On Aug. 29, the Sequim High School auditorium played host to two sessions of a training seminar put on by Jesus Villahermosa, Jr. of Crisis Reality Training. School district staff and members of the community learned about how to better handle active shooter or active lethal threat situations.
“There’s no perfect plan for these situations,” said Villahermosa, who said that he retired from the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department as a sergeant and member of their SWAT team several years ago.
“But there are better plans than what most school districts have now. Most of what schools teach and plan for since the 1950s is just going to put more people in danger.”
Much of Villahermosa’s presentation was focused on two things: dispelling decades’ worth of myths and misinformation and providing information that he says can save lives.