Year Review: Mental Health & Suicide Intervention Call Transfer Protocol

One year ago, the Saskatoon Police Service (SPS), in partnership with the Saskatoon Crisis Intervention Service (SCIS), announced the Mental Health & Suicide Intervention Call Transfer Protocol to offer an alternative to a police response for low-risk calls centred on mental health.When a call of personal crisis is received to the SPS Communications, call-takers may assess for criteria suitable to transfer the call to the Mobile Crisis Service (MCS). In each assessment, the call-taker must c