Former NYPD officer Manuel DaSilva was arrested for the second time in less than a week Thursday for allegedly threatening his ex-girlfriend in Staten Island. View Full Caption Flickr/s_falkow

STATEN ISLAND — Ex-NYPD officer Manuel DaSilva was arrested for the second time in less than a week for threatening to kill his ex-girlfriend, this time in an Applebee’s parking lot, according to sources.

DaSilva, 45, who has eight previous domestic-violence arrests against the same woman, violated an order of protection and followed his ex after she left the Hylan Boulevard restaurant Thursday at about 3 p.m. and told her, "I'm gonna kill you," sources said.

The 220-pound former officer and bodybuilder, who left the force in 2007 after reportedly testing positive for steroids, was arrested last Friday after he allegedly threatened his former girlfriend with a knife when she tried to break things off with him.

"If you tell the cops I'll put a bullet in the back of your head and get away with it 'cause I was a cop,'" DaSilva told her inside his Tysens Lane home, according to court papers.

He was charged with menacing, criminal possession of a weapon, criminal contempt and harassment.

DaSilva was released on $1,000 bail after the Friday arrest and the judge issued a temporary order of protection.

He pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in the first seven domestic violence cases and never served any jail time.

The former officer was also arrested in 2012 after he stole $76,000 worth of electronics from the SoHo Apple store.

He pleaded guilty to petit larceny and was ordered to pay back about $70,000 in restitution.

DaSilva was charged with criminal contempt at his Friday arraignment and was released without bail, according to the Staten Island District Attorney's office.