Anthony Bandiero
Blue to Gold instructor

Anthony Bandiero

Attorney - Senior Legal Instructor

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About Anthony

Anthony Bandiero is a police officer turned attorney who has spent his career making constitutional law usable on the street. He has trained more than 100,000 officers in 47 states in Fourth Amendment law, search and seizure, and constitutional policing.

He served in law enforcement, first as a municipal police officer and then as a sergeant with the Nevada Highway Patrol. He saw firsthand how little practical legal training officers actually receive, and what that gap costs agencies in suppressed evidence, failed prosecutions, and civil liability. He went to law school to close it, graduating summa cum laude from Gonzaga University School of Law.

Today Blue to Gold is the nation’s leading provider of legal training for law enforcement, serving more than 7,000 agencies through in-person courses, on-demand instruction, published field guides, and the Legal Roll Call weekly legal update program. Anthony is the author of the Search and Seizure Survival Guide series, covering all fifty states plus a federal edition, and the Reasonable Suspicion and Probable Cause Pocket Guide. He serves as a search and seizure consultant to police and sheriff’s agencies across the country and as an expert witness in use of force and search and seizure litigation.

Attend one of his classes and you will see why agencies bring him back. High energy, plain language, real scenarios, and no wasted time

EXPERIENCE

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Blue to Gold Law Enforcement Training, Coeur d’Alene, ID | 2015 to Present

Search and Seizure Consultant

police and sheriff’s agencies nationwide | 2022 to Present

Expert Witness

use of force and search and seizure litigation | 2016 to Present

Attorney and Principal

The FFL Lawyer, firearms and federal licensing law | 2016 to Present

Conference Keynote Speaker

2017 to Present

Adjunct Professor

Great Basin College, Elko, NV | 2013 to Present

Police Officer IV

Elko Police Department, Elko, NV | 2015 to 2016

Sergeant

Nevada Highway Patrol, Las Vegas, NV | 2005 to 2015

Executive Director

Nevada State Law Enforcement Officers Association | 2012 to 2015

EDUCATION

Juris Doctor, summa cum laude

Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, WA

Master of Liberal Arts in Government (ALM)

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Bachelor of Liberal Arts (ALB)

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Graduate, School of Police Staff and Command

Northwestern University

Associate of Arts, General Studies

College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, NV

SELECTED LAW ENFORCEMENT CREDENTIALS

Advanced POST Certificate and Supervisory POST Certificate, State of Nevada

FBI Instructor Development

Advanced Interview and Interrogation, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

Narcotics Investigations Legal Updates, PATC

Failure to Train Liability Training, Henderson Police Department

Certified Public Manager, State of Nevada

RECOGNITION

“Anthony Bandiero Day” proclaimed by Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn

Officer of the Year and Police Medal, 2009

Class Speaker, Northwestern School of Police Staff and Command, 2014

Member, International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA)

Outside of work, Anthony enjoys boating and traveling with his family

Reviews

What attendees say

★★★★★

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Gns
★★★★★

Great instructor and great company. Anthony breaks down the legal issues into an easy to understand format. Definitely would recommend any classes from Blue to Gold.

Mat
★★★★★

Great job on presentation and teaching

Cm
★★★★★

Constructive Possession The class had good information in explaining the difference between Constructive Possession & Actual Possession. And he gave good case law to refer to.

Mike T.
★★★★★

The amount of “ums” and “uhs” are distracting. More case studies would be better.

LR
★★★★★

Awesome instruction as always. I greatly appreciate everything you guys do for law enforcement. Thanks

Michael Mullin
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