The man had threatened another officer who had fallen during a police chase.
In the footage, the officer can be heard repeatedly yelling “put (the weapon) down now” and “drop it now”.
Brayden Donnelly, 31, of Shepparton, pleaded guilty in Shepparton Magistrates’ Court to recklessly assaulting an emergency worker, threatening injury to three police officers to avoid arrest, using a controlled weapon, using a prohibited weapon, possessing a controlled weapon, possessing methamphetamines and possessing diazepam and Lyrica.
Police responded to 000 calls reporting a man armed with a knife on Williams Rd, Shepparton at 8.40am on February 5.
Police found Donnelly on Watson St outside Total Tools, and tried to negotiate with him from a police car to drop a knife and extendable baton he was holding, but he ran off.
While chasing Donnelly on foot, one officer slipped and fell to the ground in the gutter of the Total Tools loading dock.
Donnelly turned back, swung the baton at the officer, narrowly missing his leg.
The officer tried to taser Donnelly before a second officer approached Donnelly with his gun drawn and yelled at him to drop his weapons; however, both were unsuccessful.
Two other officers arrived and drew their tasers on Donnelly, before chasing him through the Total Tools car park before he stopped and surrendered.
Police found the knife and extendable baton Donnelly had used, another knife in his pocket, and drugs, including methamphetamines and Lyrica, when they arrested him.
In sentencing Donnelly, magistrate Olivia Trumble said he’d behaved in a way that wasn’t acceptable.
She acknowledged he’d had a “difficult upbringing” that put him on a path with drug tendencies and anti-social behaviour.
“It’s clear you have an intellectual disability and other mental health issues that you have to deal with,” she said.
However, she said the offending was “extremely serious”, and police were doing their job when Donnelly threatened them and “put them in harm’s way”.
“Police officers have a role to play in the community, to try and keep people safe,” Ms Trumble said.
“You only need to watch the video ... to understand the impact (your offending has had) on those members.
“I can only imagine the fear of the member who watched his partner fall over and get threatened by you.”
Donnelly was sentenced to 11 months in prison, with the 139 days he’s spent in custody counted as time already served.
When released, he will enter an 18-month community corrections order, with conditions including that he complete drug abuse and mental health treatments and offender programs, comply with a justice plan and engage with disability justice support.
Ms Trumble dismissed the charges of possessing methamphetamines and possessing diazepam and Lyrica.
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