Gold Coast police officer Rick Flori has failed in his claim that he was returned to work in Surfers Paradise as payback for leaking a video of alleged police brutality.

In June last year, Flori was charged with criminal misconduct in public office for leaking the video and stood down from his job.

Last month, he was committed to stand trial.

Flori does not dispute he released the CCTV footage, which showed a fellow police officer bashing a handcuffed 21-year-old man in the basement of the Surfers Paradise police station in 2012.

Flori was later transferred to Beenleigh police station, south of Brisbane, but in November 2014 he was ordered to return to the Gold Coast police district.

Flori complained to the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) that this was retaliation for whistleblowing and filed for discrimination.

But QCAT has ruled the transfer was reasonable as the Gold Coast Police District required additional sergeants in the area.

In a ruling handed down yesterday, QCAT said Flori's claims of retaliation were speculation as the police force was notified of his complaint after he had been transferred back to the Gold Coast.

"Although Sergeant Flori may well genuinely hold that opinion, it is not enough to merely assert [retaliation]," QCAT said in its ruling.