The Sask. RCMP will permanently hire registered psychiatric nurses to help people in crisis and assess the needs of people calling 911. rcmp saskatcewan
Over those 12 months the RCMP gathered some data on how the program was received. According to a press release 99.8 per cent of callers reporting a mental health crisis agreed to speak with the nurse, 80 per cent of the callers assessed “immediately received referrals to be admitted to a mental health and/or addiction service,” and 71 per cent “of the callers assessed by a nurse avoided being driven by a police officer to an Emergency Department to get a diagnosis and/or treatment.
But the program does not operate 24/7. According to the RCMP it runs “Monday to Thursday from noon to midnight as well as Friday, Saturday and Sunday 24 hours a day.”Article content
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