By FOX 5/KUSI:
A hidden camera was reportedly discovered in the women’s bunkroom at El Cajon Fire Station 8, prompting an investigation into potential privacy violations, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune.
The device, resembling a common household item, was allegedly placed in a location where female firefighters, medics and EMTs sleep and change clothes. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that the camera, found in early February, was concealed as an apparent phone charger that was oddly located near the foot of a bed.
The camera was discovered by a female who worked on ambulances. Now, she and three other woman who regularly used the bunkroom are looking for answers and demanding a thorough investigation into the matter. They even filed a legal claim with the city of El Cajon.
According to The San Diego Union-Tribune, the claim alleges that “no workplace investigation was done.” The four women are also seeking $10,000 each for “psychological treatment, emotional distress, humiliation, anxiety, and mental anguish, as well as punitive damages against the unknown public employees.”
In another shocking discovery, a second hidden camera was allegedly found in another female bunkroom — this time disguised as a clock, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported. Since then, some of the women took offers to switch fire stations, while others have refused to uproot from their home station.
When asked for comment on the matter, local police and fire officials referred The San Diego Union-Tribune to El Cajon Deputy City Manager Marisol Thorn, who declined to provide a statement.
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