One of the things we found in our research is that a significant number of the violence reports and a significant number of the assaults do involve people who have primarily mental health or substance use concerns identified as their primary problem code. That points to inadequate services for folks in those situations. That's leading them into crisis, which leads them into interaction with our public safety personnel and our nurses. We need to spend more time and energy focusing on taking care of those human beings.
On November 23rd, 2023. See this statement in context.