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However, Pizzolato and the woman continued to text. When she was released, Pizzicato showed up at her house in his personal vehicle. They went for ice cream.

Later, the woman told officials she “was scared about what he might do to her as similar things have happened to her in the past” and didn’t know what to do.

Approximately 75 to 100 text messages were sent between them. At the time, Pizzolato was 48 and the victim, 22.

“I was worried because he knew where I lived, and he had my phone number. I didn’t know how he would react if I said no or didn’t text him. I didn’t know if he would come to my apartment,” said the woman, who is a sexual assault survivor and victim of human trafficking, in a victim impact statement.

Manuel said the texts were “all personal in nature, too familiar, too suggestive, inappropriate, unsolicited, unwanted and wholly unprofessional.”

Calgary police records indicate Pizzolato has previously documented incidents involving unsolicited contact with women he encountered on the job. He is also facing unrelated charges of assault from a 2016 incident in which a man in custody said he was allegedly assaulted by the officer.

Just two weeks prior to the texting incident, Pizzolato’s staff sergeant counselled him to not contact women he had interacted with as a part of his duties.

Greg Dunn, the officer’s lawyer, said Pizzolato had “good intentions” but recognizes that he “crossed a line.”

He is only the third officer in over 20 years to be terminated by the Calgary police.

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