My question involves police conduct in the State of: Illinois.

Hi, never had anything like this happen and not sure what to do. My Wife and I have differing opinions. A little back ground:

I am 50 years old, and my wife of 30 years and I own and operate an online sales business. We rent space in a commercially zoned area of town that serves multiple purposes for us including; Storage, Office, shipping facility, and man cave. The unit is 18' wide by 56' deep, and has a mezzanine around 500 square feet. Total floor space is right around 1500 square feet. There is a 12' wide 15' tall overhead door, as well as a walk through door(north wall of unit). The upstairs is all open flooring with no walls. The stairwell is on the North wall of the unit. Downstairs is divided into four separate rooms plus a bathroom. The doorway that leads to 3 of these rooms(plus restroom) is 28' back and on the South wall of the unit.

The building this unit is in is roughly 30,000 square feet, has about 12 similar units to ours, and is in the shape of a "U". All the entrance doors to all the units are inside the "U".

Here is what happened:

Sunday afternoon at 2:50 p.m. I was in the unit alone, just stopped for the facilities and to drop off some supplies. I had just finished using the restroom at the very back wall of my unit when I heard a female voice faintly inquire from what I believed to be outside. I responded, and headed towards the door surprised as we very rarely have visitors. I had only taken a step or two when I looked up to see the Officer was in my unit, and rapidly approaching the office in my unit. We met about a step before she reached my office doorway, or about 25' into my unit and on the opposite side of the room from where she entered.

To say the least, I was startled that there was someone this far into my space without an invitation. This is not a store front, it is not open to the public. My initial thoughts were that something was terribly wrong with a family member or something.

I spoke first, politely I believe as I inquired "how can I help you?" To which she responded, "I noticed your door was open, and I am doing a security check. To which I responded (not as politely) "I did not invite you in, why are you inside". And she repeated it was a security check, and my door was open. As I escorted her to the door, there was some continued dialogue including her saying something to the effect of, "If you don't want us to ensure your unit is safe, we won't ever check it again. Once we were outside, I pulled out my identification and offered it to her. She said "I don't even want that" and abruptly walked away.

Nothing was seized. Nothing was searched other than what was in plain sight. She did not touch me, or as far as I know anything in my unit other than the floor.

Still I believed the intrusion into my private space was unwarranted based on "an open door" especially at 3 p.m. on a sunny Sunday afternoon. I then called the Department and explained the situation to a Sergeant. He basically belittled me, said I was "making a big deal of nothing" that the Officer was absolutely correct in entering the building. I pointed out to the Sergeant the door she entered was less than 6' from my van which was running, titled, licensed, and insured in my name. The Sergeant did basically outline the process of filing a formal complaint........but he also insinuated something to the effect that they wont protect my space if I don't want them too.

I just find that really disturbing.

I was literally 30 seconds and 30' from having her confront me while I was on the toilet in my private space. And since I feel the line between protection and intrusion was crossed, that an implication(or anything that could be construed as such) that protection wont be available moving forward is unfathomable. And I heard that from two different officers.

Anyway, My Beautiful Wife agrees the Officer is way in the wrong. But she thinks we gain nothing filing a formal complaint except making ourselves a target for potential future harassment. She may well be right about the harassment. But I think our duty as Citizens to report misconduct outweighs those negatives.

At this point, I have not filed a formal complaint.

Any advice or opinions would be greatly appreciated.