Law Enforcement Figures
- Joseph Arpaio (born 1932 in Springfield, Massachusetts) is a law enforcement officer, most notably as the Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona. Arpaio was the child of immigrants from Naples, Italy.
- Joseph D. Pistone, undercover FBI agent who went undercover as Donnie Brasco and infiltrated the Bonanno crime family.
- Louis Freeh (born 1950 in Jersey City, New Jersey), Director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 1993 to 2001.
- Rudolph Giuliani Early career was a US Attorney in S.D.N.Y., prosecuting high-profile cases, including Cosa Nostra cases
- Frank Rizzo
- Frank Serpico
- Joe Petrosino, NYCPD Lieutenant in charge of the Italian Squad, an elite corps of Italian-American detectives formed to fight the Mafia.
- Charles Joseph Bonaparte, member of Theodore Roosevelt's Cabinet and founder of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
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