SCARED IN MISSOURI

Hello,

My name is Jan and I live in a small community but work in a Community where the crime rate just in the last couple of months has risen considerably, I don't know if it is because the Christmas season is here and there are many that can't make ends meet but just 5 miles from where I work a woman age 50 was murdered 2 weeks ago at a Comfort Inn Motel on Interstate 70 in Missouri. She had a single bullet to the head, the assaliant locked her in her office, took her keys to the motel and locked the door to the motel so the morning crew couldn't get into the building. I work alone in my office most of the time and nobody would find me injured or dead unless a customer walked in and found me, and that is if they didn't lock the front door. If I don't answer the phone it goes to voice mail and again no one would think much of that either. We live in a way too much automated world today and people expect to get voice mail and the person may or may not get back to them. I have been with the company I work for 28 1/2 years and I am very surprised that they don't think this would be a big liability leaving me alone on a busy interstate working in their company. So far nothing has been said or done about this situation. I feel that I need to take some safety matters in my own hands. The company I work for will not allow firearms on the property and at one time I had Pepper Spray under my desk. You have to be pretty close to the assaliant for it to be effective or (they can take it away from you and use it on you) and they expire pretty quick, so I have been on your site and it says the C2 can be used up to 15 feet away. My desk to the entry to the reception area where I work is approximately 12 feet from the door. I also deal in the trucking industry where there are a lot of drivers out there that are on something that can alter their behavior, They act very nervous or erratic. I can say when I am there by myself I do lock the front door, if I can't see where they have broke down or they are not on my lot I don't let them in. It drives my boss crazy because I lock the door when he goes to lunch and sometimes I forget unlock it before he gets back, I also lock it when I go to the bathroom because I don't want to come out and someone is standing there. Maybe it is just me but where I work it is a man thing and of course they can defend themselves (they think) but I'm thinking nobody gives a crap about me. (Company and Co-Workers) I feel like I can do a great service to our area and I have many people that I have talked to casually about this. They have told me if I can get a distributorship for the taser party they want me to contact them. I also have a very strong feeling for helping people and I'm pretty sure that is not a bad thing with your company.

Jan, Missouri