Crime prevention officers hope to shift policing away from mental health, addiction issues

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Ottawa police are set to begin a program in September aimed at reducing police involvement in mental health and addiction issues and upping their partnerships with community groups to prevent crime. It’s modelled on the Community Mobilization program in Prince Albert, Sask., which Sgt. Brent Kalinowski says has brought violent crime down 32 per cent since it began in 2011.

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