FREE RiverTALK F E B RUA RY 1 7 , 2 0 2 3 | Vo l u m e 1 3 , No. 2 2 RCMP and city discuss mental health, opioid crisis The most interesting part of the out of their jurisdiction for an av- Vernon North Okanagan RCMP erage of 90 minutes in the hospital...
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FREE RiverTALK F E B RUA RY 1 7 , 2 0 2 3 | Vo l u m e 1 3 , No. 2 2 RCMP and city discuss mental health, opioid crisis The most interesting part of the out of their jurisdiction for an av- Vernon North Okanagan RCMP erage of 90 minutes in the hospital Detachment’s fourth quarter (Q4) while waiting for the person to be report was the information not in assessed, plus travel time. the report. Baher said police are often the Supt. Shawna Baher told Enderby only resource available at 2 a.m. or council Feb. 6 that the report is one the only ones able to enter a volatile part of the detachment’s efforts to situation. provide effective policing to the re- The concern is how well equipped gion. police are to deal with such situa- “Our strategic plan has a lot of tions. community connections as one of “It’s something we’re working the things we really want to do,” she on with the health authority,” Ba- said. “COVID really threw a wrench her noted. “I am happy to say we’re in it for us; we were
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