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The Canadian Mental Health Association, Elgin-Middlesex is partnering with two Middlesex County police forces to support officers responding to mental health and addiction calls.
As part of the initiative, called the Middlesex Crisis Rapid Response Team (MCRRT), two mental health response workers will be embedded with Middlesex OPP and Strathroy-Caradoc police to respond to such calls.
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The program comes as both forces have seen an increase of 63 per cent in mental health- and addiction-related calls over the last three years.