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Ontario’s Big City Mayors continue to see the impacts of mental health and addiction in their communities so are calling for the decriminalization of drugs as part of a broader strategy to tackle the growing problem.
Opioid overdose deaths reached more than 2,400 in Ontario in 2020, compared to just more than 1,500 in 2019, and there are no signs the problem is dimishing this year.
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Increasingly complex social issues surrounding mental health, addiction and homelessness have made for challenging times in law enforcement, and Chatham-Kent police Chief Gary Conn will now be playing a larger role in tackling these issues.
The veteran police officer was named Wednesday as the president of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police.
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“There are a plethora of issues our association will continue to advocate and lobby and work on,” Conn said about his the goals for his one-year term.
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