This puts him in the top 1 per cent of most-complained-against male officers in Victoria Police - more than five times the average of male officers. A mother who went to Ballarat Police Station to complain about police treatment of her son is violently arrested. In other footage shown on Wednesday during the hearing investigating an alleged culture of bad behaviour by Ballarat police, Sergeant Taylor can be seen putting two other women in chokeholds, the Courier reports. Sergeant Taylor conceded that it "didn't look good". On Monday the hearing was shown video of a 51-year-old female police officer who was stripped, kicked and stomped on in the police station's cells.

The videos released by the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission on Wednesday were of a similar nature. Two officers drag the woman across the floor, an image from the footage shows. In one video, dating from April 25, 2009, Sergeant Taylor can be seen putting two woman, known as Persons C and D, in chokeholds "I know it doesn't look good, but there is obviously more to it than I can remember," he told the hearing. Officers carry the woman, holding her by her arms and legs.

The hearing was told Person C had attended the Ballarat Police Station to inquire about her son who had been arrested, before forcibly being removed by Sergeant Taylor. He told the hearing she had become "aggressive and fired up". The woman is dragged across the floor. The same footage shows a second woman, Person D, being brought back into the station in a chokehold only seconds later. Sergeant Taylor told the inquiry that events could escalate quickly and get "out of control".

In the second incident a woman, known as Person B, arrived at the station on December 8, 2010 accusing police of harassing her son, who had been intercepted earlier over allegations of hoon driving. The officer refused to take the woman's complaint and then arrested her after manhandling her when she refused to leave the station. The woman was initially charged with assaulting police but the charges were later dropped. Assisting Counsel Jack Rush QC put it to Sergeant Taylor he was "abusive and aggressive" during the CCTV footage. "She threw his licence at me," Sergeant Taylor said. "She stated he had a licence, I tried to explain because he had a physical licence, it didn't mean it was current."

"I became more forceful for her to leave … I was trying to explain the situation to her, but she didn't want to listen," he said. "That's when I decided it was time for her to leave. "When I first walked out I let her have her say [but from] the minute I walked out she was abusive." Video shows Sergeant Taylor and a constable pulling on the arms of, and carrying the woman. Sergeant Taylor told the inquiry he had asked the woman to leave five or six times while directing her out of the station.

The CCTV footage showed Sergeant Taylor and a female constable grabbing the woman by the arms and carrying her towards the station's interior door where she was arrested. Mr Rush asked Sergeant Taylor whether he thought the situation could have been avoided. He replied "looking back now, yes". "Would you say you were angry?", Mr Rush asked during Wednesday's public hearing. "I wouldn't say I was calm," Sergeant Taylor replied.

Sergeant Taylor denied putting his knee into the back of the woman and when asked also denied being told by other police officers to "take it easy". He told the inquiry the incident was dealt with internally and he was given workplace guidance for not taking the complaint on the night. The hearing heard another three complaints had been filed against Sergeant Taylor since 2010, including an alleged assault on October 7, 2011, failure to take appropriate action on September 31, 2013 and allegations of improper aggressive behaviour on October 4, 2013. Sergeant Taylor told the inquiry no charges had been laid against him, but he was made to complete a disciplinary course. Sergeant Taylor also gave evidence about the incident involving Person A, a 51-year-old female police officer who was kicked and stomped on after being arrested for being drunk in a public place in January last year.

He told the inquiry he was off-duty on the night, but later took control after Sergeant Renee Hulls was taken to the hospital. He said it was when the woman was dragged from the storage room she ran into after being pepper-sprayed when she said "It's OK, I'm one of you". "I thought this was odd," Sergeant Taylor told the inquiry. The hearing heard this encouraged him to undertake further investigations with professional standards. They confirmed the woman was a member of their office who had been on leave for the previous 12 months with mental health issues.

Sergeant Taylor said he passed that information on when Sergeant Hulls returned to the station hours later and also briefed the duty inspector at the time, Peter Greaney, who was not in the area. Mr Rush asked Taylor whether it was appropriate to ensure someone with mental health issues was being cared for. Sergeant Taylor said while it was a high priority it wasn't something he did. Loading The hearing continues. The Courier