Subject: [NEXTEL-1] Folcroft Borough Police Dept. Bugged - 2 articles

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Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 19:26:20 -0400

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Folcroft Borough Police Dept. Bugged
May 20, 2004 â€" The DA's office is trying to figure out who planted the recording device inside the police department, what they were looking for and why. 
Tiny pin holes and wires were coming out of them. They mark the spots where investigators discovered and dismantled an elaborate network of hidden cameras and recording devices. They were concealed in smoke detectors and emergency lights. Investigators say for years the cameras recorded the action of the Folcroft Borough police force inside their own headquarters. Officers had heard rumors that they were being watched by borough bosses. A few months ago the police chief decided to put the rumors about the police department being bugged to rest, so he hired a private investigator to sweep the building.  According to court documents, that investigators found recording devices in the evidence room the squad room and the hallway. The chief decided to go to the district attorney. On Tuesday night, the D-A's office did another search. This time, they found even more cameras, including one in the locker room where officers, including the department only female, change their clothes. The court documents suggest employees suspect two borough officials have something to do with the bugs, but so far no one is named as a suspect and no arrests have been made.  Employees are watching their backs. The DA traced the equipment to a private investigative outfit in Chester County. The DA's office found invoices that indicate the firm charged the borough nearly $4000 to carry out the surveillance work. 
But who hired the firm and why is not known. 
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/news/052004_nw_folcroftcameras.html

Recording Equipment Discovered In Folcroft Borough Hall

Police: Women Were Videotaped While Dressing
POSTED: 12:18 am EDT May 21, 2004
UPDATED: 12:48 am EDT May 21, 2004

FOLCROFT BOROUGH, Pa. -- Secret video and audio recordings have been discovered inside the Folcroft Borough Hall in Delaware County, and cameras and microphones were even found in rooms where women undress.
Police said they discovered they were being spied on one year ago, so they set up their own surveillance equipment to determine why anyone would do it. 
Now, the case is in the hands of the Delaware County district attorney's office.
The equipment reportedly appeared shortly after 26-year-old Folcroft Police Officer Leslie McLean was hired. She said she is devastated that someone videotaped her dressing. 

Other hidden cameras and recording equipment were found in the building, 
police said
Two tapes dating back as far as 2002 and a VCR were seized from the old office of one of the suspects, which he used while serving as district judge, police said.
Police said they also discovered bills showing that the borough purchased the surveillance equipment for $4,000.
No charges have been filed in this case, and no arrests have been made. 
http://www.nbc10.com/news/3330052/detail.html

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