ACT teams of police, social workers and health experts have trimmed hospital visits and jail time for the mentally ill

As B.C.’s mayors called on the province to reopen long-term residential beds for the most severely addicted and mentally ill, those behind an innovative policing and health care model in Victoria and Vancouver say their approach could be copied by other communities.  Read the rest of this article at The Vancouver Sun…

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