Patrolman Stephen Flitcroft was suspended for 30 working days by the Lower Township Police Department in 2024 and lost time. In May 2024, Flitcroft responded to a domestic call with Patrolman White, who engaged a subject that began throwing objects. According to the department, Flitcroft hesitated to assist; during the struggle the subject broke free and later kicked White in the head multiple times. Flitcroft failed to use his radio, intervene, or apply physical force to assist. The sustained charges were failure to perform duties and neglect of duty.
In May 2024 Ptlm. Flitcroft responded to a domestic call with Ptlm White. Ptlm. White entered the residence and engaged the subject, who began throwing objects. Ptlm. Flitcroft approached slowly and hesitated to assist. During the struggle, the subject broke free, and Ptlm. White made multiple radio calls for backup while continuing to engage physically with the subject. After the subject was handcuffed by White, he began kicking items and ultimately kicked White in the head multiple times. Ptlm. Flitcroft failed to use his radio, appropriately intervene or apply meaningful physical force to assist Ptlm. White. Ptlm. Flitcroft displayed inadequate response, lack of engagement, and failure to use proper force or communication during a critical incident. Discipline Imposed: Suspension for 30 (12/hr.) working days.
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What is a summary of Stephen Flitcroft's major discipline record?
Patrolman Stephen Flitcroft was suspended for 30 working days by the Lower Township Police Department in 2024 and lost time. In May 2024, Flitcroft responded to a domestic call with Patrolman White, who engaged a subject that began throwing objects. According to the department, Flitcroft hesitated to assist; during the struggle the subject broke free and later kicked White in the head multiple times. Flitcroft failed to use his radio, intervene, or apply physical force to assist. The sustained charges were failure to perform duties and neglect of duty.
What is Stephen Flitcroft's major discipline record at Lower Township Police Department?
Stephen Flitcroft has one major discipline record at Lower Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Stephen Flitcroft's pension on record?
Stephen Flitcroft's reported monthly pension allowance is $3,533.56, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Stephen Flitcroft has 20 years, 1 month of reported service.
How large is Lower Township Police Department, the department Stephen Flitcroft worked for?
Lower Township Police Department reported 49 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Stephen Flitcroft individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1033. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Retired Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 364561 (member 44355863), snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Retired Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8270. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩