Step Away for Safety

Child Abduction Prevention Program

Stranger : Anyone you don't trust or know very well. This person can be a man or a woman, young or old, shabby or well-dressed, pretty or plain.

Danger: A place, person or action that might hurt you. It can be just a place, person or action that is unfamiliar to you.

Vulnerable: Being an easy target. You are most vulnerable when you are alone, regardless of the time of day. Don't play alone.

Instinct: The funny feeling you get about a person or a place. Your instincts can warn you about a potentially hazardous person, place or action.

Safety Zone: The area around you that allows you enough room to escape. Establish a safety zone by stepping away for safety.

Lure: A trick an abductor uses to get you out of a safe zone into an unsafe one.

Assistance Lure - When someone asks you for help. You should be suspicious if an adult asks you for help.

Physical Lure - When somebody grabs you and drags you to an unsafe place. If you are ever grabbed-don't wait-shout as loud as you can:

"You're not my mom/dad! Let go of me! or Leave me alone! I don't know you!" Then, do anything you can to get away.

Emergency Lure- When somebody tells you someone you love is hurt and the person will take you to them. The best way to check this out

is to come up with a code word that only you and your parents or another special adult know. So a stranger does not know your name don't

put names on the outside of your belongings. When a stranger talks to you trust your instincts, ask yourself why.

Authority Lure- When someone tells you they are the police or in charge and you have to go with them. Remember, the police are there to help

you, and they will prove to you that they are really the police in front of a trusted adult.

Above all else, use your brain. If someone or something is making you feel uncomfortable, tell someone you trust right away.

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