Where is Frank Serpico living today?
Serpico, now 85 and living in Brooklyn, had been awarded the department's highest honor in 1972. But at that point he had come forward with allegations of police corruption and was shunned by many of his colleagues.
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Personal life. On June 15, 1972, Serpico left both the NYPD and U.S. to move to Europe. In 1973, he lived with a woman named Marianne (a native of the Netherlands), whom he wed in a "spiritual marriage"; she died from cancer in 1980.
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Biography. Serpico was born on June 27, 1964, in Fort Sill, a U.S. Army military installation located in Lawton, Oklahoma. A military brat, he was raised in different Army bases located across the U.S. and Europe. His father Frank was a Colonel who served with the Army for 26 years, and he had two older siblings.
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Overview
Career
On September 11, 1959, Serpico joined the New York City Police Department (NYPD) as a probationary patrolman, and became a full patrolman on March 5, 1960. He was assigned to the 81st precinct, then worked for the Bureau of Criminal Identification (BCI) for two years. He was then assigned to plainclothes undercover work, during which he eventually exposed widespread corruption.
Early life
Serpico was born in Brooklyn, New York City, the youngest child of Vincenzo and Maria Giovanna Serpico, Italian immigrants from Marigliano, Naples, Campania. He holds both American and Italian citizenship. At the age of 17, he enlisted in the United States Army and was stationed for two years in South Korea as an infantryman. He then worked as a part-time private investigator and a youth counselor while attending Brooklyn College. Serpico later received a Bachelor of Science degree f…
Personal life
On June 15, 1972, Serpico left both the NYPD and U.S. to move to Europe. In 1973, he lived with a woman named Marianne (a native of the Netherlands), whom he wed in a "spiritual marriage"; she died from cancer in 1980. After her death he decided to return to the United States.
His only child, son Alexander, was born March 15, 1980. After going to a tribunal to contest child support payments to the mother, who Serpico has claimed told him she was on the contraceptiv…
Depictions in media
• Serpico, a 1973 biography by Peter Maas, sold over 3 million copies.
• The 1973 biography was adapted for the 1973 film Serpico, which was directed by Sidney Lumet and starred Al Pacino in the title role.
• In 1976 David Birney starred as Serpico in a TV-movie called Serpico: The Deadly Game (also known as "The Deadly Game"), broadcast on NBC.
See also
• New York City Police Department corruption and misconduct
• Adrian Schoolcraft, secretly recorded police conversations from 2008 to 2009
• Robert Leuci, known for his work exposing corruption in the police department and the criminal justice system
Further reading
Books
• Johnson, R. A. (2006). "Whistleblowing and the police". Ruthers Journal of Law and Urban Policy. 3.
• Maas, P. (1973). Serpico, The Cop Who Defied The System. New York: Viking Press.
Newspapers
External links
• Official website
• Media related to Frank Serpico at Wikimedia Commons