Danny Pitocco
RETIRED (as a Detective with the Snohomish County Sherriff’s Department, Washington State), Danny has over forty years of law enforcement experience across city, county, state and federal levels of government, including service as a Special Agent for the DEA, US Department of Justice. He’s a decorated law enforcement veteran, and recipient of the "Detective of the Year" award for Snohomish County, Danny is a certified composite artist and has testified as an expert witness in the field of narcotics and modus operandi of particular crimes in state and federal courts in California, and has given testimony before federal grand juries. Danny served four years of active duty in the US Marine Corps and loves Jesus as his personal savior.
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Eddie Haskell & Me inside the “B-Wagon”
Yes, the real-life Ken Osmond was none other than the fictional ingratiating character of...
THE GUMSHOE: Stories From The Streets
RETIRED (as a Detective with the Snohomish County Sherriff’s Department, Washington State), I have...
Monikers Follow You to Federal Court
Ahem! Do you swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth...
“FOD” Check Duty
The above acronym “FOD” was a routine active visual runaway check for “foreign object...
Wyatt & Me & General Tzu
One of Gumshoe’s boyhood heroes was Wyatt Earp. Not the TV Wyatt Earp mind...
“La Vida es Barata” and the Dead Pool
An informal and definitely an unauthorized “dead pool” was held by us Santa Ana...
Inspector Callahan & Me
“Dirty Harry” previewed nationwide in theaters back in 1971. Clint Eastwood portrayed a San...
Machete Madness! Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
"You see folks that just as long as this prior Ruby Tuesday patron did not approach Gumshoe, he did not pose a threat to Gumshoe nor anyone else." ...
The Cop’s Gestalt Test
“If it walks like a duck, acts like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it’s a duck!” ...
“Et Luxes In Tenebris Lucet”
Gumshoe early on in his LEO (law enforcement officer) career once heard a burned-out...