A man who died after being tasered by police in Sydney has been named as 21-year-old Brazilian student, Roberto Laudisio.
The journal Folha.com named Mr Laudisto as the man who died on Sunday after he allegedly resisted arrest.
A police spokeswoman says they can not confirm the reports as he had not been formally identified.
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The journal says Mr Laudisto had been living in Sydney since late last year where he was studying English.
CCTV FOOTAGE 'INCONCLUSIVE'
Security camera footage of a fatal Taser incident shows only a few seconds of an incident that played out over a number of hours, says one of NSW's top cops.
"I don't think anyone should be drawing conclusions from a very, very short piece of CCTV," Assistant Commissioner Alan Clarke told ABC radio on Tuesday.
CCTV footage emerged on Monday showing police grappling on the street with a man, who breaks free and runs away, pursued by officers.
Police allege the victim resisted arrest early on Sunday morning when he was confronted over an incident at a CBD convenience store.
Officers used capsicum spray and a Taser on the man, who stopped breathing and could not be revived.
The victim was being chased by up to six police and had screamed for witnesses to "help me", according to Fairfax.
Mr Clarke said CCTV footage did not provide the full picture.
"(It) depicts a few seconds of an incident that played out over a number of hours in its entirety," he said.
"When we have a full picture that certainly will become available to the public and I think that's when we start drawing conclusions about what may have been done right or wrong or otherwise."
He could not confirm whether the officers involved in the incident had been stood down or resumed normal duties.
He said they were all being offered welfare services and were still assisting investigators.
"There will be a full and transparent investigation and there will be full disclosure of what's occurred," he said.
NSW Police has released figures showing a 23 per cent drop in the number of reports of Taser use by the force in 2011.
The number fell from 1151 reports in 2010 to 881 last year.
Mr Clarke said the data showed the NSW Police Force were "experts at mitigating risks" and defended their Taser training.
"The governance processes we have in place continue to paint a very clear picture that we use Taser with restraint, we're a well-trained and professional police force," he said.
