The City of Prince Albert has approved using a $3.6-million federal grant to launch a 24-hour mobile complex needs team aimed at preventing overdoses and improving community safety.

Supported by Health Canada’s emergency treatment fund, the initiative will ease pressure on emergency services and connect people to treatment sooner, the city says.

It’s being developed in partnership with the Prince Albert Police Service, Parkland Ambulance and the Prince Albert Mobile Crisis Unit.

Police chief Patrick Nogier said the goal is to get ahead of recurring issues that officers face daily.

“We knew that there was an opportunity for us to get in front of problems that have been really present for police for the last 10 years,” he said. “We respond to them, and by that time, there’s already an el

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