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THUNDER BAY — Homicides related to the drug trade continue to give Thunder Bay a national reputation, says the city's acting police chief."It's a disturbing statistic in Thunder Bay, especially this year," acting police chief Dan Taddeo said.
The acting chief pointed to the necessity of reducing the demand for illicit drugs by finding more ways to help those who are the customers of the suppliers.'There is no other agency that is going to respond,' Taddeo says But he cautioned that "until the provincial and federal government step in with upstream solutions to address the greater issue, at the end of the day we are left to respond to all of these issues. There is no other agency that is going to respond.
Taddeo mentioned, as well, the challenges the police service faces in dealing with a high incidence of intoxication in the community and with mental health issues. "We deal with these people every single day," he said, adding that a report that lands on his desk every morning regularly shows "an inordinate amount of mental health calls for service."
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