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Police safety review called af
A police investigation into officer safety has been launched in response to yesterday's shooting of a Sydney police officer.
The Police Association is calling for security screens to be installed at the front counters of all of the state's police stations to better protect officers.
Police Commissioner Ken Moroney says officer training, staffing and safety measures at police stations will be reviewed.
"We'll be looking at all of those matters, we'll be assessing each of these issues and we will have consultation obviously with the Police Association of New South Wal... Read more
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Daily Telegraph - Sydney,New S
28 December 2006
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Teenager 'wanted police to sho
A TEENAGER fired shots at police and bus passengers after a high-speed car chase because he wanted officers to kill him, a court was told yesterday.
Police allege Todd William Carney shot at officers who had tried to pull him over for speeding.
The alleged shootout - in which six bus passengers and a bus driver were also caught up - began when the 19-year-old allegedly sped away from police when they clocked him driving at 128km/h in a 100km/h zone on the M2 motorway.
Parramatta Local Court was told Mr Carney reached speeds of up to 165km/h as he drove away from police about 9pm on Tuesday.
PolAir tracked him when he took the Cowpasture Rd exit of the M2 at Green Valley, the court was told.
It is alleged Mr Carney then jumped out of his Ford Festiva armed with a rifle and fired shots at police as he ran into a nearby paddock.
Officers and passengers on a passing bus took cover as he allegedly fired a number of rounds - one striking the roof of a police car and another shattering its rear window.
Mr Carney's solicitor Audie Willert told the court he believed his client suffered from a mental illness as there was a history of schizophrenia in the family.
"He didn't mean to hurt anyone. He didn't mean to shoot anyone. His intention was to ... have police shoot him," Mr Willert said.
Mr Carney allegedly kept police at bay for half an hour - allegedly even firing shots into the air at the police helicopter.
Officers smashed the emergency window of the bus and evacuated the passengers.
Mr Carney called his brother, who was at the scene with a police inspector, and the officer spoke to Mr Carney via a mobile phone and convinced him to drop his weapon, police said.
He was charged with discharging a loaded firearm with intent to resist apprehension, firing a firearm in or near a public place, using an unauthorised firearm, possessing and unregistered firearm and driving in a dangerous manner.
It is alleged that during a recorded police interview Mr Carney admitted to buying the gun two weeks ago and he intended to see his brother and nephew that night and then would commit suicide.
Magistrate Robyn Denes said although Mr Carney, of Miller, in Sydney's west, had no prior record, she had to remand him in custody because of the seriousness of the alleged offences.
Ms Denes ordered a psychiatric assessment in custody and adjourned the case to Campbelltown Court on January 8.
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