Anthony Palacios
Impaired Driving Consultant & CLE Provider
Biography
Anthony is a nationally recognized impaired driving consultant and CLE provider based in Atlanta, GA. Anthony is a former SFST State Coordinator for the State of Georgia, as well as a former SFST/DRE Staff Instructor for the Georgia Public Safety Training Center. In 2006, because of his expertise in teaching the NHTSA impaired driving training curricula, Anthony was hand-selected by NHTSA as one of only five SFST Instructors in the country to serve on a national SFST Training Curriculum Assessment Team. In 2018 and again in 2022, Anthony was the recipient of the “Best of the Best” award from the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, an honor given to the top 20 CLE speakers in the country each year.
Experience
Anthony has trained over 5,000 law enforcement officers, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and judges in the NHTSA Impaired Driving training curricula and has been a guest speaker at over 55 national & state impaired driving conferences. Additionally, Anthony has over 4,000 hours of lecture time in the NHTSA Impaired Driving training curricula.
Awards & Recognitions
MADD’s Outstanding Service Award as the State of Georgia SFST Coordinator