Patent ID: 6876302

Claim:
A non-lethal, personal, deterrent system providing deterrent protection for a system user against an assailant, said system comprising a portable device including identification information of said user, said device obtaining global positioning system location-data specifying location of said device and said assailant and obtaining an image of said assailant; a transmitter integrated with said portable device for transmitting said identification information, said location-data and said image to a dedicated receiving and processing center; means for immediately relaying said identification information, said location-data and said image to a police department nearest to said location, whereby personnel of said department can immediately respond; and said device including a switch activatable by said user to operate said system, said switch being configured to: prevent or make difficult de-activation of said switch by said assailant, thereby allowing said device to continue to operate should assailant gain control of said device; and, be de-activated remotely by said police department.