00:00It was supposed to be a normal afternoon school pick-up.
00:08Sean Beasley had his then 17-year-old daughter in the car
00:12when he alleges another driver cut him off in Perth's western suburbs.
00:16So I beeped the horn and then he immediately just shot his finger up.
00:20So I did the same thing.
00:21It was such an innocuous thing, you know, it really was.
00:24There was nothing to it.
00:25The situation escalated when the other driver got out of his vehicle
00:30and walked over to Mr Beasley's car and a fight ensued.
00:34The man, pictured, is Sergeant Glenn Morey, a serving police officer.
00:39Accounts of what occurred in the fight differ,
00:41but this is the moment Mr Beasley alleges he was choked.
00:45I was panicking, so I was like, OK, well, I need to get evidence.
00:49So I jumped out, I took a few photos and then I just chucked my phone to the ground
00:52and I jumped on his back.
00:55Mr Beasley says he managed to slip loose and hit the sergeant in the face.
01:00The father and daughter went straight to a police station to file a report.
01:04He had scratch marks on his neck and a torn shirt.
01:07Months later, he was advised by WA Police Internal Affairs
01:10there was insufficient evidence to lay charges against the sergeant.
01:15If it had have been me and there was photos of my hands around his neck,
01:20there's no way in hell they would have abandoned the pursuit.
01:24Mr Beasley took his complaint to the WA Corruption and Crime Commission
01:28and then the Parliamentary Inspector.
01:30They both agreed there was sufficient evidence to charge the sergeant
01:34with aggravated assault and suffocation and strangulation and let the courts decide.
01:40Jeremy King is a lawyer specialising in police misconduct allegations
01:44and he says it shouldn't be solely up to police to prosecute their own.
01:48In my experience, if you hand something back to police,
01:51they're either going to ignore it or they're going to do what they want to do anyway.
01:54You need an independent body that can review these charges
01:57and can also bring the charges themselves.
02:00The ABC has been unable to contact Sergeant Maury
02:03but understands he strenuously denies all the allegations.
02:07In a statement, WA Police said management investigated
02:10and took action against the officer
02:12but maintained there was insufficient evidence
02:15to prosecute any alleged criminal offences.
02:18It says it takes all allegations of police misconduct seriously.
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