JOHN CHEVALIER
John has been teaching and training both youth and adults for over 35 years. He is a certified trainer in Adult, Child, and Infant CPR-AED/First Aid, in AVERT (Active Violence Emergency Response Training), as well as a Certified Personal Defense Readiness Fundamentals Coach – A Division of Blauer Tactical Systems.
His goal is to help individuals and companies be safer and save lives by training in Personal Self Defense and knowing how to respond in an Active Shooter situation.
John is a licensed security guard with the California Bureau of Security and Investigative Services and is also a professional educator, teaching Career & Technical Education classes to high school students in Northern California.
He has been a featured speaker at many technical, leadership, and educational events, such as the National Association of Broadcasters Convention, the INFOCOMM Convention, the California League of Schools Annual Conferences, and the Educating for Careers Conferences in Northern California.
When he’s not in a classroom somewhere you can find him home with his family or performing as a local musician at clubs, wineries, and private events.
ERIC LEWIS
Eric is retired law enforcement with over twenty years of service. He was a seasoned correctional deputy for The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office. He also served as a community service officer for the Santa Rosa Junior College District Police. In addition, he was a police officer for the City of Stockton in the mid – 2000’s.
Eric has over 11 years experience working as a safety consultant for DPREP, a company that focuses on threat assessments for schools K – 12 and businesses. He was also on staff as an instructor at The Santa Rosa Junior College Public Safety Training Center with the Corrections/Probation Division, where he assisted in the state certification of new corrections recruits.
He is a licensed security guard certified by the California Bureau of Security and Investigative Services. He has worked for two large security firms (National Security Industries and Securitas) and is a certified in CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design).