London firefighter who ‘filmed women in showers’ arrested

The firefighter has been suspended from the brigade whereas investigations are ongoing. (Aaron Chown/PA)

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firefighter on the London Fireplace Brigade (LFB) who allegedly filmed feminine colleagues within the bathe has been arrested.

The person, aged 32, was arrested on suspicion of voyeurism and inciting women under-13 to have interaction in sexual exercise on September 1, the Metropolitan Police mentioned.

The offences are alleged to have occurred between 2020 and 2021. He has since been bailed.

The firefighter has been suspended from the brigade whereas investigations are ongoing.

An LFB spokesperson mentioned the brigade can not touch upon allegations referring to particular person members of workers.

“We assist the Metropolitan Police Service with any investigations it could have,” the spokesperson mentioned.

“Allegations referring to legal conduct are taken extraordinarily severely and, if upheld, will lead to dismissal for gross misconduct.

“Workers which might be arrested for critical offences are suspended whereas investigations happen.”

Officers are mentioned to have discovered footage of girls in showers, the Solar stories, whereas a colleague allegedly informed the newspaper the person’s arrest despatched “shockwaves all through the hearth service in London”.

A damning impartial report launched in November 2022 discovered the brigade “institutionally misogynist and racist”.

Accounts starting from ladies being groped to individuals having their helmets crammed with urine function within the wide-ranging evaluate, which examined the tradition at England’s largest fireplace and rescue service.

The Fireplace Brigades Union acknowledged the “extraordinarily alarming” report, saying there may be “no place for such behaviour or attitudes”.