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Originally Posted by guy44
Am I the only one who finds it mindblowing that Frank Serpico, who until today I only knew of as some sort of pop-culture archetype for "good cop," is a living, breathing human being who keeps a friggin' blog? The guy was born in the 1930s, for crying out loud!
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Truth is stranger than fiction. Guy was a total novel character that just happened to also be a real man.
His life story is real popular in entry level Admin of Justice college programs.
Serpico is interesting because he decided to ditch the US for quite a while after the shot-to-the-face incident. That takes a lot of balls, I'd imagine. Really disillusioned with the US.
Can't say I blame him.
I believe his actions had a huge impact on law enforcement. I don't think I would have been interested in LE as a career without knowing the integrity checks they have in place actually have teeth.
Policy is just words on a page until somebody tests it.