Tony Lettieri

Instructor

Tony Lettieri has two decades of law enforcement experience in Southern Nevada as a Deputy Sheriff, Police Officer, and Detective. He honorably retired from the North Las Vegas Police Department in 2016.

Lettieri started his career with the Nye County Sheriffs Office where he was a certified K9 handler and a member of the Sheriff’s Tactical Team. In 2000 Lettieri was certified as a member of the DEA Clandestine Drug Lab team.

In 2002 Lettieri joined the North Las Vegas Police Department (NLVPD) as a Patrol Officer. He served as a POST certified Defensive Tactics Instructor and Field Training Officer (FTO). In 2005 Lettieri was assigned as Background Investigator in the Special Investigations Unit and was responsible for many background investigations for new hire Police Officers.

In 2003 Lettieri received a Commendation for his assistance in the training of NLVPD K9 teams.

In 2007 Lettieri was promoted to Detective and he was assigned to the Burglary detail where he conducted property crime investigations, made many arrests and recovered stolen property. Lettieri was then assigned to the Special Victims Unit where he investigated Sexual Assaults, Crimes Against Children and the Elderly and Missing Persons. In 2008 Lettieri was appointed to the Clark County Child Death Review board where he assisted in creating protocols for the investigation of suspicious child deaths.

Lettieri was assigned to the Robbery/Homicide detail where he investigated major Robberies, Officer Involved Shootings, Homicides, Suicides and all suspicious deaths. Lettieri worked on several high profile Homicide cases, and he was profiled on the Discovery HD television show “Stranger in my Home” in which they recreated a homicide case in which Lettieri was the lead investigator and resulted in a murder conviction.

In 2011 Lettieri received a NLVPD Commendation for his investigation which assisted in the arrest and successful prosecution of the “Scarf Face Bandit” who was
responsible for numerous armed robberies throughout Clark County.

Lettieri has experience working Executive Protection for several high profile clients, and continues to train in Firearms, Defensive Tactics and Martial Arts. Prior to his law enforcement career he worked as close protection with several entertainment industry celebrities and musical acts.

He currently oversees Executive Protection teams for high net worth individuals and their families. His duties have included training new agents, managing estate security teams as well as planning and coordinating travel and event security.

He has planned travel and stadium security for clients at major sporting events such as the 2023 Super Bowl at Allegiant Stadium and UFC and boxing at T Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

He has extensive firearms knowledge, is licensed to carry a concealed firearm (CCW and HR218) and has received extensive training in active shooter, tactical handgun, carbine and shotgun, as well as tactical building entry and searches. He currently is certified by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and US Concealed Carry Association (USCCA) as a Concealed Firearm (CCW) Instructor and teaches classes in the Clark County NV area.

Lettieri is president of TacGroup 360 Inc. a Private Investigation and Executive Protection agency licensed in the State of Nevada. NV PILB license #2270. Established in 2016.