The Latest Breaking News from NT Police

Security officer Reuben Thurbon says he's been receiving emotional support from his employer and family after he was allegedly hit with a bottle prior to another man's fatal stabbing in Darwin.

The Northern Territory's police commissioner highlights the presumption for bail and targeting violent offenders as priorities of the NT government's review of bail laws and police powers following the stabbing death of a 20-year-old bottle shop worker.

The inquest into the shooting death of Kumanjayi Walker has adjourned until July after a further two weeks of evidence, with attitudes, culture and discipline within the NT Police force in the spotlight.

The dilapidated state of remote housing in the Northern Territory was probed on the last day of hearings for several months in the coronial inquest into the death of the Indigenous teenager.

New internal figures from Northern Territory police show a significant drop in crime in Alice Springs since the re-introduction of alcohol restrictions but experts say they are not giving the full picture.

NT Police say their investigation remains ongoing, following reports of an altercation at the scene involving multiple people prior to the man's death.

The Assistant Police Commissioner tells the coronial inquest into the death of Mr Walker that evidence from the perjury investigation into Constable Zachary Rolfe over an allegation that the officer "lied" to a court should have been referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions for decision.

Police are treating the 40-year-old man's death as suspicious, after his body was found in a car park at Milner in Darwin's northern suburbs.

After a direction from the presiding judge on Tuesday morning, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty in Colleen Gwynne's trial.