This certainly was not the method to pacify her.
An NYPD detective has been arrested following allegations that he brandished his firearm to intimidate a stripper outside a Long Island club. He reportedly asked her, “Have you ever been shot?” according to information obtained by The Post.
Ryan Olsen, 37, was filmed on surveillance footage lifting his shirt to reveal a gun tucked in his waistband to a dancer outside the Carousel Lounge in Huntington Station on September 19, according to police sources.
Olsen, a resident of the area, approached the 23-year-old stripper while she was “smoking a blunt” in her vehicle outside the establishment at around 3 a.m., sources familiar with the situation indicated.
He reportedly inquired, “When is Bambi coming out?” referring to another dancer, sources said.
He then requested that she text Bambi for confirmation.
However, the unnamed woman declined to assist, leading to a heated exchange between her and the officer in the parking lot, sources stated.
Olsen, part of the NYPD’s Warrant Section responsible for apprehending wanted suspects, then revealed his firearm to her and asked, “Have you ever been shot?” as claimed by the dancer to Suffolk County police.
In response, the woman began yelling, “Get the f–k away! Get the f–k away!” and called for her manager inside the club for help as she attempted to leave the parking lot, sources reported.
Initially, the detective tried to de-escalate the situation, but he later got into his vehicle and drove off, according to the sources.
Since he had been required to show his driver’s license to enter the club earlier, the nightclub staff was already aware of his identity, sources added.
Following a thorough investigation, the Suffolk County Police Department discovered surveillance footage that allegedly captured Olsen displaying his firearm, sources revealed.
A spokesperson for the club declined to comment on the incident.
On Thursday afternoon, six strippers sat quietly at the U-shaped bar in the dimly lit venue, which was already decked out for Halloween with paper skeletons, pumpkins, and orange and black balloons. They declined requests to speak with a reporter.
Olsen, a 2010 alumnus of John Jay College of Criminal Justice, who reported an income of $257,000 last year, pleaded not guilty during his arraignment to charges of menacing with a firearm, according to court documents.
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“Detective Olsen is a valued member of the New York City Police Department with 15 years of service,” remarked Olsen’s attorney, Peter Brill. “He retains the presumption of innocence until proven otherwise.”
Whenever a police officer is arrested, the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau conducts an investigation. The charges against Olsen could result in his termination from the department.
According to online disciplinary records, Olsen has faced 23 allegations of misconduct, with nine of those substantiated. The most recent allegations, dating back to 2023, included abuse of authority related to improper use of a body-worn camera in 2023 and a vehicle search in 2021, which were also substantiated by the independent Civilian Complaint Review Board. As a result, he received formal training and appeared to have lost vacation days.
