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Anthony Bandiero
Attorney - Senior Legal Instructor
Bring Anthony to your agencyAnthony 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
Blue to Gold Law Enforcement Training, Coeur d’Alene, ID | 2015 to Present
police and sheriff’s agencies nationwide | 2022 to Present
use of force and search and seizure litigation | 2016 to Present
The FFL Lawyer, firearms and federal licensing law | 2016 to Present
2017 to Present
Great Basin College, Elko, NV | 2013 to Present
Elko Police Department, Elko, NV | 2015 to 2016
Nevada Highway Patrol, Las Vegas, NV | 2005 to 2015
Nevada State Law Enforcement Officers Association | 2012 to 2015
EDUCATION
Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, WA
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Northwestern University
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
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What attendees say
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.
Great job on presentation and teaching
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.
The amount of “ums” and “uhs” are distracting. More case studies would be better.
Awesome instruction as always. I greatly appreciate everything you guys do for law enforcement. Thanks
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