Wellness Checks
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Interior Health to resume wellness checks during hot weatherInterior Health says it will resume it wellness check program for vulnerable individuals who don't have access to indoor cooling during the summer.HealthApr 20, 2024
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Hamilton police use new virtual reality training to improve response to mental health crisesHamilton's police service is the first in Ontario to get on board with a new virtual reality training program that aims to improve how officers respond to mental health crises.CanadaMay 13, 2022
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Middlesex County Mobile Crisis Rapid Response Team receives funding to expandSolicitor General Sylvia Jones added that such teams are best positioned to respond to crises situations 'that could pose a risk to public safety.'CanadaMar 17, 2022
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Untouched Christmas treats prompt Nanaimo, B.C. neighbour to make possibly life-saving callWilson called the RCMP on Monday after her neighbour Bob, who lives alone, had not been seen or heard from in five days.FeaturesDec 22, 2021
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Heat wave: 13 calls for wellness checks but no deaths in past 48 hours, say Kelowna RCMPDespite the good news out of Kelowna amid the heat wave, Kamloops RCMP said there have been six sudden deaths since last Friday.CanadaJun 30, 2021
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Vernon’s top cop hoping for improvement to mental health call responsesThe Vernon/North Okanagan detachment says its members were involved in at least 287 mental health responses in the first four months of the year.NewsJun 10, 2021
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Quebec’s policing model has failed to adapt, needs overhaul: reportThe committee found that Quebec police forces are poorly adapted to handle cases involving mental illness, domestic violence or cybercrime.CanadaMay 25, 2021
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‘We’re not mental health professionals’: Even police call for change in handling wellness checksTens of thousands of wellness checks are done by police every year in Canada. High-profile cases of those needing help ending up dead have renewed calls for new ways to respond.HealthNov 28, 2020
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Trio of Canadian politicians call for parliament to examine wellness checksOn Wednesday, Sen. Kim Pate joined Green Party parliamentary leader Elizabeth May and Fredericton Green MP Jenica Atwin at a news conference on Parliament Hill.CrimeJul 8, 2020
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B.C. RCMP to add mental-health teams in wake of disturbing video of wellness checkBetween 2016 and 2019, detachments in the Southeast District experienced a 21 per-cent increase for mental-health related callsCrimeJul 2, 2020
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