NYPD Detective Pulled From Sex Crime Cases Amid Video Vixen Backlash

A NYPD detective facing backlash for moonlighting as a video vixen has been removed from all active sex crime cases.

According to the New York Post, Melissa Mercado, a seven-year NYPD veteran who appeared as a model in a rap music video, has been pulled from her post in the Special Victims Division, which investigates crimes including sex assault, rape, and molestation.

Mercado was outed for her dual professions after the music video for Hempstead rap artist S-Quire’s “Doin That” single went viral after being posted on popular media outlet WorldStarHipHop.

While Mercado has gained rave reviews for her sultry dancing, curvaceous body, and facial features, certain members of the NYPD and other critics has blasted her appearance in the music video as being unsavory, calling for her to receive disciplinary action.

“I think this conduct is unbecoming a police officer,” retired NYPD Special Victims Division Chief Michael Osgood said of Mercado. “I find it wrong morally if you’re a special victims detective.”

Retired police officer and lawyer Eric Sanders echoed Osgood’s sentiments, going as far as to question Mercado’s ethics as member of the force.

“She should be modified,” Sanders said. “What she did is inconsistent with the values of being a police officer. Police work is a noble profession and it’s supposed to look a certain way.”

A 3rd grade detective, Mercado joined the NYPD in 2018 and was assigned to the Bronx special victims unit. Mercado, who reportedly makes $144,000 annually, is also known on social media as Honeybee, the name under which she’s posted various photos of herself outside of work.

It remains unclear if Mercado broke any official NYPD policies or guidelines with her appearance in the music video.

According to Pitch Perfect, the director of the “Doin That” music video, Mercado’s role within the NYPD was unbeknownst to him and S-Quire prior to the clip gaining popularity.

“None of us were aware of … what her main profession was,” the director told TMZ. However, her day job hasn’t tempered the response viewers have had to her appearance in the “Doin That” video, which has amassed two million views on YouTube alone as of press time.

Pitch Perfect also says she’s been requested to appear in several other artists’ music videos since the release of “Doin That” in Feburary.

“I’ve had tons of artists reach out trying to get her in their video,” Pitch Perfect revealed. “If you look at it like that, it might be a great thing for her. I think she wins.”

Watch Melissa Mercado’s appearance in S-Quire’s “Doin That” music video below.