Japanese girl screaming contest
Female students at a high school in Fukui participate in a screaming contest:
Summer vacation is about to begin, so the school and local police held the contest to help teach the girls to make some noise if they run into suspicious individuals. A little gadget is used measured the decibel levels of their shrieks and shouts for help. (According to the report, a 90 decibel scream is required to scare off an attacker.)
The report doesn’t mention anyone being named the winner of the contest, but their teacher does a pretty good job of loudly shouting an insult at the guy.
Do you find this to be a good example of practical crime prevention training?
Related video: While we’re on the topic of suspicious guys, here’s a comedy video starring Ken Shimura:
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