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In the early 60s
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Frank Serpico

In the early 60s the departmentwanted to beef up the narcoticsenforcement

In the early 60s the department
wanted to beef up the narcotics
enforcement

Full Transcript

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In the early 60s
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the department wanted to beef up
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the narcotics enforcement.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:52
Uploaded
Jul 01, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
La Lutta NMC,Gigantic Pictures

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Movie Summary

In his own words, Frank Serpico tells the story of his one-man crusade for police reform in the NYPD during the early 1970s.
But the problem with the plainclothes - Frank Serpico 00:07
But the problem with the plainclothes
Anywhere from $25 to $50, per week. - Frank Serpico 00:05
Anywhere from $25 to $50, per week.
Yes, I've seen this. And you see it quite often. - Frank Serpico 00:04
Yes, I've seen this. And you see it quite often.
I was to give them 50% of everything that I sold. - Frank Serpico 00:04
I was to give them 50% of everything that I sold.
And you reported to him how much you had sold - Frank Serpico 00:04
And you reported to him how much you had sold
The pad was an organized system of payoffs. - Frank Serpico 00:05
The pad was an organized system of payoffs.
Corruption was rampant. - Frank Serpico 00:04
Corruption was rampant.
There were some guys that - Frank Serpico 00:07
There were some guys that
They took two bundles of stuff that I had - Frank Serpico 00:05
They took two bundles of stuff that I had
The cop took everything except my watch - Frank Serpico 00:06
The cop took everything except my watch
They told me if they see me around again - Frank Serpico 00:05
They told me if they see me around again
But they, they never did. - Frank Serpico 00:04
But they, they never did.
Police officers, being exposed - Frank Serpico 00:20
Police officers, being exposed
Businessmen, gamblers and narcotics dealers - Frank Serpico 00:09
Businessmen, gamblers and narcotics dealers
This was all run by the police department - Frank Serpico 00:08
This was all run by the police department
It had become part of the scene. - Frank Serpico 00:04
It had become part of the scene.
Does anybody in the community trust the police? - Frank Serpico 00:05
Does anybody in the community trust the police?
There's a lot of cops that, uh.. - Frank Serpico 00:05
There's a lot of cops that, uh..
Everybody knew. Plainclothes was rotten through-and-through. - Frank Serpico 00:06
Everybody knew. Plainclothes was rotten through-and-through.
The captain says, - Frank Serpico 00:16
The captain says,