I'm retarded - I mean I'm retired.
"Francesco Vincent Serpico" is a retired American New York City Police Department (NYPD) Police officer/officer who is famous for whistleblower/blowing the whistle on police corruption in the late 1960s and early 1970s, an act that compelled Mayor John V. Lindsay to appoint the landmark Knapp Commission to investigate the NYPD. Most of Serpico's fame came after the release of the 1973 film Serpico, which starred Al Pacino in the title role, for which Pacino was nominated for an Oscar.
More Frank Serpico on Wikipedia.What kind of a message does this send out to the honest cop?
The fight for justice against corruption is never easy. It never has been and never will be. It exacts a toll on our self, our families, our friends, and especially our children. In the end, I believe, as in my case, the price we pay is well worth holding on to our dignity.
I said this to the Knapp Commission over 25 years ago, ... We must create an atmosphere where the crooked cop fears the honest cop, and not the other way around.
I must confess that since the first time I heard myself referred to as a whistle-blower, I cringed, and I am still uneasy with that term. It sounds demeaning. Demeaning for so noble a cause.
We need good role models, and they have to start at the top.
Today it is becoming harder to speak out, with the inception of the Patriot Act, the president has legislated free speech to be a crime.
We must hold our lawmakers accountable and our courts responsible, or democracy and freedom of speech in America will soon become extinct.
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