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The coin commemorates rookie Vera Mekuli's infamous lap dance.

This lap dance was a gold-medal performance.

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One side of the coin says “NYPD XXX-Mas Party 2021” and
“Cumming home late” with an image of two women who look 42,397
to be strippers in Santa hats. The other side says “Rookie of
the Year” and “In the Line of Booty” — a ripoff of The Post’s
headline about the boozy bash — with the image of a
stripper.

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Such collectible coins are made to represent police precincts
or divisions, depict an inside joke or mark an event such as
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the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. An NYPD Counterterrorism Division coin for
the anniversary recently sold on eBay for $29.

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Mekuli was suspended in May for making a fuss over a relative’s arrest.

She has hardly shied away from the limelight. She posted a provocative photo shoot on her Instagram
page last month dressed in a skimpy costume as comic villainous Harley Quinn. She then giggled as she
showed off a copy of The Post with her photo in it.

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In her latest Instagram post, which was dated Thursday, Mekuli is posing in her NYPD uniform. She
captioned it “Hold up wait a minute… y’all thought was finished?” She added a smiling face emoji with a
i

hand over its mouth.

Mekuli was suspended in May for making a scene over a relative’s drunk driving arrest in New Jersey. But
she is still assigned to the 44th Precinct in the Bronx, the NYPD said earlier this month.

Mekuli is still assigned to the 44th precinct in the Bronx.

Tomas E. Gaston

The department did not respond to a request for comment about the challenge coin.

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