What is the standard police procedure/policy if someone reports being physically assaulted with witnesses and accessible

Hi John, im Gagan. Thank you for your response. Yes i am.

would it be helpful if i gave you a brief overview of the situation so far? This happened in the early hours of this morning and the police attended the scene and i stated wanting to press charges and was given a number and told id be contacted next week, however i was just wanting some clarity about what the proper processes and response should be and the correct steps that should be taken/what i should be aware of etc

there was video surveillance of the assault, but the police informed me i cannot access that unless i go through the FOI act and they said its not helpful for victims to view footage of the assault because it may change the 'story' so im just a bit unsure of what the standard procedure is in situations like this

sure, thanks for taking the time to help - ill just type it up now and send it through asap

I was walking down the street with my fiancé and 2 other friends after a night out in the early hours of the morning - roughly 2am. We walked past a restaurant and observed what appeared to be a couple with a 3rd friend being verbally aggressive to a man who was alone. We did not get involved at this time and instead stood back and I took my phone out to record what was happening. The trio then went from being verbally aggressive to physically shoving the man back - at this point my fiancé got involved to try and hold them apart along with other people.He then stepped away and I continued to record everything. The female of the couple then began trying to instigate more physical violence by provoking other people who had seen what was going on and got involved. She continued shoving multiple people and there were a lot of people involved swell as witnesses. I continued to stand back and monitor. Then the situation calmed slightly and I heard with the couple the male say to the female a comment about 'these minorities'. Please note that the couple and friend are caucasian and the male that the trio were initially being verbally aggressive to that made us stop appeared African American.The situation then started back up with more people and the female continued to actively try and provoke a response with her language and physically continued shoving men who weren't retaliating except verbally. I continued recording and made it known to them I was recording. I approached the male of the couple and asked if he could please clarify what he meant by his comment about minorities (I didn't want to provoke him I just wanted him to be aware that his comment was heard and that it was not ok). He responded something along the lines of go away etc however I can't recall his exact wording. I continued recording everything and he was well aware of this. I then was walking up the street to continue filming as the female was now following men yelling at them and then the male ran past me and grabbed my phone out of my hands. I chased him and when I caught up he stopped and threw my phone up onto a roof next to us and proceeded to run away. I yelled out to my fiancé that he had just stolen my phone and thrown it and my fiancé then tried to grab him to restrain so that we could call the police but the male ran off.At this point I was standing next to the restaurant infant of a glass window and i wasn't looking directly ahead of me. I then was shoved backwards extremely hard - where the back of my head hit the glass and took most of the force of my fall and I also have a bruise on my tailbone and bruising on my elbows and wrists from the impact of landing on the ground. I was quite dazed at this point and my friend along with a bunch of other witnesses (including the staff at the restaraunt) ran over to check on me.The police then came and spoke to multiple people and then to me. I explained everything and declined an ambulance/emergency department as the policeman also agreed that it would be a long wait and would be better to see my gp today for any injuries. They asked if I wanted to press charges and I said yes, then one police officer told me I should go in tomorrow to make a statement. I showed them where my phone was thrown and told them it also had a lot of footage showing what the other party was doing but was informed I just have to get it myself this morning as there was nothing they could do.Another police officer then sat down with me and got me to sign an authority to release medical info form for if I saw a gp regarding any relevant injuries which I informed them I would be seeing today as I did have injuries but none that I felt warranted the emergency department (im a nurse myself). They then informed me a little about the different kinds of assault and he gave me a report number and told me he'd be in contact next week and for me to see a doctor first about injuries prior to making any statement. I also stated that I had heard what seemed like a racial comment earlier and the officer didn't enquire more but stated that if I was going to say that then it turns into another whole thing and they'd need to find evidence etc before doing anything so I didn't say anything further because I felt like it wasn't something they particularly were concerned about or wanted to discuss.I then asked about whether I could review the footage myself of what happened to me and that's when he said the comment about how victims shouldn't view footage of their assaults as it changes their story (however there were multiple witnesses who all saw what happened which was the female violently shoving me down when I wasn't provoking her or even in an altercation with her).The female was also still around being verbally aggressive to the police however she was not arrested and to my knowledge was given a ?'move on notice'.The police then left and then so did we - that's as detailed as I can remember at the moment and sorry for how lengthy it is.I guess I just am a bit confused and not sure what im supposed to do - and want to make sure I know what the correct protocol is and what my rights are in this situation

ok thanks. That does help alot i appreciate it! sorry - just to clarify, does that mean i should wait for the police to contact me and then make a statement? or should i make the statement first after seeing my doctor?

thank you so much again for your assistance it has been extremely helpful. Have a great day :)