Too ‘blue’ for NYPD

A cop who says the NYPD ostracized him for coming forward with mental-health issues amid this year’s police-suicide epidemic plans to sue for $1 million in damages, The Post has learned.

Twelve-year veteran officer Jonathan Oliveras (inset), 40, exclusively revealed to The Post in October that he was made an outcast after admitting he’d obtained mental-health treatment.

“The discriminatory and retaliatory actions of the City of New York are continuous and ongoing,” reads the notice of claim Oliveras filed Tuesday with the city comptroller, indicating his intent to sue the New York City and the NYPD.

Oliveras was publicly stripped of his gun and reassigned in August — one day after telling an NYPD psychologist he was on legally prescribed anti-depressants.

Over the next two months, he was transferred five times, placed on modified duty with no path back to becoming a full officer and then given a punitive post.

After Oliveras’ story went public, former top cop James O’Neill promised to make sure no one else suffered a similar experience.

But that same day, members of Internal Affairs showed up at Oliveras’ post in Central Booking to confront his bosses, in an apparent effort to jam him up, he told The Post.

Oliveras, who served two tours in Iraq and has struggled with PTSD, told The Post last month that he regretted telling the NYPD he was in treatment and taking a moderate dose of Prozac since it upended his career.

The NYPD has yet to reach out to Oliveras to try and make things right, he says.

Oliveras, who suffers from alcoholism, relapsed as a result of the way he was treated, according to the notice of claim. The numerous transfers also caused him to miss injections of Rivotril, which treats panic disorder and anxiety.

“Oliveras suffered economic damages, pain and suffering and psychological injuries by reason of the discrimination, negligence, recklessness, carelessness and retaliation” of the city and its employees, the notice states.

The pending litigation comes as the department struggles to address the mental wellness of its rank-andfile officers. Ten active-duty cops have taken their own lives this year.

A September report from the city’s Department of Investigation, which polled NYPD retirees, found that many of the officers who considered seeking treatment never followed through because they believed it could negatively affect their career.

A spokeswoman for the NYPD said the department “will review the lawsuit if and when it is served.”