Volume of mental health calls to police in Halifax shows alternatives needed: professor
New data raises questions about what role, if any, police in Halifax should have in responding to mental health calls, says a Dalhousie law professor.
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New data raises questions about what role, if any, police in Halifax should have in responding to mental health calls, says a Dalhousie law professor.
The complaint against Mr. Brown has been shrouded in secrecy from the beginning
Nova Scotia's privacy commission and experts in mental health law say the government isn't doing a good enough job consulting on legislative changes.
A recent decision involving the case of a man who died in Halifax police custody lacks accountability for what a Dalhousie law professor describes as “a preventable death.”
The 23-year-old man accused of causing the death of a two-year-old by putting a Ping-Pong ball into the child's mouth has been remanded to a psychiatric hospital for a 30-day assessment.