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A group of Winnipeg community-based organizations are calling for change in how mental health-related calls are responded to. The Police Accountability Coalition (PAC) says the Alternative Response to Citizens in Crisis (ARCC) project by Winnipeg police and Shared Health is not working as well as initially thought. It is calling …
Read More »Experts say more resources and training needed to de-escalate mental health crises – Winnipeg
In 2021, Shared Health and the Winnipeg Police Service (WPS) announced the Alternative Response to Citizens in Crisis (ARCC) pilot project, which saw mental health clinicians and plainclothes officers attend to mental health crises. The goal was to decrease the use of emergency services for those types of calls, and …
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