Noble Park, Melbourne: Disturbing moment when a female security officer beats an 11-year-old boy
Disturbing moment a female transport beats an 11-year-old boy after he spat on her while detained – but the police commissioner calls it a ‘diversion strike’
- Video emerges of Victorian officer beating child
- He tried to resist arrest in southeastern Melbourne
- Victoria’s top cop preferred ‘diversion strike’ to ‘beaten’
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A female Australian security officer has been caught on video viciously beating a child after he spat in her face.
A video captured by an observer shows two Victorian PSOs struggling to restrain an 11-year-old boy before he turns and spits at the female cop.
The top Victoria Police officer later replied that he was “comfortable” with the officer’s response and that the boy could be charged with assault.
He also disputed that the correct word to use is “smitten.”
A female Australian security officer was caught on video viciously beating a child after he spat in her face
In addition to spitting, the child is believed to have “repeatedly used a ‘racist insult,'” 3AW reported.
The video was shot at Noble Park railway station in southeastern Melbourne on Australia Day.
Victoria Police Commissioner Shane Patton said the PSOs had been called to the station where the boy had been ‘arrested as a suspect’.
He declined to provide further details about what led to the boy’s detention.
Mr Patton defended the Victoria Police employee and disputed that she had even slapped the boy.
“You called it a blow, I could call it a diversion attack,” he told 3AW’s Neil Mitchell.
Top Victoria Police officer Shane Patton described the blow as ‘a diversionary attack’. He said he felt “comfortable” with the officer’s response and that the boy could be charged with assault
“I can’t put myself in her position of ‘I need to stop getting spat on’.
“There’s no doubt she was beaten, it diverted his face from her, it stopped any further threat.”
Chief Constable Patton said the officer who hit the boy had filed a “use of force form” rather than trying to hide her reaction.
“At this stage, we feel comfortable with what has been done on that matter.”
Chief Constable Patton added that it was “definitely” possible that the boy could be charged with assault for spitting on the officer.
Chief Constable Patton said the PSOs were called to the station where the boy was ‘arrested as a suspect’ before the incident with the female officer (left) responding to being spat on