Late last month, a former La Plata County jail commander was charged with 117 counts of invasion of privacy for sexual gratification after the Colorado Bureau of Investigation discovered Edward Aber had accessed videos of 117 female inmates being strip searched, watching the videos multiple times between 2019 and early 2024.

Now, three of the victims whose strip searches Aber is accused of accessing on the digital evidence management system evidence.com (an Axon Enterprise product) have filed a class action suit against Aber, La Plata County, La Plata County Sheriff's Office and Sheriff Sean Smith.

Aber resigned from his position in July 2024 while being investigated for allegations of making sexual contact with female inmates and harassing female employees, but no charges were fi

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