My Experience With Two CPS Officers: A Disturbing and Unacceptable Encounter

Yesterday, I had one of the most disturbing encounters I’ve ever had with police. Two Calgary Police Service officers detained me, searched me, and transported me without telling me where I was going. They never gave badge numbers—only first names. One of them called himself “Sonny.”

What happened next was shocking.

During the search, while I was handcuffed behind my back, Sonny kept saying “Don’t look at me”—four or five times. He pressed his body against me while searching me and used a razor blade to cut the straps off my backpack, making repeated slashing motions near my hands. It felt unsafe and threatening.

Inside the car, things got even stranger. Sonny said he was “feeling horny” and talked about being dropped off in Mahogany afterward. He called his girlfriend in Mahogany and later called his roommate, telling him he “had some tech,” slang for meth.

At one point, he farted in the car, rolled up the window, and kept the smell trapped inside. Then he casually ate chips or cherry lozenges and drank a pop for the rest of the ride.

They also told me I had warrants in BC and Saskatchewan—then later said I had no warrants at all.

Eventually, without explanation, they dropped me off downtown near City Hall.

This behaviour was abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable. I’m sharing this publicly because people deserve to know what can happen during interactions with CPS, and because accountability matters