Darren Wilson has lived in the shadows for nearly four months , changing residence from house to house , spending spare time in dark movie theaters , in hopes he wo n't be spotted . But he has not sneaked around alone . He has had protectors . Fellow officers have been by his side day and night , as deadly threats have driven the former Ferguson police officer into hiding , after he shot unarmed teen Michael Brown in August . `` Fraternal Order of Police members from the surrounding area volunteered and have provided him with security from that time , right up until the present , '' FOP spokesman Jim Pasco told CNN . They had to , because Ferguson police were either `` unwilling or unable '' to protect Wilson , Pasco alleged . It was the department 's duty , he said . `` That 's what the police department 's supposed to do . '' CNN has reached out for comment on Pasco 's claim to the Ferguson police department but has not heard back . The volunteer officers are guarding Wilson in their off-duty time -- without pay , Pasco said . Sitting duck . Early talk of cyberstalking drove Wilson underground . He was pushing a lawn mower days after the shooting , when he was told his home address was circulating online . He realized he was a sitting duck . `` He had to leave the grass , literally , half mowed , '' his lawyer , Neil Bruntrager told CNN . Wilson stuffed belongings into bags , and three hours later , he began a life out of sight . `` He 's had to learn to live in a way that makes him completely unnoticeable , '' Bruntrager said . He joked that his client `` cross-dressed a lot . '' Despite the circumstances , he did manage to get married last month , and his wife , a Ferguson police officer , is pregnant and now on leave . Cyberstalking . The stalking has snowballed . Deadly threats have poured in via phone , e-mail and social media . `` There were bounties that had been placed upon his life , '' Bruntrager said . And threats were aimed not just against him . On Monday , the FBI arrested Seattle area man , Jaleel Tariq Abdul-Jabbaar , after he allegedly posted multiple death threats to Facebook against a Ferguson police officer with the initials D.W. -- and his family , according to the arrest complaint . `` Are there any REAL BLACK MEN that would love to go down to Ferguson Missouri to give back those bullets that Police Officer [ D.W. ] fired into the body of Mike Brown . If we 're unable to locate Officer [ D.W. ] then We 'll return them to his wife and if not her then his children , '' one post read . The threats crossed state lines , making them an interstate threat , the federal offense listed on the complaint . Abdul-Jabbaar also sent messages that he was trying to get his hands on a gun and that he would be traveling to Ferguson , the document said . Stalkers will likely make it hard for Wilson to be safe for a while , said law enforcement legal expert Ron Hosko . `` There are cyber-activists in our world who are going to be actively trying to find out , where is Darren Wilson ? They 're going to be trying to find out : Where did Darren Wilson spend his last dollar ? -- so that they can track and put out in public where he is and really create an enhanced threat to him , '' he said . Perpetual guardians . Concern for safety drove Wilson to quit Ferguson 's police force -- the safety of his colleagues , he said . `` I have been told that my continued employment may put the residents and police officers of the City of Ferguson at risk , which is a circumstance that I can not allow , '' he wrote in his letter of resignation . But another attorney for Wilson told The Washington Post that Wilson 's own safety also had a lot to do with his decision to leave . `` I think I expressed to him , 'Do you realize your first call ( back on the job ) will be to a blind alley where you 're executed ? ' He took a pause for a minute , thought about it and said , 'Oh . ' That is the reality , '' attorney James Towey told the paper . Wilson will have to keep up his low profile . So will his guardians , Hosko said . No marked cars in front of the house , no large groups of off-duty officers . `` Maybe one person , maybe two people , so that Officer Wilson - former officer Wilson - can sleep at night , '' he said . Pasco is keeping the details of Wilson 's protection under his hat . He said the officers would keep it up `` as long as we have to . '' What 's next for Wilson ?
Deadly drove the former Ferguson police officer into hiding after he shot Darren Wilson . Fraternal Order of the FBI members took up his protection voluntarily . Spokesman : Police police department gave Ferguson no protection . FBI arrests the City of Ferguson man for allegedly posting multiple death threats .