Mike Boone, Legal Instructor for Blue to Gold Law Enforcement Training, is currently the Executive Director at the Drury University Law Enforcement Academy, located in Springfield, Missouri. Prior to Drury University, Mike worked at the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Academy and was a veteran of over two decades in law enforcement. He served as one of the lead instructors for Search and Seizure and was a member of the LVMPD Search and Seizure Committee. In that role, he was responsible for staying current on court decisions, Fourth Amendment developments, and translating those rulings into lesson plans and department wide training.
Mike’s career includes extensive investigative and training assignments. After working patrol and serving as a Field Training Officer, he moved into preliminary investigations with a focus on violent crime and was later promoted to narcotics detective. He was selected as a federal task force officer with the Drug Enforcement Administration, where he served as the case agent on numerous Title III wiretaps, search warrants, arrest warrants, pen registers, and tracker warrants, including investigations that dismantled large scale drug trafficking organizations. He has also been assigned to the Clark County Gang Task Force, overseeing cases involving violent gang suspects.
In addition to search and seizure instruction, Mike taught interview and interrogation, Miranda, defensive tactics, and related legal topics at the academy. He has specialized instructor training in defensive tactics, crisis intervention, gang response, narcotics testing, and CPR, and has contributed to key departmental resources, including the Criminal Offense Handbook used daily by LVMPD personnel. He has also helped develop and instruct domestic violence investigation courses for supervisors and regional academies. Agencies value his deep investigative experience, practical teaching style, and clear understanding of how Fourth Amendment law applies to real world police work.
