This angry cop sure has bad timing.
The off-duty officer busted yesterday for striking a female subway conductor and setting off a panic that caused a four-hour J train delay, was in a Brooklyn courtroom Thursday for a pre-scheduled status conference — on his handling of anger-management issues.
A lawyer for Tremel Davis — who has been suspending pending review of Wednesday’s incident — told Brooklyn Criminal Court Judge Marguerite Dougherty he hadn’t completed his program, which was ordered after Davis was accused of nearly strangling to death his infant niece.
“Your honor, my client hasn’t finished the classes we discussed at his last court date,” attorney John Tynan told Judge Marguerite Dougherty.
“Well, given recent events that we discussed off the record, there is absolutely going to be more that is needed here,” Dougherty said, referring to Davis’ J-train temper-tantrum. “The classes will no longer resolve this issue.”
Davis headlocked the tot while sleeping during a March argument, and carried the screaming infant into the hallway, leaving her body dangling during an argument, according to court documents.
“I’ll work with the DA to determine next steps,” Tynan said in response to the judge’s decision to escalate his prosecution.
“Is he working now?” Dougherty asked, before confirming Davis was no longer in possession of his firearm.
“As of today, he’s not,” Tynan said. Davis was suspended for 30 days pending review of Wednesday’s incident, cops said.
He was previously on modified duty for the alleged assault on his niece.
Before Davis was dismissed, the judge turned to him and quipped, “Try not to get rearrested before you come back.”
He will return to court Oct. 25.
The simmering cop’s Wednesday assault charge unfolded after a conductor opened the door to her booth located in the middle of the train around 8:50 a.m, jostling him as he leaned against him.
The mild inconvenience bothered the 33-year-old so much that he socked her in the face with his forearm, knocking her to the ground and snarling traffic for upwards of four hours.
Additional reporting by Gabrielle Fonrouge