Officials warn of MS-13 gang threats to NY officers

By: Anthony M. Destefano & Michael O’Keefe, Newsday

NEW YORK — NYPD and Long Island police officials, acting out of a sense of caution, put out alerts to officers after intelligence reports stated that MS-13 gang members were going to target city cops, particularly those living in Suffolk County, for retaliation, officials said.

“Out of an abundance of caution an officer safety alert was sent of an unverified threat by MS-13 targeting law enforcement,” the NYPD said in a statement released Wednesday.

An NYPD spokesman said the alerts stemmed from a report by state correction officials who learned of a possible threat by the gang to harm cops.  A spokeswoman for the state Department of Correctional Services and Community Supervision was unavailable for comment late Wednesday.

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