Cops scolded for mocking dive-bombing pigeon at G. Zero: sources
By PHILIP MESSING, FRANK ROSARIO and DON KAPLAN
Last Updated: 7:33 AM, December 10, 2011
Posted: 12:45 AM, December 10, 2011
He’s one angry bird — and now, it’s war between him and the cops at Ground Zero.
Fred, an unmistakable brown and orange pigeon, recently took up residence on a metal fence surrounding the World Trade Center’s memorial plaza — and has been dive-bombing cops stationed nearby ever since.
That’s ruffled the feathers of the officers, who were caught jokingly mocking him this week.
But it looks like the foul-tempered fowl, dubbed Fred by site volunteers, will have the last laugh.
Someone ratted out the bird bullies to police higher-ups — and cops assigned to the World Trade Center site were actually admonished by superiors at their 8 a.m. roll calls Thursday and yesterday about hurting Fred’s feelings, sources told The Post.
NY POST: CHAD RACHMAN
FOWL BALL: A cop on duty at the 9/11 Memorial plaza yesterday is in the line of fire of Fred the pigeon, who has been pestering police from his perch atop this fence.
“Your appearance in public has to be professional,” a supervisor chided the cops at the First Precinct station house. “We’re receiving complaints about police officers’ demeanor regarding a bird [at the WTC site].”
Incredibly, officers manning the security system at the memorial have even been ordered to pore through surveillance tapes to try to root out the officers who laughed at the bird, sources said.
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