NSW police will adopt all of the recommendations that the coroner has handed down in relation to the death of Brazilian student Roberto Laudisio Curti.
State Coroner Mary Jerram handed down her findings on Wednesday and said some of the actions by officers, including the tasering of Mr Curti 14 times before his death, showed that excessive and at times "thuggish" force had been used in an attempt to subdue him.
She recommended five of the 11 officers involved in restraining Mr Curti in Sydney's CBD on March 18 be considered for disciplinary charges.
She also referred the actions of the officers to the Police Integrity Commission and recommended a review of taser use and training.
Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione said the police accepted Ms Jerram's recommendations.
"We will immediately adopt all five of those recommendations handed down today by the coroner," Mr Scipione told reporters in Sydney.
Mr Scipione said Tasers would remain a vital option in a police officer's arsenal, despite the coroner recommending that a review be carried out into the force's procedures around their use.
"They're not toys," he said.
"These weapons save lives."
In her findings, Ms Jerram also challenged the evidence of a number of officers involved in the incident, and said some of the information was not credible.
Mr Scipione said that since the coroner had already referred the matter to the police watchdog, an internal police review of the incident would be unnecessary.
"That's why these matters have been referred to the Police Integrity Commission (by the coroner)," he said.
"They'll get to the bottom of that."
The police commissioner said he did not agree that Mr Curti should have been tasered 14 times.
"I'm not sure that is appropriate," he said.
Mr Scipione also said the officers involved were still on active duty, but those with frontline responsibilities had had their Taser accreditation revoked.
They would have the option to undergo Taser training and be re-accredited, he said.
The officers had not been stood down.
"We will assess their ongoing workplace arrangements," Mr Scipione said.
"Then we will make a decision."
He acknowledged that the coroner criticised the most senior officer present at Mr Curti's death, Inspector Greg Cooper, who held the rank of sergeant at the time.
Ms Jerram rejected Insp Cooper's evidence and said he had failed to display sensible leadership or objectivity during the incident.
"They're the coroner's views," Mr Scipione said.
"The coroner has rightly used strong language."
He also noted that the PIC would investigate the incident and it would be inappropriate to take any disciplinary action against Insp Cooper before those investigations had concluded.
"To pre-empt an outcome from them (PIC) may be problematic," he said.
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