Local law enforcement has benefited from a large provincial funding investment announced Thursday. Article content

A press release distributed by Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry MPP Nolan Quinn said $536,400 would be invested over a two-year span to support the Cornwall Police Service (CPS) and SDG OPP crisis-response teams. Article content

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The Cornwall police Vulnerable Sector Mobile Acute Response Team (VSMART) will receive $240,000. According to the CPS website , VSMART is currently staffed by a vulnerable-sector officer and social worker from the Cornwall Community Hospital (CCH).

Over a 10-year period from 2006-16, there was an increase of 155 per cent in mental-health calls to Cornwall police. VSMART was implemented in 2017 to assist with

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