(Facebook)MacNeil said if his officers never had to respond to another mental health call in his career, he'd be happy. The Halifax area has a Mental Health Mobile Crisis Team that pairs officers with mental health professionals, but rural communities don't have access to similar supports, he said. RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki said last week that the number of mental health calls her officers respond to is growing exponentially. Deputy Chief Danny MacPhee with the Bridgewater Police Service said his officers receive mental health training every other year. "We have received really consistently multiple types of mental health training, crisis management training, different spectrums of it.

Source: CBC News June 30, 2020 00:00 UTC