NYPD Special Victims Unit Detective Featured in Pole Dancing Video
Melissa Mercado, a seven-year veteran of NYPD, popped up on a music video published by World Hip Hop, which shows the curvy Mercado gyrating and shaking her body while wearing only a thong and a skimpy bra.
A detective in the New York City police department’s special victims’ unit is raising eyebrows after appearing in a raunchy pole-dancing video that’s gone viral, The New York Post reports.
Melissa Mercado, a seven-year veteran of NYPD, popped up on a music video published by World Hip Hop, which shows the curvy Mercado gyrating and shaking her body while wearing only a thong and a skimpy bra.
Mercado’s controversial twerking performance is in the “Doin That” video by Hempstead rapper S-Quire, whose real name is Phavian Winfield, according to Chartmetric.
You can view the video here.
Mercado, a $144,000-a-year grade 3 detective assigned to Bronx special victims, joined the force in 2018, records show.
“She’s not wearing NYPD paraphernalia. Nothing in the video says she’s a detective,” a police union source said, defending Mercado.
Mercado has not responded to requests for comment from The Post.
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