Medical University of South Carolina Public Safety Department Instructors: Lt. Oneida R. Banks, Officer Leslie Hayes & Office Bridget Hinkebein Address: 101 Doughty Street Charleston, SC 29425 Phone: 843-792-1070 Fax: 843-792-6387 Email: banksor@musc.edu MUSC Public Safety is proud to be part of the living national network of RAD instructors.

The Rape Aggression Defense Basic Personal Defense System is a 9-12 hour national program of realistic self-defense tactics and techniques taught for women only. All courses are taught by nationally certified R.A.D. Instructors.

The goal of R.A.D. is to provide realistic self-defense options to women, regardless of their level of physical conditioning. Students at all levels of ability, age, experience, and strength will be provided with techniques and information that can be effectively used from the first day of class. R.A.D. is not a martial arts program, nor does it require students to be athletes in training to succeed.

The R.A.D. system will provide students with the knowledge to make an educated decision about personal defense. We provide information on physical and non-physical options, as well as insight into the attacker mindset.

Every student receives a manual for reference and practice. Once a student has completed a R.A.D. program, their signed manual becomes a ticket for free lifetime return and practice with any R.A.D. instructor in the US and Canada.

The widespread acceptance of the R.A.D. system is due to the ease, simplicity, and effectiveness of our tactics, solid research, legal defensibility, and unique teaching methodology. R.A.D. is the only self-defense program endorsed by the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA).

The National Self- Defense Institute, Inc. S.A.F.E. Program is an initiative to STOP Violence Against Teenaged and Adult Women. 'S.A.F.E.'(an acronym for Self-defense Awareness & Familiarization Exchange) is an unparalleled 2-hour educational awareness, crime-victim prevention program – encompassing Strategies, Techniques, Options, and Prevention – that provides teenaged & adult women with information that may reduce their risk of exposure to violence and introduces them to the physical aspects of self-defense.

The S.A.F.E. Program has a dual purpose:

1.       To prevent crimes of sexual violence in our communities through programs of education and training, focusing primarily on awareness and prevention;

2.       To educate women about realistic options that will help them avoid, escape, and survive assaults if they do occur.

R.A.D. is the largest network of its kind with over 7000 Instructors having received training in our systems to date. These Instructors teach at various colleges, universities, and municipal law enforcement agencies as well as various other community organizations internationally. R.A.D. has trained more than 300,000 women throughout the U.S. and Canada since the program began in 1989. R.A.D. is the only existing program with a free lifetime return and practice policy, honored throughout both the US and Canada. R.A.D. has developed specialized simulation techniques and equipment for use by certified R.A.D. instructors. R.A.D. is the only self-defense program ever endorsed by the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA). Lawrence N. Nadeau, Director of Instructional Development and Founder.