A former Colorado jail commander, accused of secretly viewing and replaying thousands of strip-search videos of female inmates over a five-year period, now is also facing a federal class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of his accusers at the La Plata County jail in Durango.

Edward Aber, 62, was charged in July with 117 counts of invasion of privacy for the purposes of sexual gratification and one count of first-degree official misconduct — both Class 1 misdemeanors — for what the indictment against him casts as a perverse abuse of power that began in 2019, a year after he was promoted to the top job at the jail, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.

According to the agency, its investigation into Aber began in early 2025, when CBI was contacted by the La Plata County Sheriff’

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