NY Police Bigwig, Husband Helped Goon Son Plan Gangland Shooting — and Mom Was Getaway Driver: Sources

A Westchester County police bigwig and her ex-con hubbie chaperoned their gangbanger son to a botched hit on a rival in the Bronx – then she took over as the getaway driver, officials said Tuesday.

Mount Vernon Deputy Police Commissioner Jennifer Lackard, 49, and her husband James Lackard drove their 20-year-old son Chase Lackard to Concourse on June 29 at around 11:57 a.m. and helped him plan a brazen hit right outside the Bronx Criminal Court, according to police and court records.

Once there, the proud parents sat in the front of the family’s Chrysler Pacifica while their “Slutty Gang” member son opened fire with a semiautomatic out of the window toward members of the rival street crew P. Laafay – but missed his targets, sources and documents said.

Then, the family of brainiacs sped off, switched seats in the car and even had the son change clothes to avoid detection, according to a criminal indictment unveiled Tuesday.

The proud mom – who is a former member of Bronx Community Board 9 – and her goon son were arrested Tuesday morning at their home in the Soundview neighborhood, cops and sources said. The dad, who has done hard time for dealing heroin, wasn’t in custody as Tuesday evening and is out of state, sources told The Post.

The Mount Vernon police force fired Jennifer Lackard from her $138,219-a-year gig hours after news of the arrest broke. The PD also wiped her profile from its website, which had listed her as boss of the Wellness Unit.

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Law enforcement activist Damon Jones, publisher of a Mount Vernon-centric newspaper called Black Westchester Magazine, called the latest issue another embarrassment for the community – the only city in the county where black residents make up a majority of the population.

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