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To date the NYPD has neglected to Issue Serpico his Medal of Honor certificate with authentic NYPD Seal. Nor has the medal itself a proper designation as to his rank of Detective on back of said medal. STOP REDACTING THE WHOLE TRUTH 2600:1700:24A0:73C0:510C:B247:6548:FBD9 (talk) 03:49, 13 December 2021 (UTC)Reply
I see that this text was previously added to the article, first by an unregistered editor who, presumably intending to put it into the article body, instead put it inside a citation to The New York Times on 11 December 2021 (diff) and then by a registered editor "WHOLETRUTH2021" who added it more visibly on 11–12 December 2021 (diff, diff). WHOLETRUTH2021's edits were reverted (diff, diff), whereas the version buried inside a citation was not and was later moved out of the citation by another editor (diff).
I see that the Twitter account "SerpicoDet", which is Mr. Serpico's,[1][2] says that he added the text on 11 December 2021.[3]
Although the previous additions of the text did not follow procedure, I think To date the NYPD has neglected to Issue Serpico his Medal of Honor certificate was verifiable with attribution to Mr. Serpico at the time.[4] The matter is now historical (and more verifiable), as Mr. Serpico has recently received the certificate.[1][2] I'll work on this in the article.
