National TV show filmed at Rice to air July 21

FROM RICE NEWS STAFF REPORTS

	“The Little Couple” focuses on Houstonians Bill Klein, left, and Jen Arnold, both of whom are under 4 feet tall.

An episode of the national TV show “The Little Couple” that was filmed at the Rice University Police Department (RUPD) in May is scheduled to air on The Learning Channel at 9 p.m. Tuesday, July 21.

This half-hour reality series focuses on Houstonians Bill Klein and Jen Arnold, both of whom are under 4 feet tall. Arnold works close to the Rice campus at Texas Children’s Hospital, where she is a neonatologist. The upcoming episode includes scenes of Arnold taking a Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) class at RUPD.

Sgt. Jim Baylor, RUPD’s training and crime prevention coordinator, and his wife, Sandra, taught the class that was filmed. In addition to being a certified RAD instructor, Sandra is also department coordinator for Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rice. The Baylors had to adapt their techniques to accommodate Arnold’s 3-foot, 2-inch stature.

RAD is a program of realistic, self-defense tactics and techniques for women that begins with awareness, prevention, risk reduction and avoidance and progresses to the basics of hands-on defense training. Learn more about the program at http://rupd.rice.edu/programs.cfm?doc_id=10985.