Four NSW police officers awaiting charges for assaulting a man who died after he was tasered 14 times are still on the job.
The Police Integrity Commission (PIC) on Friday received the green light for four officers to be charged after a probe into the way they arrested Roberto Laudisio Curti.
The Brazilian student died in the early hours of March 18 last year, not long after NSW officers tasered him 14 times, used capsicum spray, handcuffs and a baton and knelt on him.
A coronial inquest found Mr Curti, 20, had an adverse reaction to LSD before stealing biscuits from a Sydney CBD convenience store, where police mistakenly believed he was armed.
The Director of Public Prosecutions advised the PIC there was enough evidence to charge four officers, likely to happen next week.
Senior constables Eric Lim and Damien Ralph could be charged with common assault, it said, while Senior Constable Scott Edmonson and Constable Daniel Barling could be charged with assault, or assault occasioning bodily harm.
The NSW Police Force says the four are working behind a desk on "non-operational duties".
In May, NSW Police Minister Mike Gallacher resisted calls for the men to be suspended.
His office did not respond to a request for comment on Friday.
But Greens MP David Shoebridge said if they were teachers or nurses being investigated for assault, they would be suspended on full pay.
"These officers are entitled to the presumption of innocence, but the public are also entitled to have confidence in serving police," he said.
Mike Reynolds, the husband of Roberto Curti's sister, Ana Laudisio, says charges would be a step in the right direction.
However, the family believes that wouldn't go far enough.
"According to the coroner's findings, some officers behaved in a reckless and excessive manner, when they tasered, capsicum-sprayed and tackled Roberto," they said in a statement.
The family remembered Mr Curti as a "wonderful, warm-hearted and caring soul".
"We continue to mourn his passing on a daily basis," they said.
Mr Curti's death was subject to a number of inquiries before the PIC looked into the police conduct.
In the inquest, magistrate Mary Jerram found the officers had acted "thuggishly" and rejected some of their evidence.
The coroner also found officers had used excessive force in abuse of their powers.
She recommended five of the 11 officers involved in restraining Mr Curti be considered for disciplinary charges.
NSW Ombudsman Bruce Barbour criticised the police investigation because it failed to deal with the issue of police misconduct.
The NSW Police Association said it had offered the officers welfare and support.
