Redmond police officers arrested a 25-year-old male suspect from Redmond for voyeurism at Hartman Pool on Wednesday morning.

Redmond police received a 911 call from the pool, located at 17535 N.E. 104th St. in Redmond, at 6:39 a.m. and a Woodinville High School girls swim coach reported that a team member found a cell phone taped to a wall inside the female staff locker room. The team member located the phone and alerted her coach, according to Becky Range, Redmond Police Department (RPD) public information officer.

Officers responded within a few minutes, arrested the suspect — who was on duty — and confiscated the phone and his iPad; the suspect voluntarily handed over his computer. Officers detained the suspect without incident, Range said.

“The suspect was transported to the Redmond Police Department, interviewed by a detective and confessed to placing the phone there. A thorough investigation is underway for voyeurism,” said Range in a press release.

Range said the suspect was released on Wednesday, and on Thursday she said RPD received a signed warrant so they can examine the contents of the phone and iPad, which RPD has in evidence.

The City of Redmond owns the Hartman Pool building, which is operated and managed by a contractor, the WAVE Aquatics club swim program. WAVE Aquatics employs the suspect as a lifeguard.

City of Redmond staff, RPD and WAVE Aquatics officials met Wednesday morning shortly after the incident. Tyson Wellock, WAVE Aquatics manager, told the group that he suspended the suspect without pay, pending the investigation outcome, and the City of Redmond and RPD have trespassed the suspect from Hartman Pool. Wellock said they’re working to have the suspect trespassed from other WAVE facilities, such as the Juanita Aquatic Center in Kirkland.

Wellock said they have no documented issues with the suspect. “We do background checks on all our employees, and all employees are required to pass the background checks before they’re hired,” he said.

During the meeting, “WAVE Aquatics and City of Redmond staffs conducted a thorough sweep of the entire facility and no other devices were found,” Range said.

WAVE Aquatics verified that the Woodinville High School girls swim team was the only group using the facility this morning. The pool is host to high school meets and practices and public lap swimming, shallow and deep water aerobics, open swimming and lessons.

Wellock noted that they maintained their regular schedule at Hartman on Wednesday with lap swimming, lessons and a high school swim practice. He added that they cleared the pool after the incident to investigate, which was right around the time of a scheduled gap in activities.

When activities resumed, Wellock placed a press release at the front entrance to notify parents and swimmers about what happened. Wellock said he and his staff will email families about the incident, as well.

While at Hartman on Wednesday evening, Wellock said no pool users asked him about the incident.

“We’re encouraging them if they have any questions or concerns to feel free to contact me or Becky (Range) and we’ll try to answer their questions the best we can,” Wellock said.

“Concerned for the impact this type of incident may have on youth in our area, the City of Redmond and Redmond police have been in discussion with both the Northshore and Lake Washington school districts, and will continue to work closely with them throughout the investigation,” Range said.

The City of Redmond has changed all locks at the pool and confirmed that WAVE Aquatics collected the suspect’s facility keys.

The Reporter will add to this story when more details become available.