Cal Fire Places Sixteen on Leave Amidst Sex Scandal
Sixteen Cal Fire firefighters have been placed on administrative leave following the release of a preliminary investigation by California Highway Patrol into allegations that personnel had sex with prostitutes at the Cal Fire Academy in Ione.
The investigation began after the bizarre murder of a woman allegedly perpetrated by a Cal Fire battalion chief earlier this year. The chief, Orville Fleming, allegedly left his wife to be with former escort, Sarah Douglas, 26. When that relationship soured, he killed Douglas and fled, abandoning his job. He was arrested two weeks later.
Meagan Fleming, Chief Fleming’s ex-wife, claimed she saw a videotape of Douglas having sex with firefighters on fire trucks. Those allegations prompted the CHP investigation.
The continued fallout from the actions of Orville Fleming, from May 2014.
While Cal Fire knew the CHP investigation was going to be announced, I doubt they thought that the news would also reach the streets of London and elsewhere in the UK via the “Evening Standard” on line.
Still, one person died, and the future training firefighting classes are being held, but an increase workload on the remaining instructor cadre will be high.
And, this is after all a “State” Agency.
Which means all of this reaches the Governors office.
More will come out once the CHP releases the full report, in the next few days.