A judge recently ordered the city to publicly release the final report on an investigation into the San Jose Fire Department that started when a video surfaced showing a bikini-clad woman stepping out of a firetruck and into a strip club.
In the months that followed NBC Bay Area’s sources helped uncover pieces of the story.
Our Investigative Unit also learned the firetruck made a second stop at AJ’s Bikini Bar a few blocks away before returning.The Mercury NewsIn the report, firefighters claimed a fire captain had recruited a photographer who also worked at the Pink Poodle to take pictures of his fire crew. On Tuesday, NBC Bay Area asked former Mayor Sam Liccardo if he thought the whole incident was as bad as he imagined when we first told him about it in October.
“A lot of members of the community can understand how a bikini-clad woman could demand a member of the fire department to take her for a ride,” said Steven Clark.Clark says a life saving apparatus is not an Uber, and he too is surprised that it took 10 months to get to this point, and that the discipline was so minimal.
After first looking at the video in October, former Mayor Liccardo said that if it was as bad as it looked, then heads must roll.Read the city's full statement below:
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