‘My Left Fist Slams Into His Face’: Calgary Police Officer Who Wrote Controversial Book Under Investigation

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‘My Left Fist Slams Into His Face’: Calgary Police Officer Who Wrote Controversial Book Under Investigation

October 3rd, 2017

Awake Goy

Former Calgary police constable John Brix-Maffei and the two dozen incidents of violence he wrote about in his book, The Wolf and the Sheepdog, will be investigated by the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT), CBC News has confirmed.

The agency has agreed to investigate “possible admissions of criminal conduct” in the book, according to Alberta Justice and Solicitor General spokesperson Jason van Rassel.

The decision comes less than a week after Edmonton attorney Tom Engel sent a letter to Alberta’s justice minister and the director of law enforcement asking for ASIRT to be called in over concerning passages like this one:

“My left fist slams into his face causing his nose to bend and suddenly pop under the force,” wrote Brix-Maffei under the pen name John Smith in 2008. “My right fist lines up for a second blow.”

CPS pulled Brix-Maffei off city streets

Brix-Maffei left the service in “good standing” in 2013 and was touted as a “talented author,” according to the police union.

But the Alberta Crown Prosecution Service was so concerned with Brix-Maffei’s writings, a decision was made back in 2011 that he could not testify at a trial, which meant CPS could never again allow him to patrol Calgary’s streets.

The Crown’s office “promptly informed Calgary police that it was no longer willing to call the officer as a witness and encouraged CPS to fully investigate the matter,” Van Rassel confirmed.

CPS said in a written statement it could not discuss details of the case now that ASIRT is involved, but the organization said “we fully respect and welcome the decision to investigate this and will of course co-operate to the fullest extent.”

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