Did you know that there are >> police officers caught misusing powerful Flock surveillance technology. >> And one of those officers is Oscar Maldonado with the Naperville Police Department. Oh, look, he's wrapped in an American flag. So, he must be all about the business of protecting American freedoms. Now, Flock CEO Garrett Langley says that the guys at Deflock who simply inform Americans on where all of the Flock surveillance and control cameras are are a terroristic organization focused on creating chaos. >> And then unfortunately, there's terroristic organizations like Deflock whose primary motivation is chaos. >> But the real domestic terroristic organizations, Garrett, the ones wearing the uniforms that think they're all tough, they're the ones using your Flock Dragnet technology to harass and stalk innocent Americans. That's the Naperville Police Chief. In this video, we're going to learn that stalking is a crime unless it's being committed by a cop who's using a technology that doesn't yet have any legal guardrails. This is the guy that Officer Maldonado is stalking. But if you set up your own camera system and networked it into other cameras where you were able to establish a pattern of movement of another person, you would be charged and convicted with the crime of stalking. Now, imagine if you did that over 100 times. Let's take a look at this video and make some comments along the way. >> It's a nationwide problem. Some police officers caught misusing powerful Flock surveillance technology. In Naperville, one officer retired after an internal investigation. Tonight, we speak exclusively to the man who says he was stalked by that cop and the I-Team uncovering what could be a glaring oversight in holding police accountable. >> Anywhere I went in the country, I was being tracked and it's scary. You know, it is it's really scary. >> Patrick Dauen telling the I-Team he didn't commit any crime, but was tracked by Naperville police officer Oscar Maldonado more than 100 times using Flock surveillance technology. >> I mean, that's that's stalking. You start learning people's patterns, their behaviors, when they go to work, when they go to work out, when they go to the gym, where I'm at, all that stuff. >> The search has started when Maldonado began a relationship with Dauen's fiance, according to an internal investigation by Naperville police obtained by the I-Team through a public records request. >> That fiance, that ex his ex-fiance needs her head examined. Why would you ever put your life on the chopping block by dating a cop? >> My ex-fiance would tell me where I was at or what I was doing. And he was feeding her information. So, he's an officer of the law feeding a civilian, you know, inside information. >> Dauen going >> Let's see, you're 40% more likely to domestically abuse me than the general population. Huh, let's hook up. >> going so far as to dissemble his truck to search for tracking devices. He brought his concerns to the Naperville police chief. That started an internal investigation. According to this police interrogation report, Maldonado searched Flock for Dauen's truck approximately 150 times last year. >> It's like a punch in the gut. >> Maldonado claimed he was concerned for the safety of Dauen's fiance. While the investigation was unfolding, Dauen got a stalking no contact order against Maldonado. That was later dropped when both men agreed to a separate two-year no contact no stalking order. >> Investigation's concluded and we still don't have any answers whether or not charges are going to be brought up on this officer. >> Naperville PD gathered more than 100 pieces of evidence indicating Maldonado violated the law enforcement code of ethics, department policy, and abused his authority. Con- >> Wait a minute. Wait, wait. There's a law enforcement code of ethics? Powerful, dangerous, intrusive technology should never be given to powerful, dangerous, intrusive people who are willing to violate your rights. What do you expect is going to happen? This is a massively powerful tool. What do you think's going to happen when a psychopath, a known psychopath, has access to this tool? What do you think he's going to get do with it? It's just a no-brainer. >> cluding, quote, "There is a preponderance of evidence that shows Maldonado did commit the crime of official misconduct. Not only does the evidence support this, but in his interrogation, Maldonado admitted to using Flock for personal reasons." >> So, they had all the evidence they needed to arrest Maldonado, but they didn't. They had all the evidence they needed to cage Maldonado, and he deserved to be caged because you can't trust this guy, and they didn't do it. If they had that kind of evidence against you, you better believe there'd be a knock at your door, and there'd be silver bracelets and black bars in your future. >> The day that investigation concluded, Maldonado retired, essentially closing the case. >> They let Maldonado retire. They knew he was guilty, they knew he committed the crime, and instead of arresting him saying, "No, you can't quit. You're terminated, you're decertified, you're going to jail." They let him resign, and that resignation is a get-out-of-jail-free card. It's actually a stay-out-of-jail-free card. These police departments know exactly what they're doing, and Maldonado is going to seek employment in law enforcement in another city or another county. And this crime won't even be on his record. >> With no discipline. >> Last year, we received a complaint alleging that one of our employees may have misused our license plate reader system. >> Naperville Police Chief Jason Aris declined an on-camera interview, instead posting a video to social media. >> We took the allegation seriously and acted immediately. >> Both Naperville >> We acted immediately. We took it so seriously, we allowed Maldonado to resign so he could be a police officer and terrorize and stalk members of another community. We didn't even put this in his record. >> Naperville PD and the Will County Sheriff's Office sent the case to the State's Attorney early this spring, but Will County prosecutors would not confirm or deny the existence of an investigation into Maldonado. >> Why? Why wouldn't they do it? No transparency. These people don't care. They're in the big club. You aren't. They're going to act like they're in the big club and they're going to give their members the perks that go along with being in the big club. >> They've had the case for more than 7 months. >> I think officers have the right to use the Flock system, at least at this point in time, to protect themselves and their families. >> Maldonado's defense attorney, Jeff Tomczak, tells the I-Team while violating department policy may be a fireable offense, it's not criminal. >> As crazy as it sounds, his intentions are not going to be relevant in the trial. The issue's going to be did the department allow him to use it or not? >> Tomczak says police technology like Flock is outpacing the law. >> The like In other words, it can't be a crime because the department doesn't actually recognize it as a crime, even though after their investigation, they actually said that there was a preponderance of the evidence that he actually committed a crime. But Maldonado's attorney is basically saying, "Yeah, it's stalking, and if somebody else did it, they'd probably go to the gray bar hotel, but my client, you got to understand, was a police officer. >> Legislature has yet to make misuse of Flock a crime. They need to act. Once they do that, there'll be a solid violation, a criminal violation of official misconduct. >> One of the allegations is stalking, though. Is that not a crime? >> Stalking is absolutely a crime. In this particular case, and I want to make it clear, this is not your average stalking case. >> It's It's not your average stalking. First of all, he did it with Flock surveillance and control technology. Second of all, he has qualified immunity. I mean, did you see the uniform? Didn't that convince you that this guy can't possibly be guilty of a crime? >> This is very different. I think the issue of the officer's safety in this matter, an undercover detective and his family, is going to be prevalent in the facts in this case. >> And what's prevalent in the facts in this case is this guy just gaslit everybody who's watching this. >> Police investigators dismissed Maldonado's safety claims. >> You would have to show that a police officer knowingly violated a law, a statute, a constitutional provision. >> ABC 7 chief legal analyst Gil Sofer says there could be a legal gap. >> An official misconduct statute in Illinois won't necessarily cover the simple situation where a police officer accesses license plate information for an improper purpose. >> This isn't a direct violation of the Fourth Amendment. This Maldonado cop made this other guy insecure in his person by surveilling wherever he went, even if he went out of state. Never give corrupt people this kind of technology. >> Durbin calling on lawmakers and Flock to do more. >> He could very well get a job as a police officer again and have, you know, all these same electronic things available to him at any time to stalk anybody he wants. >> Naperville police updated their Flock use of policy this month after the I-Team's request for information into Maldonado's use of the system. Recently, Flock has stated it has strengthened safeguards against misuse. >> And they only did it because they got investigated by this organization, the Channel 7 I-Team. They didn't initiate the policies themselves. They had to be prodded into it by these journalists right here, and there was probably a public outcry, so they felt like, well, to save face, we better do something. 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