Vancouver Police Mental Health Strategy
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In spite of the fact that mental health and wellness, and addictions treatment, are the responsibility of the Ministry of Health (and the Ministry of Children and Family Development in cases where youth are involved), the very nature of the increasing incidence of police involvement with persons living with mental illness precipitates the VPD driving change to improve the quality of care for this [...] Mayor's Task Force on Mental Health and Addictions The Mayor's Task Force on Mental Health and Addictions was formed in 2013, and designed to support the efforts of VCH, PHC, and the VPD to further their recommendations to the Province following the release of the Mental Health Crisis report. [...] If the elopee has been absent for more than 48 hours, the director of the facility must issue a Form 21 Director's Warrant for the police to have the authority to apprehend the elopee and return the elopee to the designated facility. [...] When working towards an appropriate resolution to a call involving a person exhibiting behaviours attributed to symptoms of a mental illness, or in a mental health crisis, VPD members will consider the totality of the circumstances involved, including the behaviour of the individual and the proportionality of the response. [...] In such instances: o Members will notify a supervisor and the supervisor shall attend the scene; o A plan will be developed, under the direction of the supervisor, to make contact with the individual at a different time, or under different circumstances; and, o A police report will be submitted that clearly identifies the circumstances of the event, actions taken by the police, reasons for the dis.