BIO

Ryan Sanchez

Chief Executive Officer

Ryan Sanchez is the CEO of Crisis Management Solutions LLC and is a recently retired Police Sergeant with the Livermore Police Department. He had been in Law Enforcement for the past 29 years and was a School Resource Officer for eight years. Ryan has been providing active shooter / threat training to K-12 schools, colleges, shopping malls, churches, community organizations and businesses for the past twelve years and has been certified by the Department of Homeland Security as an Active Shooter Threat Instructor. He has attended countless active shooter training courses and debriefs. Ryan is a tactics instructor for sworn law enforcement officers specializing in Active Shooter Response for single and multiple officers. Ryan was also a Team Leader for the East County Tactical Team as a Hostage Negotiator.

- Sergeant with the Livermore Police Department

- Livermore PD Supervisor of the Special Operations Unit (undercover narcotics, gangs, and VICE)

- 29 years in Law Enforcement

- School Resource Officer for 8 years with Livermore Police Department and Livermore Joint Valley Unified School District

​- Numerous high-risk operations - suspect takedowns and apprehensions, including plainclothes and undercover operations

- Graduate of the Sherman Block Supervisory Leadership Institute - CA POST

- Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, and Supervisory Certificate - CA POST 

- Assistant Team Leader for the East County Tactical Team (Crisis Negotiations Team)

- US Department of Homeland Security – Active Shooter Threat INSTRUCTOR Training​

- US Department of Homeland Security – Active Shooter INSTRUCTOR Workshop

- US Department of Homeland Security - Law Enforcement Prevention and Deterrence of Terrorist Acts

- US Department of Homeland Security - Site Protection Through Observational Design

- US Department of Homeland Security / US Secret Service - Averting Targeted School Violence: A U.S. Secret Service Analysis of Plots Against Schools

- Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events INSTRUCTOR - Texas State University (Advance Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training)

- Site Protection through Observational Techniques - Louisiana State University (LSU) NCBRT

- Law Enforcement Prevention and Deterrence of Terrorist Acts - Louisiana State University (LSU) NCBRT

​- MACTAC (Multi-Assault Counter-Terrorism Action Capabilities) by Los Angeles SWAT

- Active Shooter Response for School and Community Violence by PSTI

- SWAT Command Decision-Making and Leadership by the National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA)

- Tactical Awareness / Threat Recognition Course by Willdan Homeland Solutions

- Tactical Lifesavers Course by Internal School of Tactical Medicine

​- Livermore Police Department Active Shooter Training / East County Tactical Team SWAT Active Shooter Training

- SWAT Command Decision-Making and Leadership - National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA)

- Active Shooter / Terrorism training by John Giduck

- Lt. Col. David Grossman - "The Bulletproof Mind: Mental Preparation for Combat” - Lt. Col. David Grossman - Jonesboro AK school shooting debrief

- Sandy Hook Debrief - Multiple

- University of Central Florida Debrief by Chief Richard Beary

- Arapahoe High School Shooting Debrief - by Deputy James Englert

- Alabama Bus Siege and Hostage debrief by the FBI

- Columbine, Platte Canyon, Youth With a Mission debriefs by AJ DeAndrea (Arvada Colorado PD – Jefferson County SWAT) - Virginia Tech debrief by Code 4 Training

- Route 91 Harvest Festival Debrief – Captain Christopher Tomaino LVMPD

- Maersk Alabama Pirate siege and takeover “Captain Phillips” by FBI

- Behavioral Threat Assessment: Preventing the Active Shooter by NCRIC, Kevin Smith

- Advanced Threat Assessment: Preventing Mass Casualty Attacks by NCRIC, Kevin Smith

- Essential Emergency Management Concepts - California Specialized Training Institute / Cal OES

- ICS / EOC Interface (G-191) - California Specialized Training Institute / Cal OES

- Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS G606) - California Specialized Training Institute / Cal OES

- Essential EOC Action Planning Workshop (G-626E) - California Specialized Training Institute / Cal OES

- EOC Management and Operations (G-775) - California Specialized Training Institute / Cal OES

- Essential EOC Management Section for Management (G-611M) - California Specialized Training Institute / Cal OES

- FEMA ICS (IS-100.b/c) course - Introduction to Incident Command System

- FEMA ICS (IS-200.b/c) course - ICS for Singe Resources and Initial Action Incident

- FEMA ICS (IS-700.a/b) course - National Incident Management System (NIMS)

- FEMA ICS (IS-800.c/d) course - National Response Framework

- FEMA ICS (IS-360) course - Preparing for Mass Casualty Incidents: A guide for Schools, Higher Education, and House of Worship

- FEMA ICS (IS-907) course - Active Shooter - What Can You Do

​- Multiple active shooter, suicidal, barricaded, and hostage training debriefs

​- Member of School Safety Committees for Las Positas College and Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District

- Member of the NTOA - National Tactical Officers Association

- Member of the CATO - California Association of Tactical Officers

- Member of CAHN - California Association of Hostage Negotiators

- Member of CNOA - California Narcotics Officers Association

- Former Member of NASRO - National Association of School Resource Officers

- Former Member of CSROA - California School Resource Officers Association

- Hostage Negotiator - ICI Institute of Criminal Investigations

- Crisis Negotiations - National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA)

- Crisis Negotiations Team Leadership - D-PREP

- Advanced Crisis Negotiations - D-PREP

- SWAT / Tactical Liability Issues - PSTI