Patrick V. Murphy (left), being sworn in by Mayor John Lindsay in 1970, cleaned up the New York Police Department after Frank Serpico and David Durk uncovered rampant graft.
(neal boenzi/new york times)
Patrick V. Murphy; police chief in NYC, Detroit, Washington promoted restraint
Patrick V. Murphy (left), being sworn in by Mayor John Lindsay in 1970, cleaned up the New York Police Department after Frank Serpico and David Durk uncovered rampant graft.
(neal boenzi/new york times)
NEW YORK - Patrick V. Murphy, a police reformer who urged officers to hold their fire as head of the New York, Detroit, and Washington police during the turbulent 1960s and 1970s, died yesterday. He was 91.
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