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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Ayn Rand Meets William of Ockham
"The hardest thing is to explain the obvious to people who refuse to see it. ... The simplest solution is almost always the best." ...
Circus Music & Clowns
Circus music along with clowns always made young Gumshoe experience feelings of anxiety deep...
Synchronicity or Chance?
"A good cop always relies on his past experience, training, and “gut instinct” to catch the misanthropes." ...
“Corruptio Optimi Pessima”
"Where have the best and the brightest gone? A cry in the wilderness unanswered? Perhaps maybe in time to come, there is hope. A ton of darkness cannot snuff out the smallest candle." ...
Precarity
"Be aware of your sixth sense for survival and act upon it as if your life depended upon it — it does!"
Two Knock Outs
“What did you have for breakfast Danny?” That question was posed to me by...
Where Are the Hard Men?
"Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And weak men create hard times." ...
Coal Dust Memory
Gumshoe awakened at “0-dark thirty” last night with this old adage on his sleepy...
Iron City Cement Mix
It was one of those sticky humid hot days during one of gumshoe’s teenage...
Welcome Aboard – Slap!
It was always a novelty for Gumshoe when he worked in uniform and drove...