David Durk, who teamed with Serpico to fight NYPD corruption, dies at 77
Photo credit: AP | This 1970 photo shows retired New York City Police Det. David Durk, who teamed up with fellow officer Frank Serpico to fight police corruption in the 1960s and '70s. Durk died Nov. 13, 2012 at his home in Putnam County, N.Y. He was 77.
David Durk, a former New York City detective who joined with Frank Serpico to expose police corruption in the 1960s and '70s, died Tuesday at his Putnam County home in Patterson. He was 77.
His wife, Arlene, told The New York Times that he died of cardiac arrest. He had been treated for mesothelioma for the past two years.
Durk teamed up with Serpico, a fellow officer, to fight the so-called...
