Alarming signs have emerged involving law enforcement.

Two Bronx police officers were recently captured in a photo seemingly making hand gestures linked to the notorious Mac Baller Brims, a faction of the Bloods gang known for its violent activities in New York City, The Post has discovered.

The photo, which has gained significant attention online and sparked an investigation by the NYPD, appears to have been taken inside a McDonald’s. It features two officers wearing masks, posing with an unidentified young man.

In the image, one officer is seen gesturing with his fingers pointed downward, crossing his middle finger over his ring finger—a gesture associated with the Mac Baller Brims.

The other officer is also shown making a gesture that resembles a gang sign, with his index finger bent back and the remaining three fingers extended.

Lawyer and former NYPD officer Eric Sanders said the signs were authentic.

“Those are Mac Baller Brim signs,” he said. “Those cops need to be modified.” He was referring to disciplining the cops by putting them on desk duty, or “modified” assignment.

Retired NYPD Assistant Commissioner of Youth Strategies Kevin O’Connor agreed the cops were trying to make gang signs, but not doing it very well.

“It looks like they’re trying to make Blood signs,” he said. “The one on the right is trying to make the Mac Baller sign.

”You have to look at the context of the picture,” he said. “The kid is in blue so were they messing around with him?” The Bloods embrace the color red, and their archrivals, the Crips, use blue.

The disturbing photo was posted May 4 on Instagram by a user called michaelclancy1312. The account didn’t respond to requests for comment and it wasn’t clear who originally posted the image.

“Officers kitted out in balaclavas and beanies, throwing gang signs and posing like street enforcers with a civilian in a fast-food spot,” an X user called BrooklynP8triot wrote, reposting the picture.

“This isn’t community policing; it’s cosplay for the very criminals they’re supposed to deter.

“NYC, @NYCMayor, and @GovKathyHochul — who exactly are you hiring for the NYPD?” the post continues.

Rank and file officers were disgusted by the snap, which has collected hundreds of reposts and likes on X.

“It’s a complete disgrace,” one Bronx cop said of the photo. “Taking a picture like this even as a joke sets a bad image and diminishes the department’s long efforts of combating gangs.”

But a law enforcement source said the cops were just joking around.

“They saw a kid they know and they were messing around in the photo. They had no idea it would go viral,” said the source.

One of the cops, identified by sources as Shane Cruz, has been on the force since 2024, and was working at the 43rd Precinct in Soundview until February when he was transferred to Brownsville’s 73rd Precinct in Brooklyn, online records show.

The identity of the second officer, who also works at the 43rd Precinct, was not known because his shield isn’t visible in the photo.

Cruz, who couldn’t be reached for comment, was not transferred because of this incident, a law enforcement source said.

“This incident is under internal review,” a police spokesman said, citing an Internal Affairs Bureau probe.

The Mac Baller Brims formed in the Bronx in 2001 and are the largest subset of the West Coast Bloods gang. They are known for racketeering, dealing drugs, and murders, shootings and armed robberies.

They have long been considered one of the city’s most violent gangs.

The Mac in the gang’s name is a tribute to high-ranking member O.G. Mack, who established the Bloods in 1993. Baller is slang for a high-ranking gang member or drug dealer. Brims indicates the gang’s ties to the original New York Blood Brim gang.

In 2023, the Mac Baller Brims were indicted in connection with a string of brazen gunpoint robberies at lower Manhattan smoke shops in Chelsea, Union Square and the West Village, prosecutors said.

In 2019, 13 defendants were charged in connection with Mac Baller Brims violence, including murders and shootings, in and around the Mount Hope section of the Bronx between 2017 and 2019.

The Drug Enforcement Administration called the gang “a criminal enterprise” that “engaged in such acts to preserve and protect their power, territory, and profits.”

Former NYPD detective Michael Alcazar, an adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said the department would likely look into the officers’ histories as a result of the viral photo.

“If you’re throwing up gang signs while in uniform that’s basically conduct unbecoming an officer,” Alcazar said.

“If they lied about any kind of criminal history and they uncover that in fact these [officers] were gang members, they could potentially be terminated,” he said. “That being said, it’s a different generation. They might just be throwing up gang signs because they saw it on a rap video.”

The department has lowered requirements for new police officers in recent years to deal with waning recruitment.

Rules preventing candidates with minor marijuana arrests from joining the NYPD were thrown out in 2021 when the drug’s use became legal in the state. But police officers are not permitted to smoke pot and are randomly tested, or “doled,” for all drugs. 

They also aren’t permitted to associate with known criminals.

And last year, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch reduced the number of college credits required for candidates from 60 to 24, in hopes of addressing a growing hiring crisis that saw 29% of applicants disqualified in 2023.

A somber mood enveloped the NASCAR community on Saturday as Kyle Busch’s race car was brought to the rain-soaked track, just two days following the driver’s unexpected passing.

Busch, a celebrated two-time Cup Series champion and devoted father of two, tragically died on Thursday due to complications from ‘severe pneumonia that progressed into sepsis.’ He was just 41 years old.

Despite the devastating loss, NASCAR Chief Steve O’Donnell has confirmed that the Coca-Cola 600 will proceed as planned on Sunday.

On Saturday morning, teams gathered at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in preparation for the race, including the arrival of Busch’s car.

The blue and white Chevrolet, which now bears the number 33 instead of Busch’s original 8 as a tribute to the late racing icon, was solemnly rolled onto the track.

Richard Childress Racing announced on Friday that it would be temporarily retiring the No 8 until Busch’s 11-year-old son Brexton follows in his father’s footsteps. 

A somber atmosphere descended on the NASCAR garage on Saturday as Kyle Busch’s race car was unloaded onto the track two days after his death 

Busch, a two-time Cup Series champion and father of two, died at the age of 41 on Thursday 

Silence and sadness overtook the garage as the vehicle arrived on the track in a video shared to social media by NASCAR. 

Drivers, teams and racing officials were captured overwhelmed with emotion, with many in the crowd even seen wiping their teary eyes and embracing one another in support through the somber moment. 

‘Putting the new numbers on this car was the hardest thing I’ve ever done,’ Dalton Good, a graphic installer at Richard Childress Racing, said, according to USA Today.

Busch reportedly become unresponsive while using a racing simulator in Concord, North Carolina on Wednesday and was even seen coughing up blood, according to a 911 call released by TMZ. 

He was hospitalized on Thursday before NASCAR announced his passing later that evening in a statement shared on behalf of his family.  

Busch, who competed in more than 760 races during a storied 24-year career, is survived by his wife, Samantha, and their two children, Brexton, 11, and Lennix, four. 

Sepsis is considered a life-threatening medical emergency that occurs when the body has an extreme, overactive response to an infection, causing the immune system to damage its own tissues and organs, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Typically the immune system releases chemicals to fight off pathogens like bacteria, viruses or fungi, but with sepsis the response goes into overdrive. The results can cause widespread inflammation, form microscopic blood clots and make blood vessels leak.

Busch is survived by his wife, Samantha, and their two children, Brexton, 11, and Lennix, four

An in memoriam photo of Busch was shown on the video board at Charlotte Motor Speedway

A flag is raised in honor of Busch at the track where this week’s Coca-Cola 600 will take place

It has since emerged that Busch was struggling with something in his final weeks.

He radioed for medical assistance from his car in the middle of one of his final NASCAR races on May 10 in upstate New York, just days before his death.

Another eerie clip emerged from May 16 of Busch being asked if he had recovered from what he thought was simply a nasty cough.

‘I had a pretty – you can kind of still hear it, I’m still not great,’ Busch said, waving his hand to his face as he spoke to Jeff Gluck of The Athletic. ‘But er, the cough was pretty substantial.’

In a clip from Busch’s May 10 race, he was asking for a doctor to urgently meet him to give him ‘a shot’.

With 38 laps to go in the NASCAR Cup Series game, Busch told his team over the radio: ‘Can somebody try to find Bill Heisel? He’s the kindred doctor guy. Tell him I need him after the race, please.’

He was then asked whether he needed the doctor at his car or his bus, to which he replied: ‘Uh, bus. I’m going to need a shot.’

According to the TV broadcast, Busch had been struggling with a sinus cold that was exacerbated by the intense G-forces and elevation changes at the New York road course.

NASCAR chief Steve O’Donnell insisted Busch would want the Coca-Cola 600 to go ahead

Busch had radioed in to his crew requesting medical aid during a race on May 10

Busch went on to claim his record fifth NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series trophy that day, despite clearly still struggling with illness.

Following his death, which came just six days after the victory, a heartbreaking clip of Busch’s post-race interview resurfaced.

After earning his 69th career Trucks Series race win with the triumph at Dover, Busch was asked how many races he wanted to win in his career before he stops racing.

‘You take whatever you can get, man,’ Busch said. ‘You never know when the last one is going to be, so cherish them all – trust me.’

NASCAR chief O’Donnell has insisted they will not postpone any upcoming events following Busch’s death because he would want them to keep racing.

While he refused to answer any medical questions following Busch’s death, O’Donnell was asked if NASCAR were considering canceling the Coca-Cola 600 race on Sunday.

He replied: ‘I think it’s a fair question, but when you look at what minimal conversations did take place between RCR, ourselves, family, it was – Kyle Busch would probably be pretty p***ed off if we didn’t race.

‘So we’re gonna honor his memory and make sure people know what he was all about.’