The Blue Chameleon

The Life Story of a Supercop

By: Daril Cinquanta

Narrated by: David A. Nickerson

The Blue Chameleon details the journey of Detective Daril Cinquanta, now retired from the Denver Police Department, as he evolves into a super cop in spite of the efforts by some of his own commanders, community activists and even many other officers who felt (threatened) by his hard work and exemplary successes, as they attempted, but failed, to render him ineffective for years. His career is riddled with controversy, citizen complaints, lawsuits, and disciplinary action, which mostly sought to break his enthusiasm to chase bad guys. In spite of the harassment, he goes on to arrest thousands of felons and put 1000 individuals in prisons nationwide.

This book takes you deep into the inner mechanics of a big city police department, and the world of informants, search warrants and investigations, and the creative way Detective Cinquanta was able to become a controversial legend amongst fellow officers and criminals alike.

©2017 Waldorf Publishing (P)2017 Waldorf Publishing

Awesome

I loved reading it. I read it a 2nd time 8 months later. Good read!

Had a tough time finishing this book

I ordered this book because my path had crossed Daril's occasionally when I was married to a Denver Policeman who worked with Daril. I know or knew many of the people mentioned in the book and because of that, I found the book somewhat interesting. But the interesting part stopped there. I felt the book was a venue to validate Daril's career to either himself or everyone else. There seemed to be a lot of Daril talking about how the Denver Police Department was out to get him. The stories that he told did not put a great light on the Denver Police Department. I personally was not fond of the stories of going out and beating people up or the stories of the cops partying with groups of women naked in a hot tub. There seemed to be many things in the Daril's stories that, in today's world, portray the Denver Police Department as the type of department that abuses their positions of power. The book left me with a less than positive opinion of the Denver Police Department.

I also struggled with the narrator. I felt like he was very flat, and I found him mispronouncing many names or local places. If the intent was to have him emulate Joe Friday, I feel like that was an epic fail. It just made the book more of a struggle.