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HUNTINGTON BEACH - Golden West College has hired four additional safety officers, added a patrol shift and is considering putting cameras in their parking lots after a woman was kidnapped at the college and later raped at an unknown location, officials said.
Self-defense classes are also being offered to the public Thursday at the college and at City Hall.
"We are taking it very seriously," said campus public safety coordinator Brent Theobald. "We are trying to do...

Dallas Jessup's film on self-defense has been downloaded and viewed more than 1,200,000 --and that's JUST the beginning of her amazing story. Click the link below to hear a 15 minute interview with her mother, Maggie Jessup.
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Officials plan to hold a self-defense training class today following the March kidnapping and rape of a Golden West College student.
The Huntington Beach Police Department and Golden West are hosting two self-defense and awareness training classes in response to the on-campus crime.
"This is a problem that affected our city as well as other cities," said Nilda Patino de Berndt, community relations specialist for the Police Department.
The college contacted the department after...

Officials are holding self-defense training Thursday after a Golden West College student was kidnapped on campus and raped by an unknown man in March.
The Huntington Beach Police Department and Golden West are hosting two self-defense and awareness training classes in response to the incident, officials said.
“This is a problem that affected our city as well as other cities,” said Nilda Patino de Berndt, community relations specialist for the police department.
The...

CEOs Under 25 is an occasional, ongoing series about inspirational young executives and how they quickly worked their way to the top.
Name: Dallas Jessup
Title: CEO, founder & spokesperson
Organization: Just Yell Fire
Age at Which She First Became an Executive: 14
Current Age: 17
Heather Huhman: What is Just Yell Fire?
Dallas Jessup: Just Yell Fire teaches girls ages 11 to 19 to quite literally fight back against sexual assault...

When I came across this article in my RSS feed, I physically applauded. Dallas Jessup is an 18 year old woman who has created trainings, presentations, and videos about self-defense and empowerment. How did she get involved? The facts spoke to her.
Jessup, 18, said when she was 13 she found out that one in three women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime. As a black belt martial artist, she knew she could help her classmates.
The number of women who are...

On Apr. 9, Dallas Jessup brought "Just Yell Fire", a self-defense presentation for girls of all ages, to Eastern New Mexico University at the University Theatre's main stage.
Jessup saw a video in class about a girl getting raped and was extremely upset by it; as a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, she wanted to teach girls how to protect themselves.
Jessup put together a video of 10 self-defense techniques that girls can use to protect themselves. She showed the video to...

The Chelsea King tragedy demonstrates our legal system’s failure to prevent convicted sex offenders from perpetrating the worst kind of crimes imaginable. As a California Deputy Attorney General, I often saw sex offenders released from our state prisons only to claim new victims. It’s painful to acknowledge that our exorbitantly expensive criminal justice system can’t protect the precious lives of young women like 17-year-old Chelsea King. So painful to me, that as the mother...

Dallas Jessup knew she would be helping her classmates at her Portland, Ore., high school when she made a film about self defense.
What she didn't know is that the film would grow into a world-wide non-profit organization now credited for starting a revolution.
The film teaches self-defense techniques. Jessup, 18, said when she was 13 she found out that one in three women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime. As a black belt martial artist, she knew she could help her...

Apr. 8--Dallas Jessup knew she would be helping her classmates at her Portland, Ore., high school when she made a film about self defense.
What she didn't know is that the film would grow into a world-wide non-profit organization now credited for starting a revolution.
The film teaches self-defense techniques. Jessup, 18, said when she was 13 she found out that one in three women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime. As a black belt martial artist, she knew she could help...