RCMP corporal under investigation for sexually explicit photos won't be asked to quit

RCMP corporal under investigation for sexually explicit photos won't be asked to quit

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But Bond disappointed by officer’s actions

By Lori Culbert, Vancouver Sun July 6, 2012 •Story•Photos ( 4 )

Cpl. Jim BrownPhotograph by: Handout , Special to the SunJustice Minister Shirley Bond is disappointed and unhappy about the actions of a Coquitlam police officer who posted online sexual images of himself domineering women, but stopped short of demanding the corporal resign.



“I am clearly unhappy about the kind of message this incident sends to the public. It’s important that British Columbians have confidence in the men and women who serve in our communities every day as police officers,” Bond said in a statement Thursday.



“We expect more from our police and I am disappointed in this particular situation.”



The Vancouver Sun first reported Wednesday the Coquitlam RCMP launched a code of conduct investigation into Cpl. Jim Brown, after sexually explicit photos of the Mountie — who at times was clad only in his RCMP-issued boots — were posted on a slave-and-master website.



Bond noted Brown has been placed on administrative duties and said she could not comment further until a review of the RCMP’s handling of the case is completed by an outside police agency.



Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart did not return several messages Thursday asking for comment on whether he has any concerns about Brown working in his city.



Hilla Kerner, who works at Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter, said she and her colleagues were outraged by the thought of a police officer engaging in sexualized images that portray women in a demeaning way.



“It is absurd to think that his personal, private behaviour has nothing to do with his professional role as a police officer,” she said.



Kerner added it is stories like this one that have made some women hesitate to report sexual assaults to police.



“We do not trust this man, and the agency he is part of, to protect women from male violence,” she said.



But University of Victoria philosophy professor Eike-Henner Kluge, whose area of expertise includes police ethics, said as long as activities in a person’s private life are not illegal or unethical or cross over into his professional life, the public should not cast aspersions.



“While it may be emotionally questionable to onlookers, in fact, ethically speaking, there is nothing wrong here. We have a tendency to equate people with their professional standing and that is unfair,” Kluge said.



“One should never confuse an emotional reaction with what is ethically appropriate.”



University of B.C. psychology professor Del Paulhus, whose research includes psychopathy and narcissism, said there is no evidence to suggest that slave-and-master sexual activity at home will necessarily reflect how an individual behaves in the office.



“It is possible to have an interest in S&M photos, for example, and not necessarily have an aversive [unpleasant] personality in your personal life or any other aspect of your life,” Paulhus said. “In particular, the S&M community seems to be a group of people who are normal in every respect, except for their interest in sadistic and/or masochistic activities.”



Paulhus allowed such research might be surprising to some, but said the results shouldn’t be applied any differently to Brown because he is a police officer. “Other than for public relations purposes — it is going to look pretty bad because of the association of any kind of unusual sexual behaviour.”



That is of little comfort to Lilliane Beaudoin, whose sister Dianne Rock was one of the 26 women Coquitlam pig farmer Robert (Willy) Pickton was accused of killing. Beaudoin accused Brown, who played a small role in the Pickton investigation, of discriminating against women in the photos.



“To me, he broke the oath he took when he became a police officer. I think it is disgusting and he should be reprimanded and should lose his job,” Beaudoin said.



A now-retired Vancouver police officer, Dave Dickson, said his recollection is that the B.C. Police Act states improper off-duty conduct that could sully a police agency’s reputation should be considered discreditable conduct.



Dickson also took umbrage with Brown’s comment to The Sun that there were no victims in his photos.



“As [a] former police officer still working with the women in the Downtown Eastside, I found it extremely offensive that the officer would suggest there was no victim,” Dickson said in an email to The Sun.



Maureen McGrath, a nurse who hosts CKNW’s Sunday Night Sex Show, said many people are into consensual bondage and submissive/masochistic sex acts. “Photographing these scenes is [however], unnecessary and disgusting, and to post them even worse,” she said.



McGrath added it is disturbing behaviour by a police officer: “the very person one would look to to help us in this kind of crisis.”



lculbert@vancouversun.com



With files from Ian Mulgrew





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