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...Lindsay administration was slow to react. Four years ago, Sergeant David Durk and Patrolman Frank Serpico went to city hall with names and dates on how cops were being paid off. Lindsay would not see them for fear of undermining his police commissioner, Howard Leary. An aide explained that the mayor was worried about the approaching hot summer and did not want to do anything to antagonize the police...
...desperation, Serpico, Durk and a group of other officers went to the New York Times last year to tell their story. The editors were impressed and decided to publish it. Once public pressure began to build up, the mayor appointed the Knapp Commission, which got its initial information from the men Lindsay refused to meet. The commission rapped Lindsay for being partly to blame for the corruption and charged that Leary, who resigned as commissioner last September, has a "lot to answer for in failing to provide leadership in the field...
...Durk Dugan, the captain, was the sole winner in all three matches, and is still undefeated this season at number one singles. In last year's 8-0 shut-out, Washaner defeated Dugan...
...success as a recruiter, made possible by a grant from the National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, has caused Durk equal pride and frustration. Though he has persuaded many students to want to join the New York City police, for example, not one will be in uniform next fall because the force has a waiting list of applicants who have already qualified under the traditional physical and written requirements. The key factor, Durk maintains, is never tested: motivation...
...Durk is convinced that a new breed of committed cops could radically change the quality of U.S. law enforcement. Too many officers, he suggests, are insensitive to the needs of the ghetto. "We need policemen who worry about the kid getting raped on the tenement roof, not those who look out of the window of their patrol car and say 'See the animals.' We need more cops who care to identify with the people they are supposed to protect." In a nation where more than 55% of high school graduates now go on to some kind of college...