phill4paul
02-05-2014, 09:54 AM
Whistleblower cop Frank Serpico remembers the night he took a bullet to the face — even if the NYPD continues to ignore it.
One day after the 43rd anniversary of his near-fatal shooting, Serpico, 77, said he has yet receive his long-delayed Medal of Honor certificate, which typically accompanies the medal.
Serpico was given the NYPD’s highest award, the Medal of Honor, in 1972. But the medal wasn’t given at a ceremony; it was dispensed over a counter top, he recalled. In a statement, he said was tired of “waiting for the NYPD to overcome their pettiness and animosity.”
Serpico has said in the past the medal was not for his corruption-busting efforts — but given because he was “stupid enough to have been shot in the face.”
He maintains that his fellow cops on the Brooklyn buy-and-bust operation never made a 10-13 — “officer down” — call.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/serpico-hits-nypd-medal-snub-article-1.1602308
On another note...is Frank Serpico "The Most Interesting Man in the World?"
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One day after the 43rd anniversary of his near-fatal shooting, Serpico, 77, said he has yet receive his long-delayed Medal of Honor certificate, which typically accompanies the medal.
Serpico was given the NYPD’s highest award, the Medal of Honor, in 1972. But the medal wasn’t given at a ceremony; it was dispensed over a counter top, he recalled. In a statement, he said was tired of “waiting for the NYPD to overcome their pettiness and animosity.”
Serpico has said in the past the medal was not for his corruption-busting efforts — but given because he was “stupid enough to have been shot in the face.”
He maintains that his fellow cops on the Brooklyn buy-and-bust operation never made a 10-13 — “officer down” — call.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/serpico-hits-nypd-medal-snub-article-1.1602308
On another note...is Frank Serpico "The Most Interesting Man in the World?"
http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1602622.1391583161!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/afc-168658.jpg