Prosecutors are set to determine whether police officers will be charged over an Aboriginal man's death in custody that caused national outrage.

Northern Territory Police on Monday said the final autopsy report into the death of Kumanjayi White had been received and a "full and comprehensive" police brief of evidence had been referred to prosecutors.

Mr White, who had a mental disability, died on May 27 after being restrained by two plain-clothes officers inside a supermarket in Alice Springs.

Police allege the 24-year-old was shoplifting and had assaulted a security guard.

"A life has been lost and that is something that weighs heavily on all of us," acting Police Commissioner Martin Dole told reporters on Monday.

He extended his condolences to Mr White's family and community on beha

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