THE REAL SERPICO

One of my favorite movies from the '70s was "Serpico" starring a young Al Pacino.

Frank Serpico was a NYC police officer and later detective. The movie tells of his 'different' style of police work and his frustration with the system. It seemed that police officers were taking bribes and he was expected to do so as well. He chose not to and drew the wrath of the other officers, nearly at the cost of his own life.

At the end of the movie, he was reporting to a commission of the problems and challenges and it closes stating that he had gone to live in Switzerland...out of his frustration with the system and his own safety.

If you haven't seen the movie...it's good to watch.

Anyway...here's a follow up on 'the real Serpico'.


Dan