The police investigation probing Mayor Rob Ford is “continuing” and there is “a lot of work to do,” according to the lead detective in the case.

“My investigative team is intact and we are continuing to conduct interviews,” Det. Sgt. Gary Giroux said Monday, adding later: “As it becomes necessary we will make applications to get other records or documents we require. That process is still ongoing.”

Giroux said he has not spoken to the mayor, but had requested an interview in November, around the same time Chief Bill Blair announced police had the now infamous “crack video” in their possession. While Ford’s lawyer declined, the invitation is standing, he said.

In March, Giroux was tapped to look into the mayor and his office after police, working on a year-long gang and gun investigation called Project Traveller, stumbled across alleged gang members talking about Ford “smoking his rocks” and referring to the “crack video” on wiretapped phone conversations. The investigation should go “wherever it takes you,” he was told by commanding officers.

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Giroux’s spinoff probe, called Project Brazen 2, involved extensive surveillance of Ford and his friend Alexander (Sandro) Lisi throughout the summer, as well as numerous interviews with Ford staffers who painted a picture of a boss with potentially serious substance abuse issues, according to publicly released search warrant documents.

In October, Giroux charged Lisi with drug trafficking and, soon after, with extortion in relation to his attempts to retrieve the “crack video” from alleged gang members after the story broke in May.

Giroux said Monday his investigators are also currently putting together a “tremendous” amount of evidence or disclosure in Lisi’s two cases and working closely with federal and provincial Crown attorneys.

Last week, the Star reported that police are taking a hard look at another video of the mayor — the so-called “murder rant video,” which was made public in early November and shows a clearly impaired Ford ranting and raving about wanting to kill an unidentified person.

The “murder rant video” became news again last week when Scott MacIntyre, the former common-law spouse of Ford’s sister, alleged in court papers that he was the intended victim in the video. MacIntyre said a severe beating he later received came from a plan hatched the night the video was made.

MacIntyre’s allegations have not been proven in court. Ford’s lawyer Dennis Morris told reporters Wednesday that MacIntyre’s claims are “irresponsible and spurious.”

Giroux said he couldn’t comment on what may happen next in his investigation, on what evidence the police may or may not have and whether there would be any pending arrests.

“There really isn’t a particular end in sight,” Giroux said of the probe.

Also on Monday, Ford’s brother, councilor Doug Ford, slammed Toronto Star reporter Robyn Doolittle’s book Crazy Town: The Rob Ford Story, as another attack on his family.

The book details the life and scandals of Rob Ford, including new allegations that Ford transitioned to using crack cocaine following the death of his father, Doug Ford Sr. in 2006 and that the Etobicoke family likened themselves to the Kennedys.

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“We aren’t even in the same league as someone like the Kennedys,” Doug Ford said. “It’s a joke. We’re just . . . down here to help the people of Toronto and that’s it.”

In one passage, Doolittle references a tape provided by a confidant of Ford’s wife Renata, wherein Renata worries about Ford’s drug use.

“Typical Toronto Star and Robyn Doolittle,” Doug Ford said. “It’s always anonymous. Everything’s anonymous … you know I could put a book together that’s anonymous sources about Robyn Doolittle and all the shenanigans at the Toronto Star, but we have a job to do and that’s to save the taxpayer’s money.”

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