BADGE OF DISHONOR

Detective busted as $15K scofflaw

A detective who racked up more than $15,000 in unpaid tolls and fees was busted for driving his unregistered vehicle in Brooklyn — and tried to get out of trouble by flashing his NYPD badge, sources said.

Detective Yosef Aisaa was stopped in his Land Rover by Bridge and Tunnel officers just before 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday after he crossed the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge where cops spotted the unregistered vehicle, according to an MTA spokesman.

The New York state DMV had stripped the cop of his registration for “persistent toll violations” that totaled $1,348.27 in unpaid tolls and $14,100 in fees, the spokesman said.

But Aisaa, who is assigned to the 70th Precinct in Brooklyn, was “somewhat arrogant” when the Bridge and Tunnel officers told him they needed to impound his vehicle, MTA sources told The Post.

Aisaa flashed his NYPD badge and tried to talk his way out of the incident, sources said, with one adding, “He gave the cops a story that they needed to extend a courtesy.”

The officers towed the vehicle, Aisaa was given a summons and the plates were removed from the vehicle, which is illegal to drive until he pays off the thousands of dollars in tolls and fees, officials said.

Aisaa said only that “everything that you mentioned is inaccurate,” when told about the story.

He claimed it was a mix-up with E-ZPass and that he still had his car, but before hanging up did not deny that he had been pulled over Tuesday.

The 35-year-old detective, who joined the force in 2008, pulled in $148,285 in 2020, city records show.

“The incident is under internal review,” said police spokesman Sgt. Edward Riley.

During his career, Aisaa has been caught using his cruiser for non-police functions, been absent from his post six times and made inaccurate statements or failed to log his movement in police records, online disciplinary records show.

He also was guilty of driving a civilian in his cruiser without permission on four occasions and turning on his cruiser lights and sirens in four instances for non-police functions, the records show.

The NYPD docked him 20 vacation days and his time/leave balance at the time and forced him to pay $343 in restitution.