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Thank you for putting this information together every week, and for what you are doing to help train Christians everywhere to be safe and ready. I pray for your health and safety. I have one request, would it be possible that when you list a crime in some city that you could also put the state?

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Yes, I can try and do better at that. Thanks for the suggestion.

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Apr 13Liked by Keith Graves

Who are these clowns? We need to be wise as serpents too

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Apr 13Liked by Keith Graves

I appreciate your dedication in helping to keep believers safe.

I will keep you in my prayers brother.

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Apr 13Liked by Keith Graves

I like the new format and clearly Keith spent time to review and categorize the incidents. Thanks for all your efforts.

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Thank you Keith. I really like how you grouped the offenses into different categories like Violent Crimes, Sex Crimes, Property Crimes, Updates, and International Crimes. This makes it easier to quickly process the large amount of information.

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Thanks for the format change; it makes it quick for an old retired cop. Chesapeake,Va. guess where?

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Thank you, Keith, for all that you put into sharing this information and training!

I have recently been getting a LOT of questions about the Byrna non-lethal pistols as an alternative for church and personal defense. I know how I feel personally about carrying something that looks like a nug but isn't a nug, and our safety team always carries OC as a non-lethal option. I would really love to hear your thoughts on it.

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I just got done doing an evaluation on it. I know a lot of people like it, but it did not work out well for us. I have a video of us, PepperBalling somebody. It was not effective at all. When I get time to edit the video and put it together, I’ll put it up on the YouTube channel and then share it here as well.

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Love the new format Keith and thank you for all of your efforts. Our church safety team is benefiting big time from your ministry. Appreciate you always keeping Jesus at the center of everything you teach.

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So grateful for your ministry, brother! The new format is great, and easy to follow. Some readers may not be interested in all types of stories (although I can't understand why), and this allows them to quickly pick out the stories that they feel most impact them. Watch your six, and remember your ABCs!

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Very easy to follow . Thank you for all you do. I pray for you health and God keeps a Cloak of protection around you.. I encourage everyone to get tied in to their local and state police and state homeland security. The Domestic terrorist training is eye opening.

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Hello Keith, It is largely because of your faithful updates and practical teaching on safety and security in and for houses of worship that I've written a book about how to build a Dispatchers Ministry. It will be available soon through Amazon.com/books (search for church safety, dispatch center, etc.( Thanks for your very practical encouragement to people of faith. R. Haines

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I echo the value of of citing state (or even country, if needed) for your news headline summaries. Even clicking a link to a local news outlet website doesn't always tell the reader where the news took place without wasting more clicks to find the home base of the news outlet. Proximity is one of the important principles of news...if it's "closer" to me the story or incident is probably more important to me. Grouping crimes by type is useful; the table of contents (TOC) is good idea, would be even better if you can hyperlink the TOC entries to the topics. Keep up the good work, Keith.

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this format works very well, and as we continue to see the rise of evil in this world, we are better prepared to see these issues when and if they arise in our communities and our churches. God bless

V/r in Christ Jesus

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I am an ex cop and fulltime associate pastor at my church, thank you Keith I give a synopsis of these crimes every week. Should see some of the looks of amazement I get.

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Thank you for keeping us informed on what the main stream media does not broadcast. You put a lot of hard work on the news briefs and your training information, it is greatly appreciated by myself and most likely the rest of the people who follow your media pages.

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Keith how does one get in direct contact with you? I have some important info to share with you related to the recent survival dispatch video..some of it involves your state.

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you can always just "reply" to the emails I send out, like the one today.

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Done. Check your email sir.

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