Frank Serpico

Retired from the NYPD on June 15, 1972 after being shot in line of duty.
Retired one month after receiving the New York City Police Department's highest honor, the Medal of Honor. There was no ceremony; according to Serpico, it was simply handed to him over the desk "like a pack of cigarettes".
Is now an Italian citizen: during the same ceremony, he received his first Italian passport after extended research by the president of ANPS USA, Chief Inspector Cirelli, who established the Jus sanguinis, allowing him to gain Italian citizenship.
On June 15, 1972 he went to Switzerland to recuperate, spending almost a decade living there and on a farm in the Netherlands, and traveling and studying.
Jus sanguinis: Is a legal system that determines somebody's nationality according to their parents' nationality. Jus sanguinis means ' law of blood .' In this context, blood means 'blood relative,' or more specifically, the person's parents.

[Talking to Al Pacino about why he had stepped forward]: "Well, Al, I don't know. I guess I would have to say it would be because... if I didn't, who would I be when I listened to a piece of music?"
[In October, and again in December 1971 before the Knapp Commission]:Through my appearance here today ... I hope that police officers in the future will not experience ... the same frustration and anxiety that I was subjected to ... for the past five years at the hands of my superiors ... because of my attempt to report corruption. I was made to feel that I had burdened them with an unwanted task. The problem is that the atmosphere does not yet exist, in which an honest police officer can act ... without fear of ridicule or reprisal from fellow officers. Police corruption cannot exist unless it is at least tolerated ... at higher levels in the department. Therefore, the most important result that can come from these hearings ... is a conviction by police officers that the department will change. In order to ensure this ... an independent, permanent investigative body ... dealing with police corruption, like this commission, is essential .