Madison, Wisconsin: Evidence of hidden recording device found in East H.S. coach's office

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    Madison School District Superintendent Carlton Jenkins told parents in an email Tuesday night that the cameras, which were hidden inside smoke detectors, were installed in violation of district policy in an attempt to catch a custodian suspected of sleeping on the job.

    Evidence of the camera's presence was found in January, but the cameras were active for about a two-week period in 2019 and removed in June 2020. It does not appear the two cameras were ever used to view students, but were instead focused on monitoring the custodian.


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    Evidence of hidden recording device found in East High School coach's office, Madison district officials say


    Evidence of a hidden recording device was found in a coach’s office at East High School, Madison School District Superintendent Carlton Jenkins said in a statement Thursday. A member of the high school security staff discovered what appeared to be a smoke detector cover that was altered to house a recording device located in the coach’s office on Jan. 8. The staff member contacted the school principal, who then contacted district officials and law enforcement. Upon further investigation, it was discovered there was evidence a camera may have been installed in the smoke detector with the approval of district staff ...


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    Hidden cameras at Madison East High were inside locker room office, room where students with disabilities changed

    The hidden cameras found at Madison East High School were in a room where students with disabilities changed and in a coaches' office in the boy's locker room, a police report shows. Madison School District Superintendent Carlton Jenkins told parents in an email Tuesday night that the cameras, which were hidden inside smoke detectors, were installed in violation of district policy in an attempt to catch a custodian suspected of sleeping on the job. Evidence of the camera's presence was found in January, but the cameras were active for about a two-week period in 2019 and removed in June 2020. ...


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