A woman is speaking out after she says an Edmonton police officer hit on her in text messages.

The officer was the same one investigating her complaint of a sexual assault.

“Is this really happening right now? Is this a fever dream?” she said, describing how she felt when she received the texts this spring.

“It kind of reactivates some of the trauma of the assault.”

CityNews is not identifying the woman because the sexual assault case is still before the courts.

The officer, in texts reviewed by CityNews, said to the woman: “Good looking and intelligent. You’re a double threat!!!” The texts remark that the woman has “great genes,” later adding, “I’ll stop before I get into trouble.”

The woman said the officer’s comments made her feel powerless, depressed, fearful and unsure of how to

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