Metro

School cop union unimpressed with dip in student assaults

Assaults on school safety agents plunged by more than 53 percent in the second quarter of this year — but their union isn’t celebrating just yet.

Thirty-two school safety agents were injured by rowdy students from April through June, with 20 of them having to be hospitalized, the NYPD said.

That represents a massive drop from the first 90 days of the year, when 69 agents were injured by students.

But Greg Floyd, president of Teamsters Local 237, the school safety- agents union, said he was cautious about marking a meaningful turnaround for his rank and file.

“I’m not being cynical, I’m being cautious,” he told The Post on Tuesday. “I ­haven’t always seen truthfulness from this administration when it comes to numbers, so I would be reluctant to say I have full confidence in these.”

Floyd has repeatedly charged the de Blasio administration with pressuring schools to suppress student crime numbers for political gain.

The Department of Education has staunchly denied that claim.

Floyd also noted that attacks on his members normally wane as the school year progresses because problem students are often removed from campuses after their initial crimes.

“They aren’t around anymore to cause problems,” he said.

Floyd also said that safety agents gradually become aware of which students to monitor as the months pass, and are better able to manage unexpected flareups.

The de Blasio administration and Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña have argued that a 35-percent dip in major school crimes over the past five years has validated their tactics.

But critics counter that the dip was tempered by a spike in weapon recoveries, with 2,053 confiscations this past school year, compared with 1,673 the prior year.