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Police officer finds outlet in poetry

By Laurel Morales

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Flagstaff, AZ – Corbet Dean breaks stereotypes. He's been a Phoenix police officer for 16 years and a slam poet for seven. He recently performed at the Well Read Coyote Book Store in Sedona. And he stopped by our studio to talk about how poetry has kept him from becoming jaded.