RCMP SCREENING TOOL, HEALTHIM IN BRITISH COLUMBIA INTERIOR.
"On Wednesday (May 27), the program will be available to RCMP and BC Highway Patrol in Ashcroft, Barriere, Chase, Clearwater, Clinton, Kamloops, Logan Lake, Lillooet, Lytton, Merritt, Revelstoke, Salmon Arm, Sicamous and Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc."
"Officials said HealthIM works by guiding the responding officer through a series of questions to better assess the person in crisis while using clinical language to better communicate with health-care providers.
“HealthIM is helping ensure people experiencing a mental-health or substance-use crisis are met with compassionate, timely and coordinated care,' said Health Minister Josie Osborne'"
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Nanaimo, BC
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On Thursday May 28th, members of the Nanaimo RCMP detachment’s Car 54 program, along with an officer from the Indigenous Policing Section (IPS), visited the Snuneymuxw First Nation.
The visit served a twofold purpose: to support the First Nation’s Mental Health Awareness Week event, and to introduce Constable Ben Caram (pictured far right), who recently joined the Car 54 program. Constable Caram is now the second RCMP-trained mental health officer assigned to this valuable detachment program.
For those not familiar with Car 54, it is a RCMP endorsed program where an RCMP trained mental health officer works side by side with a psychiatric nurse attending to incidents where mental health is factor.
Featured in the photo, from left to right, Constable Victor Chapman (IPS), Malcolm Wilkins (Car 54 Nurse), Constable Josh Waltman (Car 54 RCMP officer), and Constable Caram.