A senior Gold Coast police officer, who was stood down for allegedly leaking CCTV footage to the media, has asked a magistrate to dismiss a misconduct charge against him.

Senior Sergeant Rick Flori does not dispute he leaked the video, which showed fellow police officers bashing a handcuffed 21-year-old man in the basement of the Surfers Paradise police station in 2012.

He was charged with misconduct in public office - dealing with information with the intention to dishonestly cause a detriment.

On Friday the Southport Magistrates Court was told Flori held a grudge against fellow officer Senior Sergeant David Joachim, who did not strike the 21-year old, but was seen in the footage cleaning the man's blood off the concrete floor.

Crown prosecutor Todd Fuller SC said there was a circumstantial case that Flori accessed the footage, distributed it to a journalist and then tried to conceal he was the source.

"There is a duty on officers not to disclose people's information," he said.

"If an officer wishes to disclose information there is a process in which they can do that."

The court heard investigators accessed Flori's emails and found an exchange with a reporter from the Courier-Mail newspaper in which the senior officer said: "Police have been getting away with this ... because they lie for each other."

Mr Fuller said Flori initially denied he was the source of the leak, but later conceded he accessed the footage for "educational purposes".

"The release was a breach of the Police Service Administration Act," the prosecutor said.

Mr Fuller added the information was released due to malice Flori held towards Senior Sergeant Joachim who was promoted over him.

"There is clearly a number of factual issues that need to be resolved in front of a jury," he said.

'Completely wrong charge'

But Flori's barrister Stephen Keim SC argued the charge should be dismissed.

"This is the completely wrong charge," he said. "It's the dishonest intention that has to be established.

"Ordinary and honest people would not, and could not, see a dishonest intention."

Mr Keim argued his client was shining light on something that should be viewed by the public.

"The intention of Mr Flori was to bring transparency," he said.

Magistrate Michael Hogan reserved his decision until May 27.