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January 12th, 2012 
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Up to 16 shots were fired at a house in a drive-by shooting in Arncliffe last night within minutes of another drive-by shooting at Auburn. Producer: Josephine Asher. Vision: Bill Hearne. Editing: Yvette King.
Shots were fired between two vehicles last night at Greenfield Park in south west Sydney. A Blue Toyota Camry was abandoned with a bullet hole in the windscreen. Vision: Bill Hearne Editing: Yvette King
A man has been arrested after firing shots in Leichhardt.
Police have launched a major strike force, ‘Operation Spartan’, after four gang-related shootings in Sydney.
Police established a crime scene after shots were fired into a Sydney home. Picture: Bill Hearne
Source: The Daily Telegraph
POLICE have failed to lay a single charge over 48 drive-by shootings in Sydney since March because of a wall of silence from witnesses.
Now frustrated officers want tough new powers to force victims and witnesses to co-operate with police, The Daily Telegraph reported.
Last night there were reports of another drive-by shooting in Sydney’s southwest, with shots fired at a home in Larra St, Yennora, about 8.25pm. A woman and two children were in the house at the time.
As another house was shot up yesterday, narrowly missing a two-month-old baby girl as she slept in her baby bassinet, Acting Commissioner Nick Kaldas said: “There are people who are victims who know who shot them and witnesses who know registration numbers of the cars used.
“What we are looking for is a way to compel the witnesses to tell us what they know.”
Mr Kaldas said people were reluctant to help, either because they were scared, did not want to get involved or because to do so would reveal criminal activity of their own.
“What we have witnessed in recent days and weeks is unacceptable,” Mr Kaldas said. “Gun crime of this type is frightening for victims and local communities and it is very frustrating for police.”
Mr Kaldas said being able to force witnesses to talk would be more of a deterrent and police were talking to the government about what they could do.
“It is probably the only thing we need to add to our armoury,” he said.
The latest shooting happened at Bankstown, in Sydney’s west, when a bullet was fired through the window of a bedroom where a woman and her four children, aged between two months and 10, were asleep.
Witnesses told police they saw a man wielding a rifle in a neighbourhood before the shooting.
In response, police have set up Operation Spartan, which will work closely with state crime command squads and use other resources including the dog squad, Pol Air and local area commands to try to end the gun attacks.
Police have charged numerous people with offences including armed robbery, assault and car jacking as a result of their investigations into the drive-bys but no one has been charged with any of the shootings through a lack of evidence.
The offence of discharging a firearm with intent carries a maximum penalty of 25 years in jail.
Director of the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research Don Weatherburn said the spate of recent shootings was the worst he had seen in a decade.
Opposition police spokesman Nathan Rees said it was now time to make arrests.
“This government has now had nearly a year to collect intelligence and have these men under surveillance,” Mr Rees said.
“It’s now time to start arresting them and convicting them.”
The opposition also called for a new offence to be created for drive-by shootings with much tougher penalties.
But acting Attorney-General Chris Hartcher said the penalties in place were adequate.
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