City Comptroller Scott Stringer dumped two cops from his NYPD security detail because they were late picking him up in the morning and then didn’t notice that he left an event that night and walked back home, The Post has learned.
Stringer also booted two of their colleagues who questioned the way he treated the detectives, sources said.
The trouble began early last week, when the cops were tardy picking up Stringer at his Upper West Side home to drive him to work.
“Good morning,” one of the detectives said to Stringer, but the comptroller — known for always wanting to be early — ignored the cop because he was upset, the sources said.
“When someone says ‘good morning,’ you are supposed to say ‘good morning’ back,” the other detective chimed in.
Stringer, still seething, didn’t say anything.
When Stringer left a function later that day, he grew even angrier when he noticed that the duo wasn’t paying attention.
The comptroller walked back to his home, which was nearby, before they realized he had left, the sources said.
The next morning, two other detectives from his detail showed up — and asked Stringer why he ditched the other cops, sources said.
The comptroller wouldn’t speak to those detectives, either — and then had all four cops tossed from his detail, returning them to the NYPD’s Intelligence Division, sources said.
Only two of the original six detectives on his rotating security detail were allowed to stay.
Unlike the infamously tardy Mayor Bill de Blasio, Stringer is known for showing up at meetings and events well ahead of time — sometimes before he can even go inside.
He doesn’t mind if a pal is late and keeps him waiting — he just dreads being late himself, sources said.
In defense of the comptroller, a source noted, “In protection details, the detectives must keep their eyes and ears open and mouths shut. That is the standard.”
The comptroller’s office said in a statement, “As a matter of protocol, we do not respond to inquiries regarding security matters.”
Additional reporting by Rebecca Harshbarger