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our staff
Commander
John J. Burke
Commander Burke has been a law enforcement officer
for 37 years, spending 32 years with the Cincinnati
Police Department, and the last nine years in charge
of the department’s Pharmaceutical Diversion
Squad. He was also assigned to uniform patrol, homicide,
child sexual assault, and as a Sergeant in the Internal
Investigations Unit.
Commander Burke became in charge of the drug task
force in October 1999, and is responsible for the
overall operation. He reports to the drug task force
policy board made up of a cross section of law enforcement
agencies within the jurisdictions.
Lt. Steve
Arrasmith, Field Commander
 Lt.
Arrasmith has been a Deputy Sheriff with the Warren
County Sheriff’s Office since 1992. He has held
assignments as a uniform deputy with the Patrol Division,
a Detective and Detective Sergeant with the Criminal
Investigation Division. Lt. Arrasmith has also been
assigned to the Drug Task Force as a narcotics detective
and currently holds the position of Field Commander.
In addition to his duties as Field Commander, Lt.
Arrasmith also leads the Drug
Task Force Clandestine Laboratory Response Team.
Lt. Arrasmith is a veteran of the United
States Marine Corps, a graduate of the United States
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Drug Unit Commanders
Academy and the Police Executive Leadership College.
He has completed the DEA Advanced Narcotics Course
and is certified by the DEA in the investigation and
processing of clandestine drug laboratories. Lt. Arrasmith
has received extensive specialized training in narcotics
and drug related investigations through the Office
of Criminal
Justice and the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy.
As the Drug Task Force Field Commander,
Lt. Arrasmith is responsible for the supervision of
daily operations including undercover drug investigations,
execution of search warrants and arrest warrants,
and surveillance operations He spends the majority
of his time in the field assisting and supervising
investigators with pending drug investigations. Lt.
Arrasmith is also responsible for reviewing task force
cases prior to their submission for prosecution.
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Detective
Dennis Luken
Warren County and Wilmington are no exception
to the extensive prescription drug problem. Fortunately,
the drug task force has one of the premier investigators
in the United States employed at our office.
 Detective
Luken retired from the Cincinnati Police Department
in 2001 and came to work with over 25 years of law
enforcement experience. Detective Luken had extensive
experience in investigations while employed with CPD
that included uniform, plainclothes investigations,
asset forfeiture, and as an investigator with the
Pharmaceutical Diversion Squad.
The drug task force is fortunate to
have such an experienced investigator in the area
of prescription drug abuse. Detective Luken handles
all of the caseload involving the diversion of prescription
drugs, and does an excellent job of monitoring the
asset forfeitures seized by members of the drug task
force.
Detective Luken is well known by physicians,
dentists, and pharmacists in our area who he works
with on a daily basis. Prescription drug abuse arrests
account for 25-30% of the overall arrests made by
the drug task force each year.
Detective Luken is
available to provide a presentation on prescription
drug abuse to your meeting or organization in Warren
County or Wilmington.
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