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Jack Knox: Loss of cops will change ACT teams' ability to respond to volatile clients


“The truth is this is going to have an impact on how we provide care,” says Kelly Reid, the health authority’s director of community operations for mental health and substance use.
Delays. Disruptions. Awkward logistical gymnastics as the needs of sometimes-volatile clients collide with the requirement to keep team members safe. Too bad it has come to this.
“It’s disappointing because from our perspective it was working very well,” Reid says.
Yes, it was. That’s the ­maddening part.
Let’s back up a bit. Island Health oversees four multi-disciplinary Assertive Community Treatment teams psychiatric nurses, addiction-recovery workers, registered nurses, social workers, and so on who take an integrated approach to treating a total of 340 people whose severe mental illness is often compounded by substance abuse. The teams provide medical care, psychiatric help, access to housing and help managing medication and money. ....

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Victoria police board loses appeal to hire more officers


Manak stated at the time that he felt the board had a strong case.
“The police board and the department feel strongly that those are required resources for our community to provide safety,” he said.
He pointed to an independent University of Victoria study that concluded the police ­officers on ACT teams contribute to more ­positive outcomes for people with mental- health challenges.
But Brenda Butterworth-Carr, director of police services, stated in a Jan. 17 ­letter to the police board that she was unclear what research had been done to “address the absence of evidence-based data.”
She also pointed to a new report recommending changes to the policing agreement between Esquimalt and Victoria that, she said, could free up additional resources and resolve some of the issues identified by the police board. ....

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