Darren and Beth's Bio
Darren and Beth Laur live in Victoria British Columbia Canada with their son Brandon. Darren is currently a Staff Sergeant with the Victoria City Police Department, with over 25 years of policing experience, and is an internationally recognized expert, published author and highly sought after speaker who specializes in the area of personal safety and self protection both in the real world and the cyber world. Darren is also a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist and Neuro Linguistic Psychology (NLP) practitioner who integrates these studies and disciplines into all PPS programs and presentations. In 1993, both Darren and Beth started their company, Personal Protection Systems Inc., which specializes in teaching safety awareness and self protection strategies, and both have presented to thousands of men, women, and children as well as to schools, businesses, law enforcement agencies and Federal/Provincial Ministries. Darren and Beth have written over 70 internationally published articles and four books on the topics of personal safety, one of those books, "Total Awareness A Woman's Safety Book", won a provincial award. Darren has been featured in numerous radio and television broadcasts, publications and media articles as an authority on the topics of personal safety, workplace violence prevention, child safety and social media/Internet safety. Beth oversees and runs the company, while Darren facilitates all their programs, or as Beth jokingly says, "She's the brains behind the company, and Darren is the brawn."
