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NYPD officers living in Long Island are being told to watch their backs after a report surfaced that MS-13 gang members may be targeting them for “street cred,” police sources said Tuesday.
The warning came in an alert sent sent out by at least one Queens NYPD precinct, claiming MS-13 gang members are looking to attack cops living in the Brentwood, Central Islip and Patchogue areas.
The gang members are allegedly doing “reconnaissance” on the private homes of police officers, the alert says, encouraging all cops in Long Island to be aware of their surroundings when leaving their homes and to change up their travel routes if possible.
Sources with knowledge of the alert said the information surfaced during an investigation into MS-13 activities in Suffolk County.
Cops learned that gang members from an MS-13 subset had planned to “hit” a cop in an effort to gain status.