Building Bridges – Empowering a People in a Remote Indigenous Community – 2019-11-05
Pikangikum First Nation is a remote Ojibway community in the Kenora District of Northwestern Ontario. Due to the high number of youth suicides, addictions, and mental health calls for service, the OPP brought the Community Response Unit (CRU) principles to
Creating a Collaborative Approach to Seniors Issues in Rural Communities – 2015-11-18
Many communities are seeing an increase in senior related calls for service. This is true for police, hospitals, community health care providers and families. The issues surrounding seniors are multifaceted. In Durham region, we have recognized that a community partnership approach is
Crisis Call Diversion in Police Communication Centres [2021-11-16]
Presenters will share their collaborative experience building the OPP Crisis Call Diversion (CCD) program. CCD began as a pilot program, and has not only continued, but expanded to other regions of the OPP. The program embeds mental health crisis workers
Highlighting Crisis Response Services and Models Across Ontario – Keynote Panel [2023-11-15]
This panel will feature a snapshot of innovative and integrated crisis response services across Ontario, including both police and emerging community models as well as crisis hubs and support services for individuals experiencing a mental health and/or substance use related
HSJCC – Crossroads in Mental Health Crisis and Law Enforcement – 2019-11-04
Evolving social, economic and fiscal realities have created a strain in the treatment of mental illness. As a result of this strain, police services often become the first line of contact between a person in crisis and available resources. Police
Intersections – How Cross-Sector Partnerships Lead to Success for Youth, Families, and Police – 2019-11-05
Intersections is an early intervention police referral program that connects youth who come into contact with police with appropriate supports to address issues that may contribute to their involvement with the justice system. The Intersections Coordinator plays a key role
Joint Mobile Crisis Response Pilot Project – Made in Thunder Bay – 2019-11-04
The Joint Mobile Crisis Response Pilot Project is an innovative partnership between Canadian Mental Health Association – Thunder Bay, Thunder Bay Police Service, and the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre. Crisis workers partner with police to respond to mental
Mental Health Adult Pre-charge Diversion
When a person with mental health issues has committed a minor crime in Durham Region, the Adult Mental Health Pre-charge Diversion Program helps move them away from the justice system and into the healthcare system. This webinar will explain how
Mental Health Engagement and Response Team(MHEART) – Why Crisis Response should be Multi-Sectoral and Flexible – 2019-11-04
After years of program reorganization, and re-deployment of resources to meet the needs of individuals in mental health crisis; and coinciding with the creation of the Northumberland County Situation Table, the MHEART program was created. This workshop will share the
Mobile Crisis Intervention Team – Poster [2023-11]
Partnership program where mental health staff work with the local police departments in the area to attend to calls for service where a mental health concern is identified to attempt to prevent charges, or emergency room access and connect individuals
Mobile Crisis Intervention Team (MCIT) – Development and Evaluation of Toronto’s Co-Responding Police Mental Health Service Team – 2015-11-17
The Mobile Crisis Intervention Team (MCIT) is a co-responding police-mental health program. This presentation will share the process of coordinating MCIT’s across hospital, LHIN, and justice/healthcare boundaries. The results of a mixed-method outcome evaluation will be presented, focusing on clients’ experiences with
Mobile Crisis Rapid Response Team (Hamilton)
This presentation will focus on the development and outcomes of a new first responder model that pairs police officers and mental health crisis workers for 911 response in Hamilton, ON. A description of how the MCRRT evolved from a strong
Mobile Crisis Response Teams Framework and Toolkit Webinar – 03-08-2023
As emergency responders, police officers are often the first to arrive on the scene and interact with an individual who may be experiencing a mental health and/or substance use crisis. Over the past 20 years in Ontario, police services and
Mobile Crisis Response Teams in Ontario: A Provincial Framework and Toolkit – 2019-11-05
Over the past 20 years in Ontario, there has been ongoing development and implementation of collaborative crisis response teams that involve police and mental health and addictions service providers responding to front line crises. While great successes have been seen,
Provincial Approach to Community Safety and Well-being – 2015-11-17
MCSCS has been working with its inter-ministerial, policing and community partners on the development of the Provincial Approach. This work support multi-sectoral, collaborative relationships between local organizations/agencies to enhance the effectiveness of service delivery and community safety and well-being overall. Provincial Approach to
Reimagining Human Services Delivery – Keynote Address by Devon Clunis [2023-11-15]
The human experience is complex. Yet, throughout the history of responding to those in conflict with the law, we have applied a simplistic, isolationist mindset, resulting in detrimental impacts on our individual and collective human experience. It is time to
Situation Tables: An Ongoing Assessment for Effective Implementation – Poster [2023-11]
Situation Tables are one example of a preventative measure implemented to reduce victimization experienced by marginalized individuals. This community-based research project focused on the Situation Table online training that was released by Laurier University in 2016. It examined the overall
Specialized Crisis Team – Psychiatric Assistance at Police Incidents – 2016-11-16
The Waterloo Regional Police Service, Canadian Mental Health Association and the Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) have been involved in a partnership since February of 2013 to deliver enhanced mental health crisis services directly to those in need. Police officers attending mental health
Staying Visible, Staying Connected for Life: Report of the Expert Panel on Police Officer Deaths by Suicide [2019-09]
During 2018, nine deaths by suicide occurred among serving and retired police officers in the province of Ontario. This number was thought to be unprecedented*. Soon after the year ended, the Office of the Chief Coroner initiated an expert panel
Strategies to Implement Effective Police-ED Protocols
Police officers, by virtue of their role as emergency responders, are often the first to arrive on the scene of a mental health crisis, and they often accompany individuals to the emergency room. Police officers and emergency department (ED) staff
Toronto Police Service Response to Emotionally Disturbed Persons – Keynote – Chris Boddy – 2015-11-16
Toronto Police Service Response to Emotionally Disturbed Persons – Keynote – Chris Boddy – 2015-11-16
Tracking (In) Justice: A Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Data and Transparency Project [2023-11-16]
Deaths in custody are not tracked in a consistent way across Canada, leaving little information available to the public. Our project is a data justice and public criminology research initiative, but our research is about the lives and deaths of
