Cop Twit tiff
Ex-inspector goes nuts vs. ‘racist punk’ chief
A RETIRED NYPD deputy inspector went berserk on social media, threatening the department’s transit bureau chief over a perceived slight.
Corey Pegues, a former commanding officer of the 67th Precinct in Brooklyn, posted bizarre rants in which he called out Chief Joseph Fox — one of the city’s highest-ranking cops.
Pegues, 48, referring to his daughter who is a police officer, posted on Twitter Monday, “Chief Fox, don’t ever say anything to my child!”
He linked that remark to the Twitter pages of NYPD News and Police Commissioner James O’Neill.
Later Monday, on Facebook, he added, “If anyone ever sees that racist punk from the NYPD Chief ‘Kiss A--’ Fox tell him to give me a call, my number still the same. Don’t hide behind your 3 Stars punk come and get at me.
“Address still the same also so come see me and u can bring ya team punk! I’ll be waiting but as usual u will hide in a corner like a b---h!”
Pegues, who retired in 2013, may have been irate over an anecdote that Fox recently told at a seminar for cops on effective leadership, a police source said.
Making a point about the importance of getting to know your subordinates, Fox referred to an unnamed precinct commander who he said never learned his receptionist’s name. That precinct boss happened to be Pegues, and his daughter happened to be present.
Fox, 60, had no interaction with Pegues’ daughter and was not aware that she was there until after her father unleashed his social media barrage, the source said.
“Chief Fox works tirelessly in his efforts to broaden the leadership values and qualities of the members of the New York City Police Department,” said Deputy Chief Timothy Trainor, a police spokesman.
“Chief Fox will decline to engage in a discussion regarding these derogatory and profane tweets by a retired member of the service.”
Pegues refuted that Wednesday, telling the Daily News that Fox was slighted over a mention in his book.
“He had a grudge against me for that, and he knew my daughter was in the audience when he spoke,” Pegues said. “He then said about me, ‘After he retired he wrote a book that I don’t think anyone should read.’ ”
Pegues added, “He said it in front of her . . . . She was very, very upset. I had to calm her down. I told her I would take care of speaking for her.”
A photo from the Daily News archives shows the duo in happier times — standing outside the 67th Precinct stationhouse in East Flatbush.
Pegues, notably, wrote a book about his life. In his memoir, “Once a Cop,” he described how he rose from working as a drug dealer to being a commander in the NYPD.
In August 2014, the former officer went on an internet radio show and talked about his past, saying that he sold crack and tried to shoot someone. He also said he believed Eric Garner, who died in a police chokehold on Staten Island earlier that summer, was “murdered.”