More police will be on the streets in south-west Sydney as police look to clamp down on violent organised crime groups following a recent spate of shootings in public places, including the murder of two men earlier this week.
NSW police minister David Elliott says authorities will get "everything they need" to tackle violent and organised crime, including more police for the gang-targeting Raptor Squad.
Mr Elliott sought to reassure the public that community members are safe, however a number of criminal gangs were presenting an "unacceptable risk".
"We won't be taking a foot off the accelerator or off their throats," Mr Elliott said.
The announcement of extra resources for police comes after Salim Hamze, 18, and his father Toufik Hamze, 64, were shot dead in Guildford on Wednesday morning.
Police have said the shooting is linked to a dispute between "known families involved in serious and organised crime".
Late on Thursday night, police arrested a 29-year-old man, understood to be a member of the rival Alameddine family, after two shotguns and drugs were found during a raid on a Mays Hill home.
That raid came after a tip-off from the public, and police are appealing for more information from the community to target organised crime.
"These people live next door to someone," NSW Police assistant commissioner Tony Cooke said.
Mr Elliott said anyone who sought to criticise the addition of 70 more police for the Raptor Squad "need to understand the people they're dealing with" and that "there's no easy way of policing criminal gangs".
"I won't be giving any quarter when it comes to how police respond," Mr Elliott said, warning gang members they can expect police will "make their lives miserable".
