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The city’s top cop said Tuesday that the NYPD sergeants union head calling for his resignation has never been to his office to advocate for a member.

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said Ed Mullins, president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, hasn’t even attended a promotions ceremony for one of his members during Bratton’s 28 months on the job.

“Ed talks out of both sides of his mouth,” Bratton said on 1010 WINS radio. “His membership should be asking what he’s doing for them.”

The war of words between the two has been brewing since Sunday, when Mullins criticized Bratton for accepting a free membership to the Harvard Club, which is paid for by the Police Foundation. Mullins complained of a “double standard” with cops barred from accepting any gifts beyond a pen or a plaque — and said Bratton should step down.

NYPD sergeants' union head calls for Bratton to step down

On Monday, Bratton called Mullins “Crazy Eddie” three times during another radio appearance. Mullins retorted by calling Bratton “Geppetto,” after the Pinocchio puppet master.

Mullins could not immediately be reached for comment Tuesday.

Tensions have been high in the NYPD since Inspector Michael Ameri, head of the NYPD’s Highway Patrol Unit, shot himself to death in his car near a golf course in West Babylon, L.I. Friday.

Sources told the NYPD that Ameri was interviewed by the FBI for a second time during the days before his death.

But on Tuesday Bratton disputed this.

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“The last time, he was interviewed was March 18,” Bratton said.

“At that time he was cooperating with investigators. He was cooperating fully with his attorney. He served his department honorably.”

Ameri was one of the commanders linked to a wide-ranging probe into whether NYPD bosses accepted gifts from a pair of wealthy Jewish businessmen in exchange for favors to them like police escorts and protection.

In response to an ad campaign by the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association focused on cops’ salaries, Bratton on Tuesday admitted that police on Long Island and in parts of New Jersey are paid better — but he insisted working for the NYPD is “exciting.”

And Bratton predicted that this year will be the safest year in the city in modern history.

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Bratton says NYPD sergeants union head slacks on duties