Thank you so much.
Let's go back to what some of our other witnesses have said, which is that we cannot ignore evidence-based....
I'm going to the chief now.
Chief, thank you so much for being here.
On October 16, you made a comment in The London Free Press. You said, “We know we can’t arrest our way out of this...[but] there are times when it is appropriate to make arrests when individuals are openly using dangerous drugs in the community.”
Can you comment on who the appropriate person would be to make these arrests for public drug use? What kind of law enforcement services do you think are needed to adequately respond to this overdose crisis in our community, especially in London and given the context and collaborations that have happened across different practices?