the "show" taking place, you are no longer the "only audience member" but are now the unwilling "star" of this "show." So now the "spotlight" is turned on you, the targeted individual, by these criminals actions and your negative reaction, and the public, by your negative reaction, now become "audience members of the show." The minute this happens, you reacting negatively to these harassment skits, the main event of the "show" is triggered. These criminals use this "spotlight" you, the targeted individual, during and well after your negative reaction [acting as "false evidence" of their false assertions of you] in order to manipulate unaware witnesses to the staged event into becoming complicit and cooperating in furthering these crimes so that they may participate in more "shows" in the future. "Part two" of the "shows" primarily purpose, when it comes to manipulation of the public, is to attempt to steer and control the viewpoint of any witnesses to the incident towards what these criminals want these witnesses to believe. Color their perception of what just took place and using the event to gain their cooperation by further "coloring" the event with a well-dressed lie, aka that you are what they purport you to be. These perpetrators know it is a lie and so do you, however to gain the false justification for these crimes, they need you to react to their stimuli so they can do this very thing---color the public's perception of what they are doing and to further cover the crimes that are taking place by masquerading as some sort of "community watch group" or group of "concerned citizens." Realize that some people are naive in that they do not believe a stranger would just come up to another stranger and simply lie to them, especially if the manipulator/criminal comes off as "friendly," "knowledgeable" [deception] about the incident [a prepared lie to tell the public is what this is], attempts to masquerade as a "concerned citizen" or other authority figure) but who really needs any particular reason to lie other than to cover another lie? What better time to "recruit" people with staged lies than after a victim of these crimes reacts with justifiable anger to a harassment skit that most people do not recognize for the criminal stalking and harassment that it is?
Remember your main goal when faced with any staged event is to never become the unwilling participant in "part two of the show." What you have to remember is that you know the truth. These criminals fear this and need you to discredit yourself in order to hide their lies. Also good to remember is that rumors and lies need maintenance. Let these perps scramble to maintain their own lies (and believe me they do when you give them nothing) by giving them nothing, no matter how hard they try to push you. All the public has is their very word, the lies that are told about you. This means having at least a little faith in people and giving them more credit than these criminals do (those who stalk me believe people are dumber than they believe I am---and they really believe I was born yesterday each day they wake up, doing the same tired harassment skits over and over again, and yet expect me to buy it every single time--- and give them very little credit to smell when a lie doesn't add up to their own experience of both you and what's going on). You know the truth, what you have to lose is what makes you you, the very thing that separates you from these criminals---you actually have your humanity. Give them nothing. Let your revenge be that not only are you going to be happy to the best of your ability regardless, but wake up the next day knowing that at least today and definitely not tomorrow, you did not become them by giving them exactly what they want. At least remember that many of them get a sick pleasure at watching you get angry, some of them because they believe they are getting one step closer to getting you to discredit yourself. Let that arrogance be in vain by giving them nothing and watch them scramble to get you to react to something. Make them have to work for their "jobs" and yet never get what they want---you to discredit yourself. Be you and screw these crooks. Be happy to the best of your ability and let them stew in their own self-created hatred. Hope this helps. - Write this one down as well, you will need to memorize it every time you are tempted to react to a street theater skit: The perpetrators do not get what they want from you if you do not react to the harassment skits or the street theater, even if they use electronic harassment in conjunction with staged events. To the best of your ability, do not react to them. Don't beat yourself up if you need to have a quiet vent moment (make sure you are alone) and simply go back to ignoring them. Also give yourself a break if you do not handle everything "like an adult." Starve them for information, because one thing these criminals are is repetitive, and if they see you react to a harassment skit, they will repeat it. Encourage yourself to ignore it and keep going. There are ways to keep yourself ignore these harassment skits. You will see some in a moment.
- As a rule, give the unaware public more credit than the perpetrators of these two crimes do. Let the perpetrators be the ones to discredit themselves. You be yourself and be healthy. And trust that what you know to be the truth is leaking out, however slowly, as we speak. And the public can wake up to this, one person at a time, however seemingly slowly. To illustrate, here is a scenario: This one I hope helps you do two things, one is to consider, if your faith in humanity has been little damaged, to give them another shot on your part despite how you feel about people in general due to the harassment, and two, to illustrate what can possibly happen over time if you do not react to negative stimuli just by being yourself, when looked at from the perspective of the uninvolved person (i.e. what is spoken of you does not match-up to what you actually are) please give the following scenario some thought:
"What is wrong with this picture?"
How a member of the public may awaken to Organized Stalking and Electronic Harassment:
How a member of the public may awaken to Organized Stalking and Electronic Harassment:
Imagine that you are a stranger, no one in particular who is just living your average ordinary life. You're standing outside by your car when a person you only vaguely remember comes up to you and introduces themselves. After about five minutes of lite conversation, this person switches "gears" and points out to you someone they identify as a "person of interest" suspected of a crime, e.g. drug trafficking. Giving you their word and not much else to back it up other than their word, they tell you that this person is dangerous when provoked however getting them to react to being provoked may be the only way to "bust" this person for the drug trafficking since they are hiding it so well. This stranger tells you they need your help and ask you to do things such as shout loudly on your phone for example whenever you see this person (pretending as if you are on the phone of course) see if they react. Overtime the negative stimuli will wear this person down, especially if you as well as other people of the community, this person explains to you, do this repeatedly whenever you see this person outside. This person will be sensitized to the negative stimuli and over time will become angry due to it. You will be a witness to their violent behavior and this way, we (you, this stranger and whomever group he/she represents) can capture this criminal and make this neighborhood safe again. And it is this word, the word of this complete stranger this concerned citizen, you go by. After all, why would a stranger lie about something as serious as drug trafficking? So you decide to do that one suggestion whenever you are outside and you see this "person of interest" suspected of drug trafficking.Now imagine interacting with this person on a regular basis, mostly by doing what you were advised to do by this stranger, whom you see only every now and again, and you do as you are advised to do to get this person to react negatively to you. Lets say over the course of a year, you have been doing this consistently, yet you haven't seen any sign of drug trafficking. You haven't seen any sign of violence in this individual as well. The most you see is this person looking startled if you shout on your phone, and maybe a little annoyed. This person even came up to you once and politely asks you to please keep it down, and walks away. No violence, no negative reaction. Now the months go by and the more you are around this person from time-to-time, the more something doesn't quite add up. The perpetrator told you that this person is a suspect of drug trafficking and this is how this person can incriminate themselves because they are hiding the crime so well and only by concerned citizens provoking them into a reaction can evidence surface. Something inflammatory will fall out of the suspects mouth and, with all the witnesses to confirm it, the suspect can be put away, or at least that is what the concerned citizen who approached you in the first place told you. And this concerned citizen comes back to you from time-to-time to let you know about other "information" they have learned about the suspect, such as this person is now suspected of prostitution, this person also has a history of driving under the influence, and we need to get this dangerous "predator" off of the street and out of our neighborhood by forcing them to incriminate themselves. You reluctantly agree to continue to help, even though something is still not adding up.
It's now been a little over year and a half and you haven't seen a thing to matchup to what you were told of the suspected criminal. You have seen no sign of prostitution, no sign of drug trafficking, and if you did not know any better the only thing you see of this person is that they seem polite, and the only thing you see is a look of annoyance on their face when you shout into your phone as you had been directed. Something is now nagging you. You have been told that this person is under investigation for a suspected crime, but you haven't seen done once since the moment you have been told this. In fact you realize the only thing you have been presented with as "evidence" of the suspected crimes is the word of this concerned citizen. You've even seen instances of the exact opposite of what this concerned citizen has told you about this person, e.g. the drug trafficking suspect is actually, according to a friend who you know at the blood bank, a regular donor of blood. You're own knowledge of this blood donor process tells you no blood bank alive would ever take blood from a person with drugs in their system. So now you're wondering, "what's wrong with this picture?" More time goes by, let's say another year, and you still haven't seen this person do or act in anyway as the concerned citizen says they would. You now hardly see this concerned citizen but sporadically and even you are a little tired of the shouting street theater you have been advised to do with your phone in order to provoke a reaction from this still, after three years, a person "suspected" of drug trafficking and prostitution and, still, is under investigation for both, neither of which you, after being a neighbor to this person for at least three years, have ever seen. You begin to compare your three years of experience with this individual with what was told to you by the concerned citizen. Three years of investigation, no violent reaction, and your own eyes and ears, as well as your friend who works at the blood bank gives you a hard to ignore feeling that can be best characterized as this line: "Something is wrong with this picture."
Here are links to stories by Targeted Individuals who have had a similar experience to the illustrations above.
(If you would like to contribute your own encounter of a member of the public awakening to this, click here to submit it)
Now how to combat harassment skits and all staged events
http://gangstalkingworld.com/Media/2010/07/freedatbirth/
- How to recognize if street theater is taking place (to combat paranoia). If a person you have identified, though observing their repeat participation in these crimes, is speaking with another individual in front of you whom you may or may not know, and street theater is going on, know that generally only one of two things can be happening at this time only:
(a) The perpetrator is speaking with another perpetrator of these crimes committed against you, the Targeted Individual, in front of you for the purpose of street theater. You will not recognize each person that participates in street theater, but remember that these are crimes that are taking place, so they do not deserve your attention. Ignore it.
(b) If a perpetrator known to you is talking to another person who you may or may is uninvolved (reminder time: as a rule, give people more credit than your perpetrators do), remember that the perpetrator has to tell this person a (likely memorized, well prepared) lie to convince them to participate in the covert harassment of you. Remember, like the illustration above, this uninvolved stranger, if they believe this perpetrator, will have to go on the perpetrators word that these "crimes' you are suspected of doing are, in-fact, real. - Now how to deal with it: Make it easy for yourself to ignore it, such as putting on sunglasses when you go outside, put on a music player when you go outside, even if you wear glasses (I am nearsighted, with astigmatism), take off your glasses, leave on your mp3 player, and take advantage of this (as long as you can still safely see) eyesight "problems" of yours as a way to ignore street theater. These are good tips that you can use when you are out and about on your own. If you park your car in the garage, make sure you are in your car before you open the garage door. Roll up your windows, turn on your air (if only for a moment), turn up your music, pull out of your garage and go on about your day. Ignore all street theater that takes place. Again make it easy for yourself to do this. Get creative. If you take the bus to work, make sure your mp3 player is charged. Keep your headset where you can find them and always charge your mp3 player over night. Also remember that your phone can act as a mp3 player if you need it to. Click here to see information on how you can do this. Now, if you are with company, focus your attention on this person. Remember street theater and harassment skits are staged events that need you to react negatively to them to discredit yourself. Never allow entrapment to occur. Focus your attention on who you are with. They deserve your attention, not these criminals. See all attempts to provoke you as just fake acts that are geared toward the main goal of the street theater, a negative reaction. Remember these are crimes and see these attempts to provoke you as nothing more than attempt to use you to hide these crimes behind well-dressed lies. Another good thing to remember: commonsense when it comes to these crimes here asks you: "what sense would it make for two perpetrators to repeat to each other what it is they have been observing you doing when both are involved in the criminal activity of these two crimes?" The answer: "It is street theater. That answer is my signal to ignore it." Remember the purpose of street theater, and this will prevent and/or destroy any paranoia you have developed over this covert crimes over time as you make it a habit to "call it like you see it" mentally.
- Learn how to record evidence. These criminals do not like exposure and being more than willing to record evidence of these crimes and keeping records of these crimes can and will reduce the targeting to a certain extent. In my own experience i see a reduction in street theater because i made it clear if these criminals give me a way to identify them, I will take it. This means their face, the plates of their car, make, model number, their own physical description, where they live, etc. Especially in the case of when (not "if" but when, no matter how slowly) legal action begins, you will need this information to hold these criminals accountable for what they do to you. Always follow the laws within your own state when it comes to recording evidence. One rule of thumb to follow and remember is that of "reasonable expectation of privacy" such as with public areas, the main "stage" of all staged events, these criminals have NO REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY. Remember this, they may be a little more reluctant to do street theater if you capture evidence of the crimes occurring. For a resource guide on how to look up the laws in your own state, click here (external site).
For a good general guide to gathering evidence geared towards targeted individuals, click here to download a free eBook. The tips start on page 41. ***Note: Current translation available is English. We will put a copy on this site soon for translation.*** - With evidence, see if you can get the perpetrators name and address. This can go a long way if you plan to sue any of these criminals, or even issue a "Cease and Disist" court order. See below for more information.
- Be unshakeable in your unwillingness to be anybody's victim, YOU ARE NO ONE'S VICTIM. Excuse the use of all caps, but this is so important. While it has been my experience that the group stalkers within my own life do get both a power trip from committing these crimes and a very disturbing enjoyment from both the electronic harassment as well as the organized stalking, nothing scares these criminals more than a targeted individual who will not give up. Never confuse fear with being a coward. Know that fear is not the precursor to not acting, no matter what these criminals may attempt to manipulate you into believing. Let fear never be good enough to stop you from living your life and fighting back. Be assertive in your actions and in your words and mind. Overtime, you begin to lose your fear of these criminals, so don't rush yourself. Just decide to become "done" with these evil acts and fight back no matter what. Completely refuse to play this "game" the perpetrators of these crimes want you to play. Especially as you make it harder for these criminals to commit these crimes without leaving behind evidence (something they are terrified of) they may try harder to get your attention by escalating the harassment in different ways, but I believe you will feel more empowered just by refusing to participate in the harassment by saying "no" though thought, word, and deed to willfully being a victim of the covert harassment. Do not be fooled. Know how to call street theater and harassment skits for what they are. Never believe they are anything else than what they are.
- Learn about manipulation. There is sooo much lying and manipulation that goes on, I feel it is very important to learn about it. You will begin to notice a lot of it when it comes to the electronic harassment and with the organized stalking. Especially with attempting to manipulate you emotionally, since this is used a lot to get you to discredit yourself in public. Just laugh it off. Remember that all of these harassment skits and attempts to manipulate you are just cheap attempts to get your mind off of the fact that these are crimes taking place, and never focus on the content of what they are saying, especially if it is a staged event. Here is a "default" position to remember: these are crimes taking place, so unless these criminals want to give you evidence by doing these crimes in your face, they do not deserve your attention. Remember the tips above and just ignore then to the best of your ability. You gathering evidence will be the only time you even acknowledge they are even there. Below this section is a link to a series of videos to get you started on how to recognize manipulation. Though not geared towards targeted individuals, it is a great way to learn about manipulation.
- Take self-defense classes. It is one way to empower yourself more, especially mentally and physically. In many ways it can reduce your targeting to a certain extent (these criminals will know if you buy a gun or not) and they may keep their distance, especially if you have a permit to carry a gun. Buy a gun, or at a minimum a gun permit. Learn how to shoot a gun from a professional instructor, and how to defend yourselves. For more information on this, see the "More Information" section below.
- How to tell "wolves" from "sheep": To quote from the bible, here is
another helpful mantra to memorize that can help you how to tell the
sheep from the wolves (or in this case, as it has helped for me, how to
tell the difference between someone who comes to you with words that
state one thing but their actions [the "fruits"] bring another. It may
definitely help you see through manipulation attempts, that is for
sure).
"Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus, by their fruit, your will recognize them."- Matt 7:15-20 NIV
Thanks for listening, I hope this helped.
- Aisha M.
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More information pertaining to the above:
- For networking opportunities and how to start your own Targeted Individual support group/activism group, click here.
- To contact Freedom From Covert Harassment and Surveillance, click here.
- For a free *.pdf of incident logs and journal sheets for writing down occurrences, click here *pdf or for a*.doc (Word or OpenOffice).
- For more tips on how to reduce the targeting, click here to go back to the "Resources For Victims" page.
- Videos that help you learn about manipulation. (YouTube Playlist)
- Check out your local YMCA (if you live in the United States) for information on self-defense classes. http://www.ymca.net/ Also your local community recreational centers, church congregations, Karate Dojo, Taekwondo Dojo, or even your own local fitness center may offer self-defense classes at good prices. Take a buddy with you (can be a potential sparring partner, plus taking someone with you can keep the street theater down some --- perpetrators of these crimes do not like exposure and do not want to leave witnesses of their criminal acts to vouch for you) and learn together. Check your local community listings, such as the Yellow Pages for listings or Google it on the internet Keyword search: fill-in-city-name + self-defense classes. E.g. Google: "Seattle Washington Self-Defense Classes."
- For more information on Cease and Desist Orders, click here at http://www.lawdepot.com/contracts/cease-and-desist-letter/?a=t& for a template for one. Be sure to check the laws in your state for more information on this. To look up information on perpetrators names and addresses for this purpose, try the whitepages.com - If you can hand deliver it to their address, use certified mail (with signature required for recipient, per recipient)