A 12 year veteran of the U.S. Secret Service was among the experts who addressed hundreds of Central Texas educators Monday at a threat assessment seminar at Baylor University in Waco.

"It is not rocket science to use the skills that we have talked about today to look at threatening behavior, make some assessments and figure out do you need to get in and intervene to reduce risk,” former U.S. Secret Service Chief Research Psychologist Dr. Marisa Randazzo told educators and law enforcement personnel.

Randazzo, who has started her own firm, Sigma Threat Management Associates travels all over the country training others to minimize risks that may be threatening a business or school.

"All the information we're presenting today comes from research that my colleagues and I did back when I was at the U.S. Secret Service in partnership with U.S. Department of Education,” she said.

“It's information from the largest federal study of school shootings where we also had a chance to talk with 10 school shooters in prison and hear their stories directly," Randazzo said.

Homeland Security Director of Emergency Management Thomas Munoz also took part in the training session Monday.

"Unfortunately this is not going away so we're trying to get in front of the situation, mitigate the problem and plan for the problem,” he said.

"At Santa Fe for example we had over 300 police officers and first responders, different agencies responding to that situation trying to command and control and coordinate all of the assets, all the people, all the talent, it's very very difficult," Munoz told the crowd.

Texas City ISD Superintendent Dr. Rodney Cavaness says he was on the scene at Santa Fe High school shortly after the shooting in May that left eight students and two teachers dead.

"What is eye-opening is being at Santa Fe ISD with Superintendent Dr. Leigh Wall on May 18,” he said.

“That will open your eyes to what can happen, when we get to see some things we didn't want to see."

Cavaness took drastic measures after the Santa Fe High school shooting that was just a few miles from his district, by hiring former U.S. Secret Service agent Mike Matranga to become the district’s executive director of security and safety.

Matranga says it's time to shore up the campus and train everyone what to do in case of an emergency.

"When the bullets start flying I don't care what your job title is if I need assistance so everybody needs to be aware of what the rules and security guidelines are."