If the police are still out of control then everything else is being confused with reality. Too bad cops don’t have to measure up like the guns they use on the job. Individual gun parts and the full assembly are held to precise dimensional and other tolerances and are measured accurately with instruments of quality. So why not hold the law enforcement officer carrying the gun to similar standards?
I believe that is Serpico’s point, that the police need to be held to objective external standards.
It seems clear, after reading this article, that his agenda, his shtick if you will, is not about police corruption but about defining himself as a victim. I’ll give him this...he can vouch for 1970s drug units in NYC. There’s a whole other continent of local LE cultures. And 40 years has passed. 40 years and a fortunate abandonment of “warning shots” and the other antiquated nonsense on which he’s hanging his hat. C’mon Serpico...time to move on.