Toronto 's mayor says he will not resign despite a claim Thursday by the police chief that investigators recovered a video of the mayor that purportedly shows him smoking a crack pipe . The video was recovered from deleted files on a computer hard drive that was seized during a drug and gang investigation , according to a 465-page police report . Earlier this year , allegations surfaced in two media outlets that Rob Ford was recorded on video last winter using crack cocaine . Police Chief William Blair told reporters Thursday that a video was discovered in connection with the investigation but did not describe its contents . The video `` depicts images with what has previously been reported , '' Blair said . Mayor denies smoking crack , questions scandalous video 's veracity . In May , the website Gawker and the Toronto Star newspaper published stories saying their reporters had seen 90 seconds of a cell-phone video showing the 44-year-old Ford , as the Star described it , `` inhaling from what appears to be a glass crack pipe . '' Later in the video -- as described by the Star -- an `` incoherent '' man both the Star and Gawker claimed to be Ford ranted about a number of subjects . The video , which has never been released publicly , shows a `` clearly impaired mayor , '' two reporters who say they saw the video wrote in the Star . Ford , who has repeatedly denied using crack cocaine , said he has no reason to resign . `` I wish I could come out and defend myself . Unfortunately , I ca n't because it 's before the courts and that 's all I can say right now , '' Ford told CNN partner CBC News . Ford has not been charged with anything . Toronto police had already been investigating drug and gang activity when reports first surfaced of an alleged video featuring the mayor smoking crack . In a police report ordered released to the public Thursday , Ford 's name and image repeatedly popped up . The report detailed an investigation into drug , gang and criminal activity in Toronto . The lengthy police report , which includes hundreds of redacted pages , revealed that police sources believe the photo of Ford that first surfaced in May , along with the salacious report , is taken in front of a `` trap '' house used to `` chop '' crack . Police documents also detail evidence used to obtain a search warrant for a man suspected of drug trafficking , Alexander ( Sandro ) Lisi , who police also say is the mayor 's friend as well as his driver . Lisi 's attorney , Seth P. Weinstein , did not immediately respond to a CNN request for comment . Photos collected by police show Ford and Lisi together on a number of occasions , including attending a Toronto Maple Leafs hockey game , according to the documents . Lisi was arrested Thursday and charged with extortion , according to a police statement . Lisi is accused of using extortion to retrieve a recording , it said . Details about the recording were not publicly released . But Blair , the police chief , said a digital video in police custody will be shown in court in an effort to support the charge against Lisi . Lisi appeared in court Friday for a bail hearing and was released , Weinstein said . Addicts shoot up in safe haven in Canada .
Toronto police have a video of Mayor Rob Ford apparently using drugs . The mayor , who has denied the allegation , says he has no reason to resign . Police say they recovered a video of Ford that had been reported on in the media . Two news agencies reported that they saw a video showing Ford doing drugs .