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:
- Background of Ed Gillespie and why 9/11 changed him forever?
- What led to writing poetry?
- Poetry as therapy.
- Connections to the War Poets.
- 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
