Mutual Aid Success in Hoedspruit

Anyone who has followed me for more than a few days knows that I say watch South Africa for what is going to happen here.  In fact, today’s riot in Johannesburg looked remarkably similar to the one in Philadelphia last night.  An incident happened last week in which South Africans used the skills outlined in TW03 Defensive Operations and TW04 Scouting and Patrolling.  They were able to stop cold a gang of murderous bandits, exactly like we’d expect to see in a Without Rule of Law situation.  In fact, the situation was indeed a WROL situation because the police fled.

A little background first.  Both Gideon Joubert of Paratus (paratus.info) and “K9 Reaper” in South Africa have copies of my books.  They need them because they live in a WROL society, where the South African Police Service (SAPS) exists only on paper.  Riots and lawlessness are the rule.  Enter the “community safety initiative” or “farm watch”.  Reaper patrols with a community safety initiative. 

These are what we would call a cross between a neighborhood watch and a mutual assistance group/militia.  It is essentially the members of the community who have decided to do all within their power to protect their community during a complete societal collapse. 

The prudent see danger and take refuge,

but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.

Proverbs 27:12

When I put out TW03 and TW04, some people said that they couldn’t imagine a scenario in which those hard security and small unit skills would be used.  Well, Hoedspruit in Limpopo gives us a REAL-WORLD example.

On Wednesday, September 20^th, G4S security was running a “cash in transit” convoy.  We would consider this an armored car, but they also had an escort vehicle.  An armed gang of robbers (pirates) ambushed the convoy and forced both vehicles to stop.  The armored car driver was killed and the two escort guards were wounded.  The robbers used explosives to blow the armored car open and stole the cash.  The SAPS arrived and a firefight broke out between the police and the robbers.  The police, quickly realizing they were outgunned, got back in their vehicles and fled the scene.  That’s right, you are on your own.

Based on how the Farm Watch works, the Hoedspruit Farm Watch was already aware of the robbery and the suspects.  Once they heard that the police had left and the robbers were about to flee the scene, the Farm Watch took action to protect the community.  They were on solid common law ground here because the police refused to act.

The first step they took was right out of TW03.  In that volume, I said that to create the impression of a secure community, roadblocks and checkpoints were needed to steer bad folks to easier targets.  The Hoedspruit Farm Watch set up a series of roadblocks and checkpoints to try and prevent the pirates from getting deeper into the community to victimize anyone else.  Solid defense.

Next, knowing that a large party of armed threats was active, they moved to offense with their Quick Reaction Force.  These guys went out of TW04 and set up an ambush on the route the bad guys were taking.  When the bad guys continued towards the community, the Farm Watch took offensive action to prevent an attack.  They ambushed the pirates on the road.

A long gun battle ensued. The pirates had AK’s and pistols, but the Farm Watch was better armed and in a better position.  The initial gun battle left 3 pirates dead and 1 wounded, with 2 others fleeing.

Our Farm Watch heroes didn’t stop here.  The 2 fleeing suspects still posed a threat to the community at large, so a tracking patrol was sent out complete with dogs to run down the remaining bad guys.  After a long pursuit through the bush, both suspects were captured and all of the stolen money was recovered.  The Farm Watch used their citizen’s arrest authority to hold the bad guys until the SAPS could be coaxed back into the area to arrest the suspects.

The Farm Watch successfully defended their community, neutralized the threat, captured the survivors, and sustained zero casualties while doing so.  This might sound like a Mad Max movie plot, but this really happened.

This story is why we train.  Going to a Brushbeater Scout or Recce course, an RTO Course, or reading my books will help develop you and your team’s ability to do exactly this.  These kinds of things are coming.  Just look at Philadelphia last night.  If you lived in certain areas, the police weren’t coming to help you.

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I hope this real-life Mutual Aid Group story motivates you and your team to train.  At the very least, buy my books and train on them, but consider traveling to legit course.

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