India, March 7 -- Seven-year NYPD veteran Melissa Mercado rebranded her identity in a raunchy light after popping up on a music video for Hempstead rapper S-Quire's "Doin That." Published by World Hip Hop in February, the clip shows the detective who's gone viral for pole dancing, twerking and flaunting her curvy figure wearing a thong and a bra.

Although the erotic video did not name the NYPD detective, law enforcement sources have since confirmed to the New York Post that it is, in fact, her. "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...