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The Toronto Community Crisis Service (TCCS) is the mobile crisis intervention program operated by the City of Toronto.The service provides provides a non-police-led response to mental health crisis calls and wellness checks for residents over the age of 16.
The Hamilton Police Service is the first police service in Canada to implement all three models of crisis intervention programs. [14] [13] The Crisis Response Unit implements the MCIT and MCRRT models as the Mobile Rapid Response Team, while the COAST model is implemented by the COAST and Social Navigator teams. [19]
Third Party Non-violent Intervention (sometimes called TPNI) refers to the practice of intervening from the outside in violent conflicts with the aim of reducing violence and allowing "space" for conflict resolution. Two common forms of intervention are as an intermediary in a negotiating capacity or, physically, by interposing one's body ...
Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP) is an international nongovernmental organization that employs Unarmed Civilian Protection. Their mission is to protect civilians in violent conflicts through unarmed strategies, build peace side-by-side with local communities, and advocate for the wider adoption of these approaches to safeguard human lives and dignity ...
Nonviolent Self Defense (NSD) is a system of self-protection and humane control developed in the 1970s by Harvard-trained educational psychologist Dr. William Paul (1939–1989). NSD was devised for use by mental health professionals who dealt with potentially violent psychiatric patients on a daily basis.
Quebec City police officers preparing for the city's Saint Patrick's Day parade in 2014. Police services in Canada are responsible for the maintenance of the King's peace through emergency response to and intervention against violence; investigations into criminal offences and the enforcement of criminal law; and the enforcement of some civil law, such as traffic violations. [3]
Emergency Management Ontario (EMO) operates under an escalating approach to emergency management, ensuring responsibilities are progressively assigned based on the scale and complexity of an emergency. This tiered approach begins with individuals, and if necessary, can escalate to the federal levels when local capacities are overwhelmed.
The Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS) is a non-profit, non-governmental, educational institution focused on the use of nonviolent conflict, based in Belgrade, Serbia. It was founded in 2004 by Srđa Popović and the CEO of Orion Telecom, Slobodan Đinović.