IOWA
Press-Citizen
Daniel P. Finney, For the Press-Citizen July 23, 2014
Next time you use a public restroom, take a look around. Scan any vents, towel dispensers or other fixtures, including electric outlets and light switches.
Why? You just might be on camera.
In the past 13 months, hidden cameras have been found in restrooms and other facilities in at least three Iowa communities, including Iowa City, mirroring a nationwide problem.
In May, a church pastor in Indiana was convicted of hiding cameras in a women’s restroom. Chicago police are investigating a hidden camera in the restroom of a funeral home. And this week in Cleveland, a TV station told employees that a hidden video camera was discovered in a women’s restroom.
Prosecuting suspects for hidden cameras is a tricky matter under Iowa law. When cameras capture photographs or recordings of adults, prosecutors must prove the person intended to get nude images, said Kevin Cmelik, of the Iowa Attorney General’s Office.
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