An NYPD lieutenant in Queens has been bombarded with more than 2,000 threatening calls and texts on his department-issued phone following a Black Lives Matter rally Sunday.
The cop, whose name is being withheld to prevent further harassment, was hit with the angry barrage of messages shortly after a demonstration in Bayside, during which police made one arrest, sources told The Post.
“Messages state ‘Let are (sic) friend go,’ ‘We have all of your personal info,’ ‘Watch your back, we will blast you,'” according to an internal NYPD email Sunday. “Text messages have photos of heads, arms and legs being cut off. Intel notified.”
The department is conducting an investigation to determine how the lieutenant’s department phone number got out, the sources said.
“We take threats against our officers very seriously,” the NYPD said in a statement Tuesday. “While we won’t comment on the specifics of the threat, it remains under investigation.”
Sources said Nassau County police are now stationed at the lieutenant’s Long Island home.
The lieutenant, who is assigned to the 111th Precinct in Bayside, has been with the department since 2009, city records show.
“When we receive these threats, we can’t afford to say it’s nothing,” Police Benevolent Association union President Pat Lynch said Tuesday. “We are urging all of our members to take these threats seriously and report them.”