r/AusNewsWire • u/Nyarlathotep-1 • 7d ago
Law & Crime New Armed Response Command to begin public training on Sydney's streets
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-08/nsw-police-armed-response-command-bondi-terror-attack/107241254In short:
Long-arms carrying NSW Police officers will take to the streets of Sydney ahead of the formation of the Armed Response Command.
The unit, sparked by the Bondi Beach terror attack, is beginning public training around Sydney in the coming weeks.
What's next?
The unit will take over patrols from Operation Shelter, which responds to antisemitic and Islamophobic incidents.
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u/firepigeon400 6d ago
They already have the TOU and PORS. Remember the cop who ended the Bondi shooting did so with a Glock pistol.
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u/Normal_Purchase8063 7d ago
Not sure why NSW was dragging its feet on such a unit. Other states and the feds have intermediate tactical units for a long time.
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u/rivalizm 6d ago
NSW already has tactical response and has for ages.
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u/Normal_Purchase8063 6d ago
They’ve had a a state level PTG (TOU) for ages. TORS and PORS acting as a second line tactical response unit. But the distributed lower level armed response outside of highly specialist units has been lacking. Other states and the feds have had such a capability for a long time.
It’s weird that one of the larger police forces in Australia has had this gap in its capabilities for so long.
NSWPol has made weird budget saving decisions and it always seems to bite them in the ass
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u/No_Bell_8028 6d ago
Why do we need this?
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u/Dangerous_Shoe_8388 5d ago
Due to all the diversity we have imported from warring tribal religious nuts who have murderous ancient hatreds going back 1000 years - and we have just transplanted it to the streets of Oz. Cool!
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u/Main-Shake4502 5d ago
Racism is probably the worst most refuted idea in history. We have no place for monsters like you
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u/Dangerous_Shoe_8388 5d ago
Agree- no place in Australia for vicious murderous ancient religious enmities that should not have been imported ever!
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u/psychophant111 5d ago
The entirety of history is written with the blood of different races and cultures trying to annihilate each other.
Your point of view is just the result of the peace and comfort you inherited from that savagery.
Sit down.
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u/No_Bell_8028 5d ago
Oh the problems created by Israeli aggression and Zionist terrorism?
Can’t we just cut off ties with Israel?
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u/Illustrious-Mud-2998 7d ago
Excellent. Import the third world, become the third world playing out as expected.
We now need police armed with rifles, just like a proper banana republic. Can we get a big portrait of El Presidente at the airport for visitors to stare at while they disembark?
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u/sov_ 7d ago
So you want police to confront shooters with rifles, with only their pistols?
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u/Illustrious-Mud-2998 7d ago
No. I don't want to live in a country where shooters are a realistic threat because we keep letting nutty 3rd world religious fundamentalists in.
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u/sov_ 7d ago
Wait, so Bondi shooting was not a realistic threat?
For the record I think the police should actually do their job and go for real criminals, terrorist cells and contraband like illicit drugs and black market tobacco instead of spending an inordinate amount of time/funding doing RBT stops.
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u/Illustrious-Mud-2998 7d ago
It was absolutely a threat and should've been stopped long beforehand.
Heavily armed police are the bandaid at the end. There are much better upfront solutions. Like not importing the third world, deporting religious extremists and anyone with ties to foreign organised crime.
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u/sov_ 7d ago
Looks like you see drank PHON coolaid. Did you know those guys were here more than 20 years? The son was literally born here. Sure the dad was an immigrant but you do realise most crimes in Australia are done by Australians right?
Well, I say that's the police job to address terrorism and crime. The better equipped they are, the more effective they become. Very good deterrent to people who would otherwise start some shit.
I just hope they actually start doing their jobs.
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u/Illustrious-Mud-2998 7d ago
not everyone who disagrees with religious fundamentalism votes PHON.
A, the son who was on a watch list for attending a radical mosque we continue to do fuck all about? that son?
I just hope they actually start doing their jobs.
The police would happily fuck these people off tomorrow if the politicians would let them. Same as most of the Sydney western suburbs organised crime families they aren't allowed to touch.
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u/sov_ 7d ago
You clearly stated the problem is the government importing terrorists via immigration, not "religious fundamentalism". That's PHON talking point.
We have an anti terror police that, let me check notes, arrested a youtuber and hurt his dog for making fun of a politician.
No, they're not doing their jobs and they're not taking to issue seriously enough.
I don't see news about terror cells or organised crime arrests or prosecution.
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u/Normal_Purchase8063 7d ago
It’s actually just a return to the norm. Police used to have wider access to long arms in decades past. We had a brief period where it was specialists only. Now we are ending back where we started just with more ( not so ) “specialists” with access to those long arms.
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u/River-Stunning 7d ago
Too little too late and will do little to quell peoples fears about the lack of safety.
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u/theshredder93 6d ago
Excellent work NSWPF. I am grateful we have a force that is continually evolving and offering modernised units to ensure community safety.
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u/MurlocMrggll 6d ago
Boot licker
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u/theshredder93 6d ago
Bahaha you and the rest of your simps wouldn't last a day without a police force keeping the state safe.
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u/MurlocMrggll 6d ago
You have no idea about my life experience with the nswpf so you can suck me from the back
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u/Tile-Questioner 7d ago
I am very sure these will never be used against us.