Denver Firefighter Says After Hidden Camera Incident She Was Told To Have ‘Thicker Skin'

By Brian Maass, CBS Denver:

DENVER (CBS4) – A female Denver firefighter who was spied on by male Lieutenant Daniel Flesner says after the incident, a District Chief told her she needed “thicker skin on this job.” She says another department chief tried to start a GoFundMe page to pay Flesner’s legal costs.

“Polarizing this crime was destructive to me,” wrote the female firefighter in a four page letter sent to Denver Fire Chief Desmond Fulton and obtained by CBS4.

CBS4 is not using the woman’s name since she was the victim of sexual harassment. In May, Denver City Council approved paying the woman, who is still on the job, $100,000 in an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission settlement.

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