30 Years a Cop

What It's Really Like to Put on a Badge and Risk Your Life Every Day

If you’ve ever wanted to know what it’s really like to put on a badge to serve and protect, Michael Csoke is more than happy to tell you. In his 30-year career, he has encountered and dealt with everything from smash-and-grab artists and street corner crack dealers to the most sophisticated crime organizations and international fugitives, including war criminals. Most of his work has been on the rough and tumble streets of Hamilton, Ontario — a city dominated by the Mafia and biker gangs as it struggled to find itself after the steel industry left town for good.

30 Years a Cop is a fascinating, in-depth examination of what it means to be a big city police officer. Csoke’s sincere and candid observations challenge the public perception of policing, it also puts a human face on the profession.

“As you read my stories, you might wonder how you could have been so naive about what was going on in your city.” — Csoke