Court records: Colorado Springs police officer accused of using equipment to stalk ex
Jealousy seems to have been the primary motive for a Colorado Springs police officer who allegedly misused his department-issued technology to stalk and intimidate his ex-girlfriend, according to court documents acquired by The Gazette.
Officer Neil Jackson, 45, was arrested and booked into the El Paso County jail on Thursday. He faces initial charges of felony stalking, misdemeanor cybercrime and misdemeanor first-degree official misconduct.
Jackson’s arrest affidavit lists the victim as a female officer on the Colorado Springs police force. Investigators state in the affidavit that the two dated for roughly four months, but that the female officer said Jackson had begun to demonstrate “threatening and stalking behaviors both at work and outside of work.”
In mid-March, roughly six weeks into the break-up, the female officer had met up with a department sergeant during her early-morning shift in a business parking lot.
Jackson allegedly accessed the department’s bodycam tracking software to track her and to see she was in the parking lot with the sergeant. He then drove to a nearby vantage point to spy on the pair.
After the sergeant left the parking lot, Jackson drove into the parking lot and began screaming at her for several minutes.
Investigators say Jackson contacted the department’s internal affairs division himself the day after the incident. In a recorded phone call with internal affairs, Jackson said he wanted to report a “policy violation” he had observed between the female officer and the sergeant. He also mentions using the bodycam tracking software to pinpoint their locations.
Investigators note that the tracking software carries a warning on the login screen that use of the system “for unofficial or personal reasons is strictly prohibited and may result in criminal, civil and/or disciplinary action.”
Jackson has been relieved of his police powers and placed on paid administrative leave, pending the outcome of the investigation. His next court date is scheduled for April 22.





