Bellevue PD is teaching women to fight back with self-defense

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Craig Hanaumi said more than 2,000 women have attended his self-defense workshop since it began. Some traveled more than 60 miles.

Women take part in a self defense class as part of the Women Empowered Series organized by the Bellevue Police Department.

More than 320 women were the victims of assault in 2023 with another 97 cases reported so far this year, according to the “The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence also found that about one in three women – including about 41.4% of Washington women – experience some form of domestic violence from a partner or significant other,” BPD spokesperson Drew Anderson said.“Being the one of the few police departments in the world that is certified to offer regularly occurring workshops like this is a special thing for us.” said BPD Officer Craig Hanaumi, the creator of the Women Empowered Series.

“Young women are especially at risk with about 82% of juvenile victims being female. About 90% of rape victims are female,” Anderson said in an email.also stated in that one in three women who have experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner mentioned previously, it includes “a range of behaviors and in some cases might not be considered ‘domestic violence.'”Hanaumi reiterated that the self-defense workshops are free.

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