Frank Serpico

Francisco Vincent "Frank" Serpico (born April 14, 1936 in New York City) is an American policeman who led a corruption investigation into the New York City Police Department (NYPD) from 1970 to 1971. He was born in Brooklyn to a family of Italian immigrants from Marigliano (mother Maria Giovanna was born in Ohio, but returned to Italy in early adolescence, father Vincenzo was born in Italy). At the age of 18 Serpico enrolled for U.S. Army and served two years in Korea. At the age of 23 he became a NYPD policeman. After 12 years of service and unsuccessful attempts to combat corruption in the ranks of the New York Police, hindered by the bureaucracy in the department, he became interested in the newspaper The New York Times. On April 25, 1970, a large publication by David Burnham was published, after which New York City Mayor John Lindsay led the way. Knapp, under the direction of Judge Whitman Knapp. On February 3, 1971, while trying to arrest drug traffickers in Brooklyn, Serpico was pinned by the door, his partners refused to help him, and he was shot in the face. After the shooting of three policemen taking part in the action did not use the emergency code 10-13, informing about the shooting of a police officer. Serpico survived with the help of an older man who gave him first aid and called an ambulance. In May 1971 he received a gold badge and was promoted to detective. In October and December 1971 Serpico made extensive statements to the Knapp commission. On June 15, 1972, he received the highest medal of the NYPD Medal of Honor, and retired. In 1973, Serpico was filmed by Sidney Lumet based on the best-selling biography by Peter Maas. The role of Frank Serpico was played by Al Pacino. Bibliography Authoritative control (person):

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