Commander John J. Burke has been a law enforcement officer for over 47 years. He spent 32 years with the Cincinnati Police Department, the last nine years he formed and was in charge of the department's Pharmaceutical Diversion Squad.
He currently commands the Greater Warren County Drug Task Force in Lebanon, Ohio, a HIDTA initiative that employs local, state, and federal agencies working toward the dismantling and disrupting of high level drug trafficking, pharmaceutical diversion, and money laundering criminal enterprises.
Commander Burke is also the past national president of the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators (NADDI) (www.naddi.org) and is president and owner of Pharmaceutical Diversion Education Inc. (www.rxdiversion.com) He writes a monthly column on prescription drug abuse in Pharmacy Times magazine, and lectures nationally on the topics of pharmaceutical diversion to an audience that includes health professionals, law enforcement, health regulators, and others.
