Constable Annelise Young had been a police officer for just nine months when she was thrust into the frontline of the infamous Broadbeach bikie brawl and forced to Taser giant Bandidos gang member Adam ‘Bigg Whitey’ White to bring him under control and put the pandemonium to an end.

Const Young this week recalled the most terrifying night of her career in an interview with The Courier-Mail for the fifth anniversary of the wild riot.

“We were on patrol in Surfers Paradise and a broadcast came over the (police) radio that approximately 15 Bandidos were walking through Broadbeach,” she said.

“Someone jumped on the radio and said it was more like 50 Bandidos. Straight away we thought ‘this doesn’t sound good’ and we put up our hands to go down there straight away.

“We started talking to some of the guys at the back of the group trying to get their details but they weren’t really saying too much about why they were there.”

Const Young saw the group head towards the Aura bar on Surf Pde before hearing a “loud crash”, as bikies spilled out of the venue and began brawling on the footpath in front of terrified diners, including families.

“Straight away, I saw a massive brawl in front of me,” she said.

“We didn’t know what was going to happen. We were definitely concerned they may have had weapons.

“At that point, we were really outnumbered and calling urgently for more crew to get there. We felt like they were miles away but we had to keep calm.

“I drew my Taser and deployed it.”

The 165cm, 50kg officer fired the weapon at the 200cm, 120kg White, who was at the centre of the brawl involving prize fighter Jason ‘JT’ Trouchet, whom the Bandidos had been hunting over a personal feud with gang enforcer Jacques Teamo. They found Teamo having dinner inside Auro and all hell broke loose.

“As soon as we all deployed our Tasers, the fighting stopped,” Const Young recalled.

In 2015, she told a court hearing for one of the Bandidos that the bikies were “extremely angry” and yelling out profanities like “pig c…”.

“They were swearing and carrying on and puffing out their chests,” she said.

Const Carleen Armour told the hearing she was confronted by a large, heavily tattooed bikie who called her a “weak dog c…”. He also said to her: “Don’t let fear hold you back — come on, have a go.’’

She said restaurant patrons including women and children were “screaming and crying” and cowering in fear.

“I had a man, 6ft tall, covered in tattoos (threaten her) and I’m not very big. (I was thinking) my next step is to draw my weapon and start … shooting where there’s members of the public.’’

In all, 13 officers — and a police dog — were awarded bravery certificates from Police Commissioner Ian Stewart for their heroics during the brawl.

Now a trainee detective at Coolangatta, Const Young said while she “doesn’t dwell” on the brawl, “it’s something my family definitely doesn’t forget”.

“I’m glad it did lead to a bit of a change (in bikie laws),” she said.