The UTMB Police Department conducts Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) Systems
Basic Physical Defense classes. The classes will be free of
charge to all employees, students and faculty. RAD is a 12 hour basic
self-defense class designed for women. The Rape Aggression
Defense classes are taught nationally and in Canada and is
endorsed by the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement
Administrators.
The RAD approach to personal safety education embodies a
practical blend of threat avoidance strategies and real-world
assault resistance tactics for women. The focus of the
RAD course of instruction is on the development of easily-mastered
personal safety skills which can be safely practiced within a
comfortable learning environment, and the coupling of those
physical skills with a threat assessment process which will
increase physical safety awareness. The overall
goal is to reduce victimization through informed decision
making and sensible action.
Upcoming R.A.D. Classes will be announced on the UTMB main Website, the UTMB Daily Announcements and on the UTMB Police “RAD” webpage.
The RAD program is not martial arts or a traditional
self-defense course. It fills a longstanding void by
enabling women to learn in a period of several hours a set of
cognitive and physical skills which will be of benefit for
years to come. The choice to be made regarding resistance in any
particular situation is a very personal one. RAD
students find the manner of instruction to be supportive and
the course, as a whole, to be a very empowering experience.
R.A.D. offers the opportunity to exert physical strength with
dynamic simulations. Many women do not have a self
realization of their own physical power. Dynamic simulations
are scenarios where the instructors pose as attackers and the
student use the skills they learned to defend themselves.
During the dynamic simulations, students will wear protective
gear and the instructors will be protected wearing a specially
designed “RAD Aggressor” suit. The “RAD Aggressor”
suit will allow the student to use full power when defending
against the attack. It also gives women a chance to see
themselves as being effective in a confrontational situation. The
dynamic simulation is not required to graduate from the course,
however it is strongly recommended for the “empowering”
effect.
All students who complete the course receive a lifetime return and practice policy
at any RAD Basic Physical Defense Program offered anywhere,
regardless of instructor. The student may return as often
as she wishes, free of charge. (See our RAD Program Graduate Testimonials)
The UTMB Police Department RAD instructors:
Capt. David De Ore
Lt. Noel Layer
Sgt. Christopher Fultz
Sgt. Oliver Scott
Sgt. Shawn Carr
Officer Teri Bonura
P.S.O. Shirley McDaniel,
P.S.O. Terry White-Pettersen.
For additional information please e-mail Sgt. S. Carr or call the UTMB Police at (409) 772-1511.