Security video of a 16yo girl being Tasered at Queensland’s South Bank.

SECURITY video of a 16-year-old girl being Tasered at Queensland's South Bank has been broadcast despite police not officially releasing it on legal advice. Queensland police were forced to abandon plans yesterday to release controversial security footage showing the shocking incident. Just minutes before a planned public showing of the incident, Deputy Commissioner Kathy Rynders announced the grainy footage would not be shown, based on last-minute legal advice. But the vision at the centre of the dispute between QPS and the Crime and Misconduct Commission was last night aired on Channel 9. It shows the girl in a scuffle with police and security guards in a garden bed before she kicks the Taser from the police officer's holster. She is then held down and shot with the stun gun. Police had earlier planned to release the images, claiming they wanted to let the public make up their own mind over the case - which has prompted harsh criticism from the CMC. In a damning report this week, CMC chairman Robert Needham expressed his alarm at a "concerning pattern within QPS of handling policing incidents". "The commission expected the QPS to use the incident as a learning opportunity for the officer involved and for Taser training generally but there is no evidence to show this has occurred." Ms Rynders said releasing the footage would help put events into context. Although admitting the Taser was not the best option, Ms Rynders said some form of force was necessary. But the QPS plan to air the vision was thwarted after a telephone call at the last minute advising the 16-year-old girl planned to take civil action. "Upon legal advice we will not release the footage," Ms Rynders said. The girl's solicitor, Margaret Brain, said she was concerned police had planned to selectively release parts of the footage that supported their case. "When I spoke to Deputy Commissioner Rynders I said to her that it wouldn't be appropriate to selectively show parts of the tape," Ms Brain. "If they did release the tape, it ought to be in its entirety, and ensuring that she couldn't be identified."