February 11, 2008

Firefighters Say Cameras Invade Their Privacy

STAMFORD - The union for paid firefighters has filed a grievance with the city over the installation of security cameras at the volunteer Springdale Fire Co., saying it's an illegal invasion of privacy. The Stamford Professional Fire Fighters Association, which has 16 members working in the Springdale firehouse, says the security cameras will create a "big brother" environment and make paid firefighters uncomfortable. The union said it was never notified of the surveillance system and learned about it only after a paid firefighter saw the fire chief on a ladder in the firehouse and asked what he was doing, union President Brendan Keatley said. The union filed the grievance Jan. 29.

Security camera plan sparks privacy fight at Stamford firehouse, Stamford Advocate, February 9, 2008.