Glamorous New York City cop sues the NYPD claiming nude photo she sent to co-worker she was dating spread ‘like wildfire’
A New York City cop has filed a lawsuit against police over her nude photo after she was suspended for trying to prevent drug detectives from arresting her alleged drug dealer boyfriend.
Alisa Bajraktarevic, 34, claimed her topless image from 2012 spread “like wildfire” after she was accused of obstructing officers in April last year.
She allegedly tried to use her police status to avoid a search of the car of her alleged drug dealer boyfriend, Kelvin Hernandez, 33, who has since been charged with resisting arrest.
Following an internal investigation, Bajraktarević was suspended without pay for 30 days and ordered to cease his ties with Hernandez.
The topless image allegedly resurfaced during this time and spread across numerous group chats and message chains within the department, according to the Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit filed in December.
Alisa Bajraktarevic, 34, has filed a lawsuit against police over her nude photo after she was suspended for trying to prevent drug detectives from arresting her alleged drug dealer boyfriend
She claimed her topless image from 2012 spread ‘like wildfire’ after she was accused of interfering with officers in April last year
She allegedly tried to use her police status to avoid a search of the car of her alleged drug dealer boyfriend, Kelvin Hernandez, 33, who has since been charged with resisting arrest. In the photo: Alisa Bajraktarević
Bajraktarević said the mail“It’s quite disgusting. They decided to keep this on their phone for 12 years? It spread like wildfire.”
In the lawsuit, Bajraktarevic claims she initially sent the nude photo to Lt. Mark Rivera, an officer she dated for a few months when she joined the force in 2012.
Rivera allegedly shared the image in a group chat with other police officers, but Bajraktarević was discouraged from filing a complaint by a union representative, the lawsuit alleges.
The defendant told her, “You are not the first or last woman this has happened to or would happen to.”
The nude photo she had sent a decade earlier resurfaced last year when she was investigated and subsequently suspended.
A retired officer allegedly sent the nude photo to a group chat, and afterward Bajraktarevic received almost daily messages from her colleagues about the photo.
In addition to the topless photo, her personal information, including her parents’ address, was also shared.
‘You do things in confidence. It doesn’t justify being treated like shit,” she said through tears.
‘It’s bullying. I’m not the first and certainly not the last, but when is enough?’
‘Because someone is certainly going to harm themselves by doing so. It feels like everything has been swept under the rug.”
“The part no one talks about is how we bully each other – it’s disgusting,” she added.
In the lawsuit, Bajraktarevic claims she initially sent the nude photo to Lt. Mark Rivera, an officer she dated for a few months when she joined the force in 2012.
The nude photo she sent a decade earlier resurfaced last year when she was investigated and subsequently suspended
Bajraktarević is suing the city, the Rivera department and another supervisor for sexually harassing her in 2017.
She is seeking unspecified damages for what her lawyer John Scola describes as an “illegal invasion of privacy.”
The attorney said the controversy highlights the NYPD’s “disregard for the treatment of its female officers.”
In the lawsuit, Bajraktarevic also emphasized that her then-boyfriend Hernandez is not a drug dealer.
Sources said their romance sparked when they met at the gym, and Bajraktarevic had previously been warned by her colleagues to stay away from Hernandez.
Speaking about the alleged drug dealer, the source said: “He is a real bad guy and well known in the department.”
Bajraktarević’s relationship with the drug dealer had been known to the department for about a year, ever since she tried to interfere with a search of his Manhattan home.
Despite being warned by officers to stay away from the dealer, Bajraktarevic continued her love affair and even brought him to a company party.
“This person is ultimately going to use you as an escape card, and that’s what he did,” the source added.
The officer and the boyfriend were involved in a traffic stop when she tried to use her police status to get out. In the photo: Alisa Bajraktarević
Police planned to search the car of Hernandez, whom they called “a big player,” and arrest him for drug trafficking, the source said.
But Bajraktarevic immediately jumped out of the car, determined to get himself and the drug dealer off without incident.
“They didn’t know who she was until she came forward and said who she was,” the source told the newspaper New York Post.
“She definitely gave them a hard time,” said another source.
Bajraktarevic, who previously worked for the NYPD for 12 years with a salary of $115,250, provided vague comments as she insisted she could not reveal much of what happened due to department policy.
“But the alleged drug dealer? That is not being investigated,” she emphasized.
In 2022, Bajraktarevic joined the Bronx Robbery Squad to assist with robberies across the city, including on homes.
Sources speculate that she could have used her status to inform the dealer about several arrest warrants.