Hidden Camera Found in Bathroom at Los Angeles Hospital, Authorities Say By KC Baker

A hidden camera was found in an employee bathroom at a Los Angeles hospital, and now police have a suspect in custody.

Tyesha Sullivan, a registered nurse who works in the emergency room at the Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center, was alarmed when she found a hidden camera in the back of a bathroom stall in November 2025, CBS LA first reported.

What also bothered her and others is that the bathroom, which is for emergency room staff members only, requires a key card to enter.

She first noticed the camera back in November but didn’t know what it was, she told CBS LA.

She told her co-workers and they said they also wondered what it was.

“When I discovered that it was a camera, I was very shocked,” Sullivan told CBS LA.

In November, a suspect was arrested, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed to PEOPLE.

Because of the sensitive nature of the case, the Special Assaults Section is handling the investigation and the suspect’s identity and other details have been withheld, an LAPD spokesperson told PEOPLE. 

The person has been formally charged by the LA City Attorney, CBS LA reports, but it’s not clear what charge the suspect faces.

Kaiser Permanente did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

In a statement to CBS LA, Kaiser Permanente said it was upset about the alleged incident and immediately reported it incident to the LAPD.

“During the course of the investigation, a Kaiser Permanente employee was identified as a person of interest and subsequently arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department,” the company said in the statement. “That individual is no longer employed by Kaiser Permanente.”

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Jody Russell, who works for the security firm Ambient.AI, told CBS LA that anyone who thinks they are being recorded should immediately notify the authorities.

“Something as simple as turning the lights off when you go into the bathroom and just taking a quick look around, ‘Do you see those blinking lights?'” Russell told CBS LA. 

“You don’t want to become a target for one and you have to think if this person is recording activity, then they’re going to record you going about your investigation.”