While police continue their investigation into a series of graphic images featuring a B.C. Mountie and posted online, multiple sources say Cpl. Jim Brown is not the man featured in some of the most violent staged photographs.

The Coquitlam officer is the subject of an internal code of conduct investigation and RCMP brass have asked an outside police force to perform their own review of the photo simulations posted to the internet.

People within the Metro Vancouver bondage-sadomasochism community have confirmed that Brown is the man photographed wearing what appear to be RCMP-issue boots and pressing his foot down on the rear end of a woman clad only in plastic wrap. In other images, he can be seen ripping the plastic from her body with his teeth.

But Reive Doig of EroticVancouver.com says that a series of more violent photographs show a man who “bears an uncanny resemblance” to Brown, but is not actually the officer. Doig says he’s spoken with the male and female models from those photos, and they were horrified to see their picture in news stories this week.

“This has turned their lives upside down overnight,” Doig said.

He added that the photographs were meant to be “artistic,” not sexually arousing.

The corporal’s personal life first came under scrutiny in December 2010, when his superiors at the Coquitlam RCMP detachment became aware of a flash drive containing graphic images.

Police determined the pictures involved willing participants, and that Brown had not committed a code of conduct violation.

But Assistant RCMP Commissioner Randy Beck says that two new investigations were launched when Mounties learned that photos had been posted online.
“While we must strike a balance between an individual’s rights and freedoms when off duty and the RCMP code of conduct, I am personally embarrassed and very disappointed that the RCMP would be, in any way, linked to photos of that nature,” Beck said in a written statement Thursday.

The photos have since been taken down from the site.

Some observers have suggested that Brown’s involvement in the BDSM scene could be indicative of his views about women, and have questioned whether it affects his ability to do his job as a police officer.

Among those voices is police psychologist Mike Webster, a former Mountie with a long history with the RCMP, who said Thursday that in his opinion there is “absolutely no way” Brown should be allowed to investigate “any file involving a female” in the future.

He said Friday that his opinion has not changed following news that some of the photos in question do not depict Brown.

Brown was involved in the investigation into the Robert Pickton serial killings, bringing forward a key informant in the case. Cameron Ward, the lawyer representing Pickton’s victims, has called for the missing women inquiry to be reopened so Brown’s role in the flawed case can be explored.

People within Vancouver’s BDSM scene have taken umbrage with the suggestion that Brown’s taking part in such photos might affect his performance with the RCMP or his attitude toward the opposite sex.

Doig said any implications of misogyny are unwarranted.

“The vast majority of people realize that this is consensual activity, this is fantasy, this is adults playing cops and robbers," he said.

“There are probably just as many dominant women in this scene as there are dominant men."

Jennifer Skrukwa, owner of Libido Events, said she has known the corporal for five years and considers him “a man of high integrity.”

“He loves his children and he is a family man and he is a part of many different communities. He takes his children to sporting events, he likes good food and he loves being outdoors and he loves people. And he has a private life just like everybody else does and he’s entitled to it,” Skrukwa said.

“Linking him to Pickton, talking about him in the same sentence as Pickton is a horrible thing to do to somebody… it’s demeaning.”

Brown declined to speak with CTV News when contacted by telephone Friday.