NYPD Cadet's Badge, Gun Stolen

The gun and badge of a Police Academy cadet moonlighting as a pizza deliveryman were stolen in an armed robbery on Long Island - and he was put on desk duty for violating rules regarding second jobs, sources said yesterday.

Shamsher Dhillon, 25, of Richmond Hill, Queens, was delivering pizzas for Domino's in Huntington Station Saturday night when two men - one brandishing a rifle - approached and demanded money, the sources said.

Dhillon pulled out his gun and fired a shot, but was struck on the head, and the two men stole his gun, badge, wallet and cellphone.

Dhillon was placed on modified duty because cadets are not allowed to have second jobs. Sources said Dhillon, who is slated to graduate next week, had only recently taken the job because his mother needed financial help.

Republished with permission of The New York Post.