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Tina Moore and
Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
Published March 6, 2025, 11:37 a.m. ET
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This cop is really getting blue.
An NYPD special victims detective is raising eyebrows after appearing in a raunchy pole-dancing video that’s gone viral, The Post has learned.
Melissa Mercado, a seven-year veteran of New York’s Finest, popped up on a music video published by World Hip Hop, which shows the curvy cop gyrating and shaking her body while wearing only a thong and a skimpy bra.
“I have no words,” one disgusted detective said.
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Melissa Mercado, a seven-year veteran of New York’s Finest, popped up on a music video published by World Hip Hop, which shows the curvy cop gyrating and shaking her body while wearing only a thong and a skimpy bra.50-a.org
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The NYPD special victims detective is raising eyebrows after appearing in a raunchy pole-dancing video that’s gone viral, The Post has learned.WORLDSTARHIPHOP/YouTube
However, some on the force said it’s Mercado’s business, not the NYPD’s.
“What she’s doing really has nothing to do with her as an employee, as an NYC detective,” a police union source said.
“She’s not wearing NYPD paraphernalia. Nothing in the video says she’s a detective.
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“I have no words,” one disgusted detective said.WORLDSTARHIPHOP/YouTube
“If she is performing for money, if she has a side gig, the job would want to know about that,” the source said. “The member would be obligated to file an off-duty employment application. I would say nothing she does in the video is the department’s business.”
Mercado’s moonlighting gig isn’t the first time an NYPD cop was caught in a compromising position.
In 2022, then-rookie Bronx cop Vera Mekuli was caught on video giving a married lieutenant a lap dance during a rowdy police party.
NYPD detective under fire over raunchy pole-dancing video: ‘I have no words’
ByTina Moore and
Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
Published March 6, 2025, 11:37 a.m. ET
61 Comments
This cop is really getting blue.
An NYPD special victims detective is raising eyebrows after appearing in a raunchy pole-dancing video that’s gone viral, The Post has learned.
Melissa Mercado, a seven-year veteran of New York’s Finest, popped up on a music video published by World Hip Hop, which shows the curvy cop gyrating and shaking her body while wearing only a thong and a skimpy bra.
“I have no words,” one disgusted detective said.
3Melissa Mercado, a seven-year veteran of New York’s Finest, popped up on a music video published by World Hip Hop, which shows the curvy cop gyrating and shaking her body while wearing only a thong and a skimpy bra.50-a.org
3The NYPD special victims detective is raising eyebrows after appearing in a raunchy pole-dancing video that’s gone viral, The Post has learned.WORLDSTARHIPHOP/YouTube
However, some on the force said it’s Mercado’s business, not the NYPD’s.
“What she’s doing really has nothing to do with her as an employee, as an NYC detective,” a police union source said.
“She’s not wearing NYPD paraphernalia. Nothing in the video says she’s a detective.
3“I have no words,” one disgusted detective said.WORLDSTARHIPHOP/YouTube
“If she is performing for money, if she has a side gig, the job would want to know about that,” the source said. “The member would be obligated to file an off-duty employment application. I would say nothing she does in the video is the department’s business.”
Mercado’s moonlighting gig isn’t the first time an NYPD cop was caught in a compromising position.
In 2022, then-rookie Bronx cop Vera Mekuli was caught on video giving a married lieutenant a lap dance during a rowdy police party.
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