>>JENNIFER WAUGH: WE ARE CONTINUING THE IMPORTANT CONVERSATION THIS MORNING ABOUT
SMART ARMOR FROM OUR SPECIAL
REPORT THAT YOU SAW LAST NIGHT
AT
10 O’CLOCK. THESE ARE BASICALLY
FASHIONABLE DEVICES THAT ARE
DISGUISED AS ACCESSORIES THAT
YOU WEAR LIKE NECKLACES AND
HAIR TIES BUT THEY ACT
BASICALLY IT’S A MODERN DAY
PANIC BUTTON. CONSUMER
INVESTIGATOR LAUREN VERNO’S
NEWS 4 JAX CRIME AND SAFETY
EXPERT KEN JEFFERSON TRIED OUT
TECH MADE BY IN VISIT WHERE
WHEN YOU DOUBLE CLICK.
THE BUTTON. YOU SEE THAT
LAUREN’S WEARING IT THERE AN
EMERGENCY ALERT IS THE
INCENTIVE TO ALERT IS SENT TO
PEOPLE YET YOU PROGRAMMED
INTO IT. OR THAT CALL CAN ALSO
GO TO THE SECURITY COMPANY ADT
WELL.
>> I ARE
YOU OKAY.
>>LAUREN VERNO: I KNOW I FEEL
LIKE THERE’S A MAN FOLLOWING ME
AND I JUST DON’T FEEL
COMFORTABLE.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO NOTIFY
THE POLICE AT THIS TIME TO
YOUR LOCATION.
>> YEAH CAN YOU PLEASE ALSO THE
POLICE NOW AND THEN I’LL CALL
YOU RIGHT BACK OKAY NOW WHAT
WAS IMPRESSIVE ABOUT THAT
DEMONSTRATION WAS THE FACT THAT
YOU DOUBLE CLICK AND I COUNTED.
THE TIME THAT IT TOOK FOR THE APP TO POP UP.
>> AND IT WAS WITHIN 3 SECONDS
SO THAT’S A BIG PLUS FOR
THAT PARTICULAR FEATURE THERE
AND NOT ONLY THAT HE HAD YOU ON
GPS YEAH WE’RE GONNA BE BACK IN
JUST A BAR AND SO YES THIS US.
>> THANK YOU I HAVE NOTIFIED
THE POLICE.
>>LAUREN VERNO: I JUST GOT THE
NOTIFICATION THAT POLICE HAVE
BEEN NOTIFIED TO YOUR LOCATION.
SO KEN JOINS US NOW THIS MORNING WE WOULD JUST WATCH A LITTLE BIT OF THAT
DEMONSTRATION IN IN A REAL LIFE
SCENARIO, WHAT FEATURES OF A
PRODUCT LIKE THIS DO YOU THINK
ARE MOST IMPORTANT.
>> I YOU KNOW, I’M NOT
EASILY IMPRESSED. BUT I WAS
IMPRESSED WITH THIS
DEMONSTRATION AND THE WAY IT
RESPONDED.
I’M MOST IMPRESSED WITH THE
TIMELINESS OF IT HOW QUICK IT
WAS. THEY MAKE CONTACT
WITH LAUREN THE ASTORS YOU OK A
PERTINENT QUESTION IS RELEVANT
TO HER SITUATION.
WITHIN 3 TO 4 SECONDS THEY WERE
THERE THE APP HAD BROUGHT
POPPED UP. THEY KNEW HER
LOCATION THEY DIDN’T KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT THE
CIRCUMSTANCES WERE. BUT THEY
MAKE CONTACT WITH AND THAT’S
WHAT I WAS MOST IMPRESSED WITH
AND IN
WE HAVE TO EMBRACE MODERN
TECHNOLOGY
THINGS ARE BECOMING MORE AND
MORE EASY FOR US TO DO WITH
MODERN TECHNOLOGY.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: SO THESE
WEARABLE DEVICES COST BETWEEN
ABOUT A
115 $250. IF THAT’S JUST NOT IN
THE BUDGET FOR SOME AND WHAT
WOULD YOU RECOMMEND AS AN ADDED
LAYER OF SECURITY AS WE SEND
OUR DAUGHTERS PARTICULARLY IN
OUR SONS OFF TO COLLEGE.
WELL IF YOU CAN’T AFFORD THAT.
>> AT THE PRESENT TIME I WILL
RECOMMEND THAT YOU SAVE UP TO
TRY TO GET THAT BUT IN THE
MEANTIME BECAUSE IT’S SUCH A
GREAT PRODUCT. MY OPINION BUT
IN THE MEANTIME, LET’S JUST GO
BACK THE OLD STANDARDS THAT WE
USED TO YOU CAN CARRY MACE YOU
CAN CARRY.
PEPPER SPRAY A TASER OR III AND
NOISE MAKER.
THESE ARE THINGS DETERRENTS
THEY DON’T PREVENT THINGS FROM
HAPPENING WITH THEIR
DETERRENCE. TO DO THINGS LIKE
SOMEONE TRYING TO BID UP TO
YOU. SOMEONE’S FALLING, YOU’RE
UNCOMFORTABLE. THESE ARE THINGS
THAT YOU CAN USE IN THE BIN
THAT
YOU’RE ATTACKED.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: AND YOU KNOW
WE ALSO WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE
CAN THESE KINDS OF DEVICES
SHOULD NOT TAKE THE PLACE OF
JUST BEING AWARE OF YOUR
SURROUNDINGS HOW MANY TIMES
HAVE YOU AND I HAD THIS
DISCUSSION OVER
THE YEARS ABOUT LISTENING TO
YOUR GUT AND EDUCATING
PARTICULARLY OR OR TEENAGE, YOU
KNOW CHILDREN ABOUT
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. >> YEAH, YOU’RE YOU’RE CONSCIOUS. EXCUSE ME YOUR
CONSCIOUS AND YOUR GUT FEELING.
NEVER LETS YOU DOWN YOU ALWAYS GOING YOU ALWAYS WANT TO GO WITH THAT. BUT YOU KNOW LIKE
YOU SAID WE’VE DONE MANY
STORIES ABOUT BEING AWARE OF
YOUR SURROUNDINGS BEING
COGNIZANT OF THINGS IS THIS
HAPPENING IN FRONT
OF YOU. WE ALWAYS HAVE TO BE
ALERT WE ALWAYS HAVE TO BE
READY PARTICULAR IN THIS DAY
AND TIME BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE
DOING ALL TYPE OF
OUTLANDISH THINGS AGAINST
OTHER, SO WE ALWAYS HAVE TO BE
COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT.
THERE’S A POSSIBILITY THAT YOU
KNOW, I’M BEING
FOLLOWED OR I’VE GOT TO BE
TOTALLY AWARE OF MY
SURROUNDINGS BUT THESE DEVICES
BECAUSE OF THEIR CONCEALMENT
THEIR RATE DEVICES BECAUSE YOU
CAN IN CONSPICUOUSLY
USE THEM TO ALERT THE
AUTHORITIES ALL ALERT FRIENDS
OF EITHER OR IS IS A SAFE