Frank Serpico

Frank Serpico

Francesco Vincent Serpico (born April 14, 1936) is an American retired New York Police Department detective, best known for whistleblowing on police corruption. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he was a plainclothes police officer working in Brooklyn, the Bronx and Manhattan to expose vice racketeering. In 1967, he reported credible evidence of widespread police corruption, to no effect. In 1970, he contributed to a front-page story in The New York Times on widespread corruption in the NYPD, which drew national attention to the problem. Mayor John V. Lindsay appointed a five-member panel to investigate accusations of police corruption, which became the Knapp Commission. Serpico was shot in the face during an arrest attempt on February 3, 1971, at 778 Driggs Avenue, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The bullet severed an auditory nerve, and left bullet fragments lodged in his brain. The circumstances surrounding Serpico's shooting were quickly called into question, raising the possibility that Serpico had been taken to the apartment by his colleagues to be murdered. There was no formal investigation, but Edgar Echevarria, who had shot Serpico, was subsequently convicted of attempted murder. Much of Serpico's fame came after the release of the 1973 film Serpico, in which he was portrayed by Al Pacino, based on the book of the same name by Peter Maas. On June 27, 2013, the USA Section of ANPS (National Association of Italian State Police) awarded him the "Saint Michael Archangel Prize". During the ceremony, he received his first Italian passport and gained Italian citizenship. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frank Serpico licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Frank Serpico
  • Popularity: 0.6
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1936-04-16
  • Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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  • Also Known As: Francesco Vincent Serpico
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Frank Serpico Movies

  • 2017
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    Frank Serpico

    Frank Serpico

    6.2 2017 HD

    In 1972, officer Frank Serpico exposes the corruption which poisons the roots of the NYPD and becomes famous in 1973 when director Sidney Lumet tells...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Frank Serpico

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  • 2017
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    Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle

    Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle

    10 2017 HD

    For fifty years, former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark has challenged the abuses of U.S. power and championed the causes of human rights.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Brian Becker

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    After Newtown: Guns in America

    After Newtown: Guns in America

    9.5 2013 HD

    Explore America’s enduring relationship with firearms: From the first European settlements in the New World to frontier justice; from 19th...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Richard Harris

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