Assistant Commissioner Stephen Hegarty, leading Operation Shelter, has affirmed that the initiative will continue as long as necessary to ensure public safety.

“Operation Shelter’s primary goal is to safeguard the community and provide a sense of security,” Hegarty emphasized.

“We will not tolerate actions that undermine social harmony in New South Wales,” he added.

The operation was launched to both manage intelligence gathering and coordinate responses to protest activities.

Since the attack on December 14, law enforcement has carried out over 2,600 assignments across more than 3,200 shifts.

In a related incident, a man was charged with using a communication service to menace, harass, offend, and make public threats of violence based on race or religion.

He was refused bail to appear before Gosford Local Court earlier this week.

Officers have conducted patrols of specific locations, including Bondi Beach, places of worship in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs, inner west, and Sydney’s west, as well as aged care facilities and hospitals.

Since its establishment, 18 people have been charged with 34 offences related to the operation.