GENESSEE DEPOT, Wis. — A group from southeastern Wisconsin is preparing for the worst, in hopes of preventing just that. 

The  Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department hosted a two-day Alice active shooter training to better educate law enforcement, teachers, and businesses owners on what to do in case of an active  shooter.

It’s a situation no one ever wants to be in, dealing with an active shooter. It’s one of the many reasons Scott Bessette is taking part of the Alice instructor training. So he will soon be able to teach others in the Hartland Lakeside school district where he works, how to stay  safe.

“It’s something unfortunately something that we live in the world today and I think everyone should have some sort of  training like this to react even if you aren’t in a school district. It can happen in movies, bars restaurants, it can happen anywhere,” director of building and ground for Hartland Lakeside school district Scott  Bessette said.

The Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department hosted the two day Alice training for those in law enforcement, teachers, and even business owners.

“It seems like more and more events of this nature are increasing and we are not immune in southeastern Wisconsin. We have had our share of events over the years,” Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department Deputy, James Soneberg said.

Alice is an acronym for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate. Through classroom settings and active drills those are all things participants like Scott Bessette will learn to be able to bring  back to his school district.

“God forbid something like this would happen. We don’t hope it would happen but we will be prepared if it would happen and hopefully  have the least amount of injuries to any students or staff as possible,” Bessette said.

The goal is  to teach survival and different methods to stay as safe as possible in any setting.