Frank Serpico

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Frank Serpico is a former New York City police officer renowned for exposing widespread corruption within the NYPD in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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Frank Serpico canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
police officer ⓘ
whistleblower ⓘ
writer ⓘ
awardReceived NYPD Medal of Honor ⓘ
causeOfInjury gunshot wound ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1936-04-14 ⓘ
employer New York City Police Department ⓘ
endTime 1972 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Italian American ⓘ
familyName Serpico ⓘ
fieldOfWork law enforcement ethics ⓘ
police corruption exposure ⓘ
genre true crime (as subject of works) ⓘ
givenName Francesco ⓘ
hasInfluenced anti-corruption policies in law enforcement ⓘ
public perception of police corruption in the United States ⓘ
hasOccupation public speaker ⓘ
knownFor exposing corruption in the NYPD ⓘ
inspiring police reform in New York City ⓘ
refusing to take bribes ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
memberOf New York City Police Department ⓘ
movement police reform ⓘ
notableEvent being shot in the face during a drug raid in 1971 ⓘ
exposure of NYPD corruption in late 1960s ⓘ
testimony before the Knapp Commission ⓘ
notableWork Serpico (book subject) ⓘ
linked to: Serpico

Serpico: The Cop Who Defied the System (autobiography) ⓘ
linked to: Serpico
occupation author ⓘ
police officer ⓘ
whistleblower ⓘ
participantIn Knapp Commission investigations ⓘ
NYPD anti-corruption investigations ⓘ
placeOfBirth Brooklyn ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
portrayedBy Al Pacino ⓘ
positionHeld patrolman ⓘ
plainclothes officer ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence New York State ⓘ
linked to: New York
sexOrGender male ⓘ
startTime 1959 ⓘ
subjectOf Serpico (1973 biography by Peter Maas) ⓘ
linked to: Serpico

Serpico (1973 film) ⓘ
linked to: Serpico
website https://www.frankserpico.com/ ⓘ
workLocation New York City ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Al Pacino → characterPortrayed → Frank Serpico ⓘ
Serpico → portrays → Frank Serpico ⓘ
Serpico → character → Frank Serpico ⓘ
Serpico → mainCharacter → Frank Serpico ⓘ
subject linked to: Bob Blair
Bob Blair → associatedWithCharacter → Frank Serpico ⓘ