Welcome to the Greetings and Felicitations, a podcast where I explore topics which might not seem to be directly related to compliance but clearly influence our profession. In this episode, I visit with Detective Ed Gillespie, from the Baltimore Police Department, who has incorporated the writing of poetry into his police work. We also talk about why a humanities approach to instructing police academy cadets can bring real change in policing. Some of the highlights include:

1. Background of Ed Gillespie and why 9/11 changed him forever?
2. What led to writing poetry?
3. Poetry as therapy.
4. Connections to the War Poets.
5. Teaching poetry at the Baltimore Police Academy.

6. Some of Detective Gillespie’s favorite poems.
Resources
Email: Doylegillespie@yahoo.com
Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/pg/edoylegillespie/photos/
Gentrifying the Plague House-poetry by Ed Gillespie
Policeman Poet of Baltimore