PAX Centurion - January / March 2016

Page 28 • PAX CENTURION • January/March 2016 617-989-BPPA (2772) at a minimum, practice 50% security when outside the station. One of you should have your head on a swivel, looking at everyone approaching your vehicle. Avoid stopping in the open, avoid sitting in a parking lot to read the MDT, especially at the station. Being among large concentrations of potential targets, like outside police stations, are terrible locations to be. Stay inside, deep within the secured areas away from windows, or far from the station in the first place. Become a difficult target to reach. Avoid routine. Another key to your survival is learning self-aid, now, don’t wait for someone to teach it. Not only for yourself, but the officer beside you. Proper application of tourniquets, direct pressure bandages, wound assessment.You can not rely on H&H getting there quick enough. The Israeli Battle Dressings are available from various online sites for under $10 and are small enough to carry in a pocket. Staying sterile and available for a very long time. However the MOST important aspect for your survival is proper mental conditioning and the survival mindset. Prepare yourself for the worse. Don’t let it consume you, but be ready for it. Plan your if/then scenarios in your mind before you encounter a threat. Like all actions, they must become second nature so as to occur without conscious thought. This can only happen with training and practice. Practice, not to the point that you get it right, but to the point that you can not do it wrong. They are planning right now, planning against us. We should be setting our minds right to do the same. From Attacks on page 27 Be alert for attacks fromISIS and other terrorists… Stop by our store located at 53 Plain Street (rear) in Braintree or call us at (781) 843-5293. When your business or personal needs require custom embroidery or screen printing,we hope you choose The Embroidery Clinic for high quality and competitive pricing. Guess who? Name this BPPA member – Pictures are scattered throughout this issue of the PAX – first correct response to rcolburn@bppa.org wins a $50.00 Dunkin Donuts gift card. If NO correct responses, the now-grown-up member wins!