A policeman has captured the shocking moment he is attacked during a routine roadside stop after chasing the perpetrator through a field.
A Queensland Police officer recorded the footage while pulling a man over in the Sunshine Coast on Saturday.
The man, reportedly 39-year-old Ashley Dodd, is caught punching the patrolman in the face several times and even jumps on him.
A policeman has captured the shocking moment he is attacked during a routine roadside stop after chasing the perpetrator through a field
The man, reportedly 39-year-old Ashley Dodd, is caught punching the patrolman in the face several times and even jumps on him
A Queensland Police officer recorded the footage while pulling a man over in the Sunshine Coast on Saturday
Police believe the man was Mr Dodd and they are currently searching for him
The footage was captured via the policeman’s camera, which is required by all units ‘prior to and during the exercising of a police power under legislation’.
The officer initially asks the man he has pulled over if it he has any outstanding warrants. He was pulled over because police had been chasing his license plate.
The man is believed to be under the influence of drugs during the roadside stop.
He has his hands on the roof of his car, before quickly running off into a field of tall grass.
The policeman immediately sprints after him, before the man starts attacking.
‘Get down on the ground now mate,’ the officer yells in pursuit.
The man is believed to be under the influence of drugs during the roadside stop. He has his hands on the roof of his car, before quickly running off into a field of tall gras
The man then throws the patrolman to the ground, before punching him several times in the face and jumping on him
The man then throws the patrolman to the ground, before punching him several times in the face and jumping on him.
‘Mate what are you doing? Think about what you’re doing.’
Police believe the man was Mr Dodd and they are currently searching for him.
A Sunshine Coast policeman was assaulted in a similar roadside stop on Friday.
The man, Kevin De Vroom viciously bashed the officer before stealing his police camera.