Peter Maas, who parlayed hard work and a very sharp eye for people -- mobsters, politicians and even a cop named Serpico -- into enormous success as a reporter and author, died Thursday in Manhattan.

On the morning of Dec. 14, 1971, NYPD undercover detective Frank Serpico put on his only suit. The son of an immigrant cobbler then stopped to get his good pair of shoes shined. The bearded 12-year ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NYPD whistleblower Frank Serpico, more than a half-century after taking a bullet to the face in a Brooklyn drug raid gone bad, ...

People have been wanting to make a documentary about Frank Serpico, the former cop who blew the whistle on systemic corruption within New York City's Finest back in the late 1960s and early '70s, for ...

“Frank Serpico” is a finely etched and fascinating documentary. Directed by Antonino D’Ambrosio, it’s a portrait of the legendary Brooklyn-born Italian-American cop who blew the whistle on New York ...

Frank Serpico is running his new political campaign the way those who know him would expect him to: bringing Greek philosophy into impromptu discussions about corruption and feeding farm foul scraps ...

“If I get angry enough, I’ll live,” Frank Serpico, the NYPD undercover cop and outspoken opponent of police corruption, said to himself as he lay dying after a botched 1971 drug deal bust-up. Made ...

Frank Serpico, the famous New York Police Department whistleblower, has gotten his inscribed Medal of Honor after 50 years. Serpico on Thursday tweeted a video that showed a framed display of the ...

Based on the true story of former NYPD officer Frank Serpico, Al Pacino starred as a cop who pays the price for trying to expose corruption within the New York City police force. Filmed and released ...

Frank Serpico has finally gotten his due from the NYPD. The legendary police whistleblower got his proper police Medal of Honor and its accompanying certificate after Mayor Adams stepped in and said ...