Former Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson is receiving free protection from off-duty police officers in the area, CNN reports.
Officers have been working for free to protect Wilson and his family since just after Wilson shot and killed unarmed black teenager Michael Brown on August 9, setting off protests.
Jim Pasco, executive director of the Fraternal Order of Police, told CNN's Brian Todd that his organization has headed up the effort since the Ferguson Police Department has been "unwilling or unable" to provide security for Wilson.
In a report aired Tuesday on "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer," Todd said that Pasco would not give details about the security detail, but noted that Wilson has had numerous threats made to his life and bounties have been put out on him.
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The Ferguson Police Department did not respond to CNN's requests for comment, Todd said.
Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri told Blitzer that anyone threatening Wilson's life should be jailed.
"If they'll allow me, I'll lock him up," he said. "You don't threaten people. You don't decide that you're going to take things into your own hands and mete out justice."
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