Ed Donovan - Biography

Biography

Ed is a retired 32-year veteran Boston Police Officer with special training in photography, crime scene investigation, crisis intervention, hostage negotiations and firearms. He worked in homicide, intelligence, undercover in protests, riots, stings and drug raids.

Ed was the Director and founder of the Boston Police Stress Program, the first peer-counseling program in the world for law enforcement officers and their families under stress.

Ed was the President of the International Law Enforcement Stress Association, on the Board of Directors of The American Institute of Stress, The International Institute of Stress, a National Speaker, trainer and consultant to several law enforcement agencies

He has been interviewed by several radio talk shows internationally. Ed has also appeared on television, including Phil Donahue, Oprah Winfrey, Dick Cavett and the Today Show with Jane Pauley. He was featured in the HBO Special Cops Behind the Badge, the ABC Special The Shattered Badge and The “5th Estate” Canada.

Ed has been interviewed by the U.S. News & World Report, Time, Newsweek, several international police magazines and several other leading newspapers. He has lectured at venues including West Point, Harvard University, University of Notre Dame, FBI National Academy and several other local and state law enforcement agencies throughout the United States and Canada.

Ed Donovan was a featured speaker with 5 Nobel Peace Prize winners at a World Conference on Stress in Monaco, France.

He has been a consultant to several organizations for stress management and burnout.

Ed wrote, produced, and directed training films and videos in the US Navy and the Boston Police Department. He wrote, directed and was featured in Choir Practice a training video on stress for law enforcement officers. He has published four tapes to date “Police Suicide, the Ultimate Cop Out”, “Burnout in the Helping Profession”, “Speaking of Criminal Justice, An Interview with Ed Donovan”, “Stress and Burnout” and “Speaking on Police Stress”

Ed Donovan was the founder, publisher and editor of Police Stress, an international journal.