{"id":1040347,"date":"2021-11-21T13:28:49","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T18:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1040347"},"modified":"2021-11-21T13:28:53","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T18:28:53","slug":"anxious-san-francisco-residents-taking-safety-into-their-own-hands-with-self-defense-courses-high-tech-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anxious-san-francisco-residents-taking-safety-into-their-own-hands-with-self-defense-courses-high-tech-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Anxious San Francisco Residents Taking Safety into Their Own Hands with Self-Defense Courses, High-Tech Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fanxious-san-francisco-residents-taking-safety-into-their-own-hands-with-self-defense-courses-high-tech-security%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1040347&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/90148783_1764516503719590_7232889290567450624_n-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Crime has become front and center for people who live in San Francisco, California, and now people are taking their safety into their own hands by enrolling in self-defense courses and installing high-tech security systems in their homes.<\/p>\n<p>According to an August, 2021, report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.safewise.com\/blog\/most-dangerous-cities\/\">published<\/a> on the Safewise home security website, San Francisco comes in 6th in the Top 10 most dangerous cities in America, with two other California cities making the list \u2014 Stockton came in 9th and Bakersfield 10th.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The <em>San Francisco Chronicle<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/sf\/article\/People-are-freaking-out-From-martial-arts-16633256.php?sid=5d54065e91d15c7b08162233&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=headlines&amp;utm_campaign=sfc_morningfix\">reported<\/a> on the development:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"28\">\n<p>With San Francisco mired in an intensifying debate over crime and public safety, the lessons taught by instructors like Chow are in greater demand. Several operators of self-defense schools and people who sell security equipment said they are seeing an uptick in business.<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco \u2014 which has long struggled with a high rate of theft crimes \u2014 has not experienced major increases in violent crime this year, according to police figures, but more burglaries, robberies and other crimes are being captured on videos that spread virally on social media, and the city has been consumed by the war of words over progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin and his efforts to reduce incarceration in favor of treatment and rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<p>Tat Wong academy, which has more than 450 students, has seen its new student count double in the last year, with more than 100 students enrolling in 2021 so far. Many of those new students are women and older adults who say they\u2019ve come to the studio for reasons other than just fitness. Martial arts center United Studios of Self Defense, located in Lower Pacific Heights, has seen an increase of students in the last year \u2014 from 60 to around 85, according to Principal John Collins. He added that around 70 percent of his new students have shared they don\u2019t feel safe walking on the streets.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.9661016949153\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;People are freaking out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With San Francisco mired in an intensifying debate over crime and public safety, residents are investing in self-protection. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GF7y7fRs3P\">https:\/\/t.co\/GF7y7fRs3P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sfchronicle\/status\/1462477292790116352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis was something I wanted to do in light of recent events,\u201d said Dorothy Wong, 35, referring to attacks on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the city over the summer.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe hate, especially towards elderly, is super concerning,\u201d Wong said. \u201cSo part of that was me trying to be prepared in case I needed to defend my family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere has been a big shift,\u201d martial arts instructor Zelig said. \u201cPeople are coming here to literally defend themselves. The urgency for that has definitely increased more than before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo far this year, assaults have risen slightly compared to 2020, with 165 more incidents reported to date, compared to the same period a year ago,\u201d the <em>Chronicle<\/em> reported.&nbsp;\u201cThere were four more homicides in San Francisco through Nov. 14 compared to the same period a year earlier and 33 fewer reported rapes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The news outlets reported that people are also flocking to hardware stories to secure their homes.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>\u201cPeople are freaking out,\u201d Nestor Guardado, shop manager at Lock World, said.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Guardado said he has seen a 25 to 40 percent increase in business over the last year or about 150 new customers visiting his business.<\/p>\n<p>Ramon Nia, owner of the San Francisco retailer Yes Locksmith said his sales have tripled over the past year and that he\u2019s had hundreds more safety related inquiries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you have an alarm sticker on your house you\u2019re sending a message that you\u2019re kind of security-conscious,\u201d said Brian Jones, an employee at Rhinoceros Security, who was himself the victim of an attempted break-in while he as eating dinner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt leaves you with such a weird feeling afterwards that you can understand,\u201d Jones said. \u201cAlmost immediately after something like that, people get alarm systems. 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