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201 Halton Regional Police Service Sergeant Stephen Metelsky Fighting Organized Crime, Mexican Drug Cartels, Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs, And Doing Undercover Police Work in Canada!
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Today we are traveling to the great white north, Canada where we are chatting with Stephen G. Metelsky, M.A. Steve is a criminal psychology professor at Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario. He also lectures about organized crime at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario.
Steve spent 21 years as a police officer and later was promoted to sergeant with the Halton Regional Police Service & the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). He specialized in traditional organized crime, informant development and undercover operations as an operator and covert handler.
Please enjoy this eye-opening and entertaining conversation with Steve.
In today’s episode we discuss:
· How Steve got interested in police work.
· Life as a recruit in a Canadian police academy back in the 1990s.
· The best job on the police force, sergeant!
· Steve’s first exposure to undercover police work.
· “Good Stress” in police work.
· Steve specializes in organized crime, undercover operations, and informant development.
· Mexican drug cartels, Hell’s Angels, the Wolfpack alliance, and Asian gangs in Canada.
· Steve’s book, Undercover: Stories from the underworld of law enforcement.
Head on over to Steve's website to learn more about him and his books!
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