The head of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said today the number of mental health calls her officers respond to is growing exponentially, as she defended Mounties' record against growing calls to reallocate police funding to better fund social services. Lucki said her officers, who act as the provincial police in most provinces and all three territories, respond to about 10,000 mental health calls a month. "Our calls to mental health are growing exponentially." Mounties 'demoralized by the anti-police narrative:' LuckiLucki's appearance Tuesday night comes as the public safety committee begins to review systemic racism in policing. Earlier this month, Lucki faced a backlash for saying in several media interviews that she was struggling to define the term "systemic racism".

Source: CBC News June 23, 2020 20:50 UTC