NYPD detective under fire over raunchy pole-dancing video: ‘I have no words’

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.

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.

“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.