Fired Kansas cop stalked wife with spyware, police data, investigation finds
A former Bonner Springs police detective accused of using department resources to stalk his spouse on duty allegedly used a handmade recording device to spy on his wife in her home, according to newly released court documents.
Wyandotte County prosecutors filed 18 criminal charges against Kyle Rector, 39, on March 18. He faces charges of child sexual exploitation of a child, breach of privacy, official misconduct, unlawful acts concerning computers and stalking, according to a charging document.
Rector was fired from his position as a detective at the Bonner Springs Police Department on Jan. 26 after the agency suspected he used department resources to stalk his spouse while he was on duty, according to a March 18 news release from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
The KBI opened an investigation into Rector’s alleged conduct days later, during which officials discovered child sexual abuse material, according to the press release.
On Monday, Chief Judge Robert Burns unsealed an affidavit submitted in Wyandotte County court in support of Rector’s arrest.
In the affidavit report, KBI Special Agent Christine Reglin said she found Rector used his department-issued vehicle, license plate readers and department data systems, among other resources, to stalk his spouse and two men while on and off duty.
Ex-detective allegedly stalked wife using homemade cameras, computer spyware
From Nov. 12, 2025, to Jan. 26, 2026, Rector allegedly made over 100 searches on his department-issued cellphone and computer related to the alleged crimes using department databases and resources, Reglin said.
In his search history, the special agent found searches for mirrorless cameras, voice recorders, “spy” cameras and Google Maps searches for locations not relevant to his assigned cases at the department, according to the affidavit.
In a search of Rector’s police duty bag, Reglin found two devices resembling flash drives that are traditionally used to “penetrate networks,” “steal passwords, install authorized access points, and exfiltrate data from the intended target computer,” the affidavit said.
Investigators with the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department reportedly later found a handmade video recording device in a light switch in Rector’s wife’s bedroom, which matched videos of the woman found on a flash drive in Rector’s possession.
Rector was also allegedly spying on the woman through an application he remotely installed on her laptop, the affidavit said.
By using the department’s resources, Rector was able to obtain personal phone numbers, addresses, Social Security numbers, vehicle information and specific locations his spouse frequented, the document said.
Rector filed for divorce from his spouse on Jan. 22, just days before he was fired from the Bonner Springs Police Department, according to Kansas court records. Those proceedings are ongoing.
Investigators allegedly found child sexual abuse material, videos of Rector in uniform on flash drive
Rector’s spouse allegedly told Reglin that the couple had been separated since Nov. 15, 2025, after Rector saw her and another man in a gym parking lot, according to the affidavit. Rector allegedly told her had been “tracking her locations” after noticing she spent extended periods of time in the parking lot.
The man later told investigators that immediately following the interaction, Rector followed the pair in his work vehicle as they “drove through parking lots to get away,” the affidavit said. He claimed he later received several texts and phone calls from someone he believed to be Rector.
Investigators allegedly found videos on Rector’s flash drive, which they believe he personally filmed, of the pair at the gym filmed over the next several months, according to the court document.
Additionally, Rector’s work vehicle was recognized by license plate readers in the area of one man’s home, which is outside the Bonner Police Department’s jurisdiction, over 40 times, according to the court document.
In January, the man reported to the Olathe Police Department that someone had thrown what he believed to be a brick or a rock at his vehicle, causing over $2,000 in damage, according to the document.
Reglin’s investigation revealed traffic cameras captured Rector’s work vehicle in the area the night of the incident.
In a search warrant executed on a flash drive found in Rector’s possession, Reglin found several images allegedly confirming the stalking, as well as multiple images depicting child sexual abuse and a video of Rector urinating in a sink at the Edwardsville Police Department while in uniform, according to the document.
Rector posted a $150,000 bond on the day of his arrest, according to court records. He is set to appear for a hearing on May 19, 2026.
This story was originally published April 6, 2026 at 7:24 PM.
