警方在悉尼街头开始巡逻，此举是为应对去年邦迪海滩一起致命枪击事件后加强安全措施。
Heavily-armed police officers have started patrolling Sydney's streets, as part of heightened security measures following last year's deadly shooting at Bondi Beach.
澳大利亚应急指挥部（ARC）将在旅游热点地区部署专门训练的警员，携带长枪——这是大多数居民不曾见过的景象。
The Armed Response Command (ARC) will see specially trained officers in busy tourist areas carrying long-arm rifles – an unfamiliar sight for most residents.
新南威尔士州警方表示，警员将巡逻重大活动（如体育赛事）及宗教场所，以“防止、威慑并迅速应对严重威胁，包括主动持械嫌疑人事件”。
New South Wales police say the officers will also patrol major events like sports matches and places of worship "to prevent, deter and rapidly respond to serious threats, including active armed offender incidents".
12月，15人在庆祝犹太节期哈努卡的活动中遭两名枪手开火，其中包括一名10岁女孩，这起事件导致澳大利亚近三十年来最严重的大规模枪击案，并推动了枪支管制改革及打击仇恨言论。
Fifteen people - including a 10-year-old girl – were killed in December when two gunmen opened fire on an event marking the Jewish festival of Hanukkah at the popular beach. The attack was Australia's worst mass shooting in almost three decades and prompted sweeping gun law reforms and a crackdown on hate speech.
一位居民告诉ABC新闻，看到武装警员的景象“令人不安”，称“他们无处不在，这些枪支非常巨大”。但另一名女士则表示，看到警员持枪让她感到安心。
One resident told ABC news that the sight of armed police was "unnerving". "They are just everywhere. Those guns are huge." But another woman told the broadcaster that seeing police with weapons made her feel safe.
新南威尔士州警方在声明中称，ARC的设计初衷是“高度显眼地在悉尼活动，使用专用车辆并携带步枪”。
ARC is specifically designed to be "highly visible across Sydney, driving specialist vehicles and carrying rifles," New South Wales police said in a statement.
其作用“基于一个简单原则——保护生命”，新南威尔士州警方探长督察Andrew Evans表示。
Its role "is built on a simple principle - preserving life," Detective Superintendent Andrew Evans said.
12月14日的枪击事件对阿尔巴尼斯总理安东尼·阿尔巴内西政府造成巨大压力，引发对反犹主义的即时整治呼声。
The shooting on 14 December put huge pressure on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's government, with calls for immediate action on antisemitism.
犹太社区欢迎此项新警务行动，该行动最终将由250名警员组成，但也有声音呼吁建立保护人权的机制。
Jewish communities have welcomed the new police operation, which will eventually consist of 250 officers, but others have called for safeguards to protect human rights.
Executive Council of Australian Jewry联合首席执行官Alex Ryvchin表示：“没有澳大利亚人希望在我们街道上看到携带军事武器的警员，但目睹尸体袋才是更糟糕的景象”。
"No Australian wants to see officers with military weapons on our streets, but the sight of body bags is far worse," Alex Ryvchin, co-CEO of Executive Council of Australian Jewry, said.
但国际特赦组织澳大利亚分部表示，对“警务军事化”感到担忧，并要求州政府保证，ARC 不会被用于镇压和平抗议。
But Amnesty International Australia said it was concerned about the "militarisation of policing", and asked for assurances from the state government that ARC will not be used to suppress peaceful protests.
该组织的安德鲁·威特福德表示：“任何对警权和执法能力的扩充，都必须伴随清晰、公开可查的规则、强有力的独立监督和问责机制。”新南威尔士州政府为新措施进行了辩护。
"Any expansion of police powers and capabilities must be accompanied by clear, publicly accessible rules, robust independent oversight and accountability," said the organisation's Andrew Witheford. The New South Wales administration defended the new measures.
“我们的世界永远变了。这就是事实，全国皆是如此。我当时就说过，我们再也回不去了，”该州警察部长亚斯明·卡特利对澳大利亚广播公司（ABC）表示。
"Our world changed forever. That's just the truth of it, right across this country. And I said it at the time, we will never be the same again," the state's Police Minister Yasmin Catley told the ABC.
其中一名涉嫌枪手纳维德·阿克拉姆已被控 78 项罪名，包括 15 项谋杀罪、40 项谋杀未遂罪，以及 1 项实施恐怖主义行为罪。
One of the alleged gunmen, Naveed Akram, has been charged with 78 offences including 15 counts of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder, and one count of committing a terrorist act.
他的父亲、50 岁的萨吉德·阿克拉姆——同样持枪并在邦迪海滩向人群开火——在现场被警方击毙。
His father, Sajid Akram, 50 - who was also armed and shot at the crowd on Bondi Beach - was killed by police at the scene.