QPS bares all over naked bus romp

Police officers nabbed in a naked romp at a suburban intersection in Brisbane last year have been disciplined and returned to duty.

However the decision to return some to the crack Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) is on hold.

A Brisbane woman reported the offence after seeing five SERT officers running naked around a departmental vehicle at traffic lights last September.

Four have since each been fined $300 in court after pleading guilty to public nuisance.

Deputy Police Commissioner Ian Stewart on Wednesday told reporters the officers - two sergeants and three senior constables - will undergo further periods of internal police department disciplinary procedures.

The six were suspended from operational duties - an effective pay cut - after the incident.

"The penalties range from reduction in pay rates ... to the reduction in rank for a period of 12 months," Mr Stewart said.

One has been temporarily reduced in rank, another was demoted but had the penalty suspended and four will lose pay, but three of those officers have had the penalty suspended for 12 months.

"In relation to suspension, what that means is that officers, for a period of time, have to be of good conduct and perform to the standards of the service," Mr Stewart said.

Two senior police officers not involved in the incident have also been transferred following an investigation into the culture within SERT that led to the incident, the assistant commissioner said.

A further officer faces disciplinary procedures over the use of the bus.

Mr Stewart said the Queensland Police Service (QPS) expects a high standard of behaviour from its officers.

"It's one thing for a member of the public who doesn't work for the police service to carry on like this, but we have a higher level of accountability," he said.

Mr Stewart agreed the standing-down from operational service for nearly 12 months, fines and pay cuts could cost one of the policemen up to $30,000 over his career.

The QPS decision on discipline is open to appeal.

The Queensland Police Union criticised the delays investigating the complaint.

Queensland Police Union president Ian Leavers said the decision to discipline the officers almost 12 months later "is simply unacceptable".

"All Queensland Police acknowledge that public nuisance offences are serious; however an error of judgment such as that is not necessarily one that should take almost a year for a disciplinary decision," Mr Leaver said.

The police have suffered severe penalties no member of the public would have to undergo to keep their employment, Mr Leavers said.