The new commanding officer of the 52nd Precinct, Deputy Inspector Thomas Alps, told an audience at the latest Community Board 7 general board he would take a bullet for them if need be.

“I would give my life for you,” said Alps. “And there’s plenty of police officers in the Five-Two Precinct that would do the same and they don’t know you on a personal level.”

The audience at CB7 was much larger than Alps’ initial introduction to the neighborhood when a snowstorm that crippled traffic on Nov. 15 kept everyone at home or stuck on the roads.

Approachable with an earnest sense about him, Alps succeeds Inspector Peter Fiorillo, on the post for two years before being promoted to run the Narcotics Squad in Upper Manhattan. Alps told an audience he’s been on the job for 18 years, having first started at the 52nd Precinct. “My career’s coming full circle,” said Alps.

His tenure includes stints at the NYPD’s Intelligence Division, moving on to become Captain of the 41st Precinct, and commanding officer of the 40th Precinct. His latest command was neighboring 49th Precinct, foregoing a return back to the Intelligence Division.

Alps was at the 49th Precinct when the Neighborhood Coordination Officer (NCO) program was implemented, and he credited it as the best NCO program of all the NYPD’s precincts. He told guests he expects to improve the 52nd Precinct’s NCO program even further.

“If there’s anything I’m most proud of is that program is running strong and will continue that way,” said Alps.

The 52nd Precinct covers the Bronx neighborhoods of Norwood, Bedford Park, Kingsbridge, parts of Fordham and University Heights. Offering no specifics, Alps said the existing problems plaguing the north Bronx precinct are the same ones he took on when he began at the 52nd Precinct. The precinct is still combatting an opioid abuse issue, with Bedford Park and Fordham ranking in the top five city neighborhoods with overdose deaths.