![]() Patricia Perini, KERA’s executive producer of national programming, and Von Polk are the executive producers of Street Smarts: How to Avoid Being a Victim-With Detective J.J. The “smarts” necessary to survive in today’s urban jungles are available to everyone who heeds Bittenbinder’s advice: “Listen carefully,” he says. These criminals are stronger than you are, swifter than you are. “They don’t all look like Charles Man-son and Bluto. He tells how the average person can master each part of the plan and covers such vital topics as what places are most dangerous, what to do when approached by a stranger, when to act, and which defensive “weapons” work and which don’t work.ĭetective Bittenbinder gives fascinating insights into the criminal mind and reinforces his message of survival: Be smarter than the criminal. The plan Bittenbinder presents in Street Smarts includes four key objectives: becoming a “tough target,” denying privacy, attracting attention and taking action. You are responsible for yourselves, to yourselves, and you’ve got to have a plan.” “The bad guys are out there,” he tells the audience, “and they know how to spot the weak ones. Instead, in Street Smarts: How to Avoid Being a Victim, he emphatically drives home the point again and again and again-in a country where violent crime has reached epidemic proportions, you can be a victim.īittenbinder favors self-protection, not paranoia, and during a riveting hour in front of a studio audience, the veteran criminal watchdog shares his expertise and important defensive strategies in this primer on personal security. It can happen to anybody-it can happen to them any place at any time. I’ve interviewed more than 1,000 victims, witnesses and offenders of violent street crimes in Chicago. I’ve handled double murders, triple murders, robberies and rapes. I’ve been a police officer since 1971, and I’ve been a homicide detective for the last 15 years. Street Smarts was produced for PBS by KERA in association with J Marc Group and Video Publishing House Inc. and encores on Sunday, March 22, at 11:35 a.m. Bittenbinder, a compelling new special that offers practical tips to help adults and children spot and stay out of dangerous situations, premieres Tuesday, March 17, at 7 p.m. Street Smarts: How to Avoid Being a Victim-With Det&ctive J.J.
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