An NYPD police officer was arrested for slugging a man during a pickup football game in a Bronx park Sunday, cops said.
Tiquan Carruthers, 29, who was off-duty, was playing a game of tackle football in Van Cortlandt Park at around 1 p.m. when he allegedly got into an argument with a fellow football player and punched him once in the face, cops said.
The victim was taken to White Plains Hospital, where he was treated and released.
Carruthers was charged with assault and placed on modified duty, cops said.