Ed Donovan
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Ed Donovan is a SAG
actor and the editor/publisher of In Focus Magazine, Florida's Film,Television and the Arts Industry Magazine. A former Boston
police officer
, Donovan was the subject of a biographical non-fiction book called 'The Shattered Badge" The title comes from his working in founding and operating the Boston Police Stress Program, a program for policemen by policemen to deal with their unique stress problems. Donovan was a featured interview in the HBO documentary
Cops: Behind the Badge. He has been interviewed on several talk show including Phil Donahue, Oprah Winfrey
just to name a few.
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 and World, 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.
He also pursued a career in acting, screenwriting, producing, casting and directing. He attended classes in screenwriting, acting and episodic television production at Manatee Community College, University of Central Florida and Valencia Community College.
Acting credits include as a stand in for Steve McQueen
in the Thomas Crown Affair
(1967), with Norman Jewison
, The Frogmen (1952) with Samuel C. Engel, Virgins, (2000) Hereditary Misfortune (2002), Monster (2003) with Oscar winner Charlize Theron
, Drowning (2003),The Price (2008), Acts of Mercy (2009) and The Tenant (2009).
Has appeared in numerous commercials and television shows including In Search of (2000), Sheena (2000), Dr G Medical Examiner and Skeleton Stories.
Ed is the Editor of In Focus Magazine, Florida’s Film, Television and the Arts Industry Magazine. He has interviewed such celebrities as Jay Leno
, Ernest Borgnine
, Arnold Schwarzenegger
and Oscar winner Adrian Brody.
He is a member of the Screen Actors Guild
and Women In Film and Television.
Ed is a published writer, author and biographer. He co-authored The Shattered Badge an autobiography on his life.
says, “One of the most dramatic and interesting reports given at the World Conference on Stress, in Monaco was given by Ed Donovan, a law enforcement officer from Boston.”
“Your comments to the program outshined any number of psychologists and psychiatrists deliberating on the need for welfare facilities and your experience will make it harder for people in Britain to ignore your message.” Henry Campion of the BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation.
“Your participation as a speaker at our Attorney General’s Conference on Law Enforcement was greatly appreciated. Your presentation was an integral part of what was noted by attendees as an outstanding conference. I am proud to have been associated with professionals such as yourself.” Charles W. Yett, Special Assistant Attorney General of Texas.
“On behalf of the Delaware State Labor Council, United Way of Delaware and the AFL-CIO Community Services Committee we thank you. Your presentation on the problems of “Stress” was excellent. The response from the evaluations were outstanding. We encourage you to continue to pursue your present course that others may continue to benefit by your experience.” Leroy B. O’Neal, Executive Director, Delaware AFL-CIO.
"Thank you for your help in the making of our documentary, ONE NATION UNDER STRESS. Your assistance in interpreting a very complex subject was critical to our effort and we look forward to sharing your insights with millions of viewers."
Phyllis Ward, LIFEQUEST-Group W Television, Inc.
Screen Actors Guild
The Screen Actors Guild is an American labor union representing over 200,000 film and television principal performers and background performers worldwide...
actor and the editor/publisher of In Focus Magazine, Florida's Film,Television and the Arts Industry Magazine. A former Boston
Boston
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police officer
Police officer
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, Donovan was the subject of a biographical non-fiction book called 'The Shattered Badge" The title comes from his working in founding and operating the Boston Police Stress Program, a program for policemen by policemen to deal with their unique stress problems. Donovan was a featured interview in the HBO documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
Cops: Behind the Badge. He has been interviewed on several talk show including Phil Donahue, Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer and philanthropist. Winfrey is best known for her self-titled, multi-award-winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011...
just to name a few.
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
American Broadcasting Company
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Special The Shattered Badge and The “5th Estate” Canada.
Ed has been interviewed by the U.S. News and World, Time
Time (magazine)
Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
, Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
, several international police magazines and several other leading newspapers. He has lectured at venues including West Point, Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, University of Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
, 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.
Post Retirement
Upon retiring Ed continues to lecture on Police Stress throughout the US and Canada.He also pursued a career in acting, screenwriting, producing, casting and directing. He attended classes in screenwriting, acting and episodic television production at Manatee Community College, University of Central Florida and Valencia Community College.
Acting credits include as a stand in for Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen
Terrence Steven "Steve" McQueen was an American movie actor. He was nicknamed "The King of Cool." His "anti-hero" persona, which he developed at the height of the Vietnam counterculture, made him one of the top box-office draws of the 1960s and 1970s. McQueen received an Academy Award nomination...
in the Thomas Crown Affair
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968 film)
The Thomas Crown Affair is a 1968 film by Norman Jewison starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. It was nominated for two Academy Awards and won the Award for Best Song with Michel Legrand's "Windmills of Your Mind"...
(1967), with Norman Jewison
Norman Jewison
Norman Frederick Jewison, CC, O.Ont is a Canadian film director, producer, actor and founder of the Canadian Film Centre. Highlights of his directing career include In the Heat of the Night , The Thomas Crown Affair , Fiddler on the Roof , Jesus Christ Superstar , Moonstruck , The Hurricane and The...
, The Frogmen (1952) with Samuel C. Engel, Virgins, (2000) Hereditary Misfortune (2002), Monster (2003) with Oscar winner Charlize Theron
Charlize Theron
Charlize Theron is a South African actress, film producer and former fashion model.She rose to fame in the late 1990s following her roles in 2 Days in the Valley, Mighty Joe Young, The Devil's Advocate and The Cider House Rules...
, Drowning (2003),The Price (2008), Acts of Mercy (2009) and The Tenant (2009).
Has appeared in numerous commercials and television shows including In Search of (2000), Sheena (2000), Dr G Medical Examiner and Skeleton Stories.
Ed is the Editor of In Focus Magazine, Florida’s Film, Television and the Arts Industry Magazine. He has interviewed such celebrities as Jay Leno
Jay Leno
James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno is an American stand-up comedian and television host.From 1992 to 2009, Leno was the host of NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Beginning in September 2009, Leno started a primetime talk show, titled The Jay Leno Show, which aired weeknights at 10:00 p.m. ,...
, Ernest Borgnine
Ernest Borgnine
Ernest Borgnine is an American actor of television and film. His career has spanned more than six decades. He was an unconventional lead in many films of the 1950s, including his Academy Award-winning turn in the 1955 film Marty...
, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American former professional bodybuilder, actor, businessman, investor, and politician. Schwarzenegger served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011....
and Oscar winner Adrian Brody.
He is a member of the Screen Actors Guild
Screen Actors Guild
The Screen Actors Guild is an American labor union representing over 200,000 film and television principal performers and background performers worldwide...
and Women In Film and Television.
Ed is a published writer, author and biographer. He co-authored The Shattered Badge an autobiography on his life.
Reviews and Comment
The Journal of the American Medical AssociationAmerican Medical Association
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says, “One of the most dramatic and interesting reports given at the World Conference on Stress, in Monaco was given by Ed Donovan, a law enforcement officer from Boston.”
“Your comments to the program outshined any number of psychologists and psychiatrists deliberating on the need for welfare facilities and your experience will make it harder for people in Britain to ignore your message.” Henry Campion of the BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation.
“Your participation as a speaker at our Attorney General’s Conference on Law Enforcement was greatly appreciated. Your presentation was an integral part of what was noted by attendees as an outstanding conference. I am proud to have been associated with professionals such as yourself.” Charles W. Yett, Special Assistant Attorney General of Texas.
“On behalf of the Delaware State Labor Council, United Way of Delaware and the AFL-CIO Community Services Committee we thank you. Your presentation on the problems of “Stress” was excellent. The response from the evaluations were outstanding. We encourage you to continue to pursue your present course that others may continue to benefit by your experience.” Leroy B. O’Neal, Executive Director, Delaware AFL-CIO.
"Thank you for your help in the making of our documentary, ONE NATION UNDER STRESS. Your assistance in interpreting a very complex subject was critical to our effort and we look forward to sharing your insights with millions of viewers."
Phyllis Ward, LIFEQUEST-Group W Television, Inc.