‘Hanky-panky’ spank

Cops punished for on-duty ‘sex romp’

A half-dressed female NYPD lieutenant was caught in a drunken, onthe-job sex romp with a male sergeant in a Manhattan police office Saturday night, sources told The Post.

Lt. Brandi Sanchez, 39, and Sgt. Lambros Gavalas, 46, were stripped of their guns and badges for the alleged rendezvous in a department bathroom at 90 Church St., the sources said.

The 39-year-old lieutenant (pictured) lives with the commanding officer of Brooklyn’s 79th Precinct, Deputy Inspector Timothy Skretch, with whom she shares a child, according to sources.

The NYPD did not deny the allegations and said the incident is under internal review.

Another NYPD sergeant first noticed Sanchez, who is assigned to the Family Assistance Section, and Gavalas “occupying a closed stall, apparently engaged in what were believed to be sexual interactions,” according to a department report obtained by The Post.

The pair was caught five minutes before Sanchez’s shift was scheduled to end, the report says.

The Family Assistance Section has offices in the Tribeca building.

The sergeant who came upon the rendezvous left the restroom and reported what she had witnessed to another lieutenant, who entered the bathroom and told the couple to scram and then left.

When the witnessing officers returned to the bathroom shortly after, the alleged lovers were still in the stall, the report noted.

At that point, the second lieutenant again ordered the pair to leave, and Gavalas walked out without saying a word, leaving Sanchez in the stall.

The female sergeant entered an adjacent stall, climbed up on a toilet seat and peered over a partition to find a still-exposed Sanchez there.

Sanchez identified herself as a cop as she finally left the stall wearing a black coat, burgundy dress and black shoes.

She was not armed at the time and was “unable to be interviewed due to her compromised mental state,” the department record states.

Sanchez and her alleged paramour were both placed on modified duty, sources said.

Sanchez could not immediately be reached for comment.

The unit to which she is assigned offers peer counseling to members of the department experiencing stress on the job.