Island Health and Victoria police are launching a co-response team that will respond to mental health calls in Victoria and Esquimalt.
Island Health and Victoria police are launching a co-response team that will respond to mental health calls in Victoria and Esquimalt, which one advocate says is another important tool in assisting people in distress.
The team will operate 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week. This team joins the Integrated Mobile Crisis Response Team – which is a collaboration between Island Health and police agencies in Greater Victoria – and Assertive Community Treatment as responses to mental health-related calls on the South Island.
“The AVI team believes that to be a really important step, just to make sure they’re on as solid a footing before they’re publicly listing their number for contact here…But from what I would say they’ve moved through a whole range of processes, and I’m optimistic that they’ll be taking calls from the public very, very soon.”
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