WA's Corruption and Crime Commission has found a police officer engaged in serious misconduct by pulling, punching and swearing at a man he was arresting and using punitive, unnecessary and excessive force.
It found that an internal review into the incident was "inadequate", with the force now agreeing to re-investigate the matter.
The altercation unfolded in September 2021 when police arrested a 43-year-old Indigenous man, referred to in the report as "Mr L", after he assaulted a Public Transport Authority officer at the Mirrabooka bus port.
