To Protect and Serve Abuse

Rape, violence, and drugs are a part of society’s worst criminal element. Unfortunately, these vices also thrived within the Amrap Police Department.

He wanted to be a cop since childhood. Dave Stillo landed his dream job but after the police academy, he realized his dream job was not what he expected. In the wake of the Rodney King beating of 1991, cops were subjected to more scrutiny than ever. With the birth of the 24-hour media, how was it possible that beatings, drugs, and sex permeated the Amrap P.D.?

Stillo joined the force to make a difference but when he witnessed the brutality of a renegade cop beating a suspect, he began keeping a journal. Stillo is a modern-day Serpico.

“When you’re an honest cop, you’re targeted and despised by other cops. God forbid I would need a back-up. I’m on my own out here.”

-DS