Routine patrol cops came along just in time Thursday to cuff a shoplifter on Coney Island’s boardwalk — while one of the NYPD’s special new “quality-of-life” teams ignored a crew of apparently strung-out homeless junkies who commandeered a nearby gazebo.
Officers on regular duty with the 60th Precinct happened to be in the right place at the right time to bust a thief who private store security was holding at the Brooklyn Beach Shop.
“I called 911, and it was taking a little while for them to answer, and it was just quicker for me to flag an officer down who happened to be right outside,” store owner Maya Miller told The Post.
As for the separate special five-member quality-of-life cop squad — part of Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch’s initiative to crack down on the most frequent 311 complaints — its members warned a dog owner about having his pup off a leash and escorted a scooter-riding scofflaw off the boardwalk…