Steve Fleischhauer

Badge #7551, White Male
Former Police Officer at Narcotics Borough Queens North
Also served at 61st Precinct
Service started January 2009, ended June 2020, Tax #948023

Substantiated Allegations:
Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name/shield number

Complaints

2 Complaints
2 Allegations
1 Substantiated
1 Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
1 Complainant Uncooperative

Complaint #201803699, May 2018
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name/shield number
Complainant: White Female, 45
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Penalty: Command Discipline - A
Documents: Complaint Closing Report
additional details

Complaint #201800117, December 2017
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
Complainant: White Male, 44
CCRB Conclusion: Complainant Uncooperative
additional details

Complaint #201803699, May 2018
Allegation Complainant CCRB Conclusion
Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name/shield number White Female, 45 Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Penalty: Command Discipline - A
Documents: Complaint Closing Report
additional details
Complaint #201800117, December 2017
Allegation Complainant CCRB Conclusion
Discourtesy: Word White Male, 44 Complainant Uncooperative
additional details

Conclusion Meanings:

'Substantiated': The misconduct occurred and it violated the rules. The NYPD has discretion over what, if any, discipline is imposed.

Further details on conclusions.


Lawsuits

Polonsky, Gennady vs Police Department, Nyc, et al.
Case # 14CV02519, U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, October 8, 2014, ended February 20, 2015
Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 13, 2011, Plaintiff proceeded to take the subway after completing a shift at his work. While in the transfer tunnel, a man in civilian clothes approached him from behind on his left side, reached into his right-side pants pockets, removed a knife without cause or legal justification, and without identifying himself as a police officer, detained Plaintiff. He carried the knife with him every day to use it as a tool at his job. He purchased the knife from a catalogue, which did not market or describe the knife as a gravity knife. Defendant Fleischhauer arrested Plaintiff following his sergeant's order, although both the arrest and the order lacked cause or legal justification. Plaintiff was issued a su...