Steve Burke is a former member of the Metropolitan Police. He didn’t have sufficient qualifications to enter college to become a motor mechanic. He had a friend who he played tennis with who announced that he was joining the Police Cadets. Steve was intrigued by this and after researching decided to apply. On Sept 9th 1973 Cadet Burke entered the Cadet School at Hendon.
During his time as a cadet, he undertook several activities from out of bounds to public service. He was attached to Dagenham Police and considered himself as a mill stone round the regular’s neck.
When Steve joined the regulars, he was posted to East Ham. At that time, the East End was still full of characters who had a colourful background. Many of whom had been there since WW2.
Steve witnessed the demise of the East London docks and the subsequent regeneration.
Upon promotion Steve was posted to Vine Street despite wanting to go to Hackney. He was a Custody Sgt, and this was a very busy custody suite. From there he was posted to Clubs & Vice where he dealt with importuning, obscene publications and prostitution. This was the time when human trafficking became a focus of police attention.
Steve went onto serve with the Diplomatic Protection Group where he had responsibility for Downing Street. Steve began his service during the time of John Major and Tony Blair. During his tenure he was trained in the use of firearms and was continually asking himself “What If”. He witnessed the arrival of the great and the good.
When steve retired from the Police he worked in several roles and is now enjoying life in the west country
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