A world-renowned scientist and former associate professor at the University of British Columbia was arrested and charged with voyeurism after hidden cameras were found in a campus change room.

Jim Rupert, an anti-doping expert and a professor in the school’s department of kinesiology, was arrested on April 16, after staffers said they found hidden recording devices in a makeshift change room they had set up for participants in a study.

“This associate professor allegedly had placed some of these devices within this makeshift change room to record persons who were participating in the study changing clothes,” campus RCMP Sgt. Drew Grainger told CTV Vancouver.

The school says it took immediate action and Rupert left in June.

“The safety of our students, staff and faculty is a top priority for UBC and we take immediate action when any serious allegation is made,” reads a UBC statement.

“Our policies also allow us to ban perpetrators from our campuses and to prohibit them from contacting members of our community.”

Students, however, were concerned that word of Rupert’s arrest was only made public this week.

“You’d think if something like that happened on campus they would let you know about it,” one male student told CTV. Another student wondered why the school felt that such information did not need to be immediately shared.

Police defended the decision, saying that because officers made an arrest so quickly, they did not need to issue a warning to students or staff.

“At the time of our initial attendance we were quickly able to make an assessment that warranted an immediate arrest of an individual involved in this investigation, which mitigated any public safety,” Grainger said.

Police have interviewed everyone caught by the hidden camera and are confident that none of the images have made their way online.

Rupert did not respond to messages from CTV News.

With a report from CTV Vancouver’s Lisa Rossington