Lack of diversity â claims of department racism, sexual assault; Sacramento fire chief responds Share Updated: 8:25 AM PST Mar 13, 2021 Share Updated: 8:25 AM PST Mar 13, 2021
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Show Transcript REPORTER: IT WAS A LONELY EXPERIENCE, NOT GOING TO LIE. REPORTER: THIS FIREFIGHTER AND PARAMEDIC, FOR 17 YEARS, RETIRING FROM STRESS INTO THOUSAND 17. IN 2017. SHE SAYS DISCRIMINATION WAS PART OF THE CULTURE. SHE SAYS SHE EXPERIENCED IT FIRSTHAND. AS AN INTERN, SHE WAS TIED TO A LIFT BASKET. I COULDNâT MOVE, I COULDNâT GET OUT ONCE I WAS TIED IN. I WILL SECURED TO THE TIP OF THE LADDER TRUCK AND RACED TO THE TOP OF THE FIRE STATION. IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER. IT WAS A HOT DAY. THEY UNLATCHED ME AND LEFT ME UP THERE FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES. REPORTER SHE REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO HER SUPERIORS. BUT THE RETIRED FIREFIGHTER AND CURRENT FSD EMPLOYEE TOLD KCRA 3 INVESTIGATES THE PROCESS IS INTIMIDATING. I MET WITH THE SACRAME