aint against the detective  out of concern for the ramifications of doing so. 

A Milwaukee police captain suspected the detective in question was Chapman, according to the complaint. A check of an MPD report system found Chapman accessed 17 different reports involving that victim's family between 2019 and 2025.

What they're saying:

The victim later spoke to investigators with the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office and appeared  visibly shaken,  the complaint said. The victim said they thought Chapman was spying on them and confronted Chapman about a tracking device in 2018 or 2019.

In 2024, the victim said they then found a GPS tracking device attached to their car. The victim gave that device to the district attorney's investigators. A subpoena for the device's records showed Chapman bought it, and the device's user had deleted its GPS location history.

Chapman's admission

Dig deeper:

As a result of the investigation into Ayala, MPD conducted an internal audit of the department's use of the Flock system. Court filings said the investigation uncovered that Chapman used the system's license plate search to find the victim's car 17 times from January 2024 through January 2025. He also searched for another victim's car three times. He listed the reasons as  test  and  training. 

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What they're saying:

In May 2026, the district attorney's investigators interviewed Chapman. The complaint said he admitted to using the Flock system to track the whereabouts of the two victims  in violation of the policies of the Milwaukee Police Department.  He also admitted he put a GPS tracking device on the victim's car.

MPD's Flock system policy at the time of the alleged misuse said it was  only be used for bona fide law enforcement purposes. 

Chapman was  emotional and embarrassed,  the complaint said, about his actions and the impact they'd have on the police department.