Toronto police say they are reviewing their mobile crisis intervention teams that respond to calls for people in crisis to "reduce our reliance" on the program.

In an email on Friday, the Toronto Police Service (TPS) said there is no timeline for the review of the mobile crisis intervention teams or MCITs, but that the review is part of a broader strategy to "refocus officers on core policing duties and explore alternative mental health response models."

Nadine Ramadan, spokesperson for the police, said in the email the aim is to "make room for alternative non-police response teams where police respond to violent and high-risk calls, while non-violent mental health calls are triaged to the Toronto Community Crisis Service."

On its website, TPS says the MCIT program operates in 16 police

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