Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Patrol Officer Francis Steinhauser was terminated by the North Plainfield Police Department in 2021 on a sustained charge of statutory misconduct. The department cited multiple violations of insubordination, failure to obey orders of the Chief of Police, and being absent without leave.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Multiple violations of , failure to obey orders of the Chief of Police, Absent without leave.
Compensation and pension
No confident pension match found. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Where that bar is not met, nothing is shown rather than a guess. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2664. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩