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Jerry Burden

Jerry Burden

90-year-old retired Warren/Beverly Hills, Michigan police officer (served 1959–2000) who now serves his community through CERT, featured on The Commish's Corner podcast.

Sep 18, 2026

Commish’s Corner

Commish’s Corner

Always In Service – A Conversation with 90 Year Old Veteran Cop Jerry Burden

Sep 18 · 39m

Eric Hawkins
Eric HawkinsHOST
5:09
So what's going on in the life of Jerry Burden right now?
Jerry Burden
Jerry BurdenGUEST
5:11
Well, last night was our American Legion meeting, and I'm the finance officer of our American Legion post.
Jerry Burden
Jerry BurdenGUEST
5:18
It's a police and fire post.
Jerry Burden
Jerry BurdenGUEST
5:20
Not only do you have to be a veteran to join our post, you have to be a policeman or a fireman.
Jerry Burden
Jerry BurdenGUEST
5:26
And we meet once a month.
Jerry Burden
Jerry BurdenGUEST
5:30
We don't get a lot of things done.
Jerry Burden
Jerry BurdenGUEST
5:33
We approve the minutes and waste the hours.

19 MINS LATER

Eric Hawkins
Eric HawkinsHOST
24:19
I mean, you see some of these hot-button issues kind of just going away after people really get an understanding of what these technologies are all about?

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