Thirty more women will be added to an additional RAD (Rape Aggression Defense) class starting this fall due to a completely full waitlist.
The class is offered through Utah State University and only women can receive credit or take the course. Five officers from Utah State University Police Department teach the course.
"I would highly recommend it," said Officer Jason Ostermiller, one of the teachers. "We get through 100 scenarios in two hours and it really increases confidence in women."
Students in the class will learn different strike areas and legal rights. Videos of techniques will be shown and then they learn at a gym how to efficiently punch and kick their attacker to get away.
"It really brings the whole class together. Every girl is cheering on her classmate by the end of it," Ostermiller said.
With sexual assault cases, drugs and alcohol almost always are involved in the reports.
"Alcohol and Tinder is a terrible mix. We see girls who just ended a relationship, got drunk with her girlfriends and then wanted to find a guy that night," said Officer Erik Christensen. "We saw it two weeks ago where, luckily, her friends interceded and literally carried her out of that guy's house."
The class will be offered twice a week, for an hour a day.
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