‘Perv’ cop: Police made me confess

The veteran NYPD detective accused of pleasuring himself in front of teenage girls on Long Island was coerced by his brothers in blue into giving a false confession, his lawyer claimed Monday.

Rockville Centre police “played on his trust and put him through a process that he didn’t think was aimed at him — and wound up making him a suspect,” Peter Brill, the attorney for Robert Francis, told The Post after his client’s arraignment.

“These were people he believed were on his side,” he said. “Ultimately, we have a confession that he completely denies making, and he maintains his innocence on these charges.”

Francis, who is currently suspended, pleaded not guilty in Nassau County District Court to public lewdness, endangering the welfare of a child and criminal trespass.

Following his March 26 arrest in Rockville Centre, Francis, of Queens, allegedly waived his Miranda rights and admitted exposing himself and masturbating in front of four girls, ages 14 to 17.

But Brill said his client did no such thing and was never even identified in a lineup.

The lawyer claimed cops also ignored the fact that at least three of the victims had identified the flasher as white. Francis is black.

“Robert Francis is far from white,” Brill said. “That would be an impossibility for someone to misidentify him as being white. Why not do any sort of identification procedure? Why no lineup?”

Brill told The Post that Francis, a military veteran, was being made a scapegoat by village police after they failed to catch the real pervert.

Francis was released without bail Monday. Chris Perez