A six-year report into the Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) raises concerns about how it handles officers’ claims of mental health stress and PTSD, experts say.

The heavily redacted report by the Ontario Civilian Police Commission, obtained by CBC News through a freedom of information request, says the DRPS "vigorously opposed virtually every application to the Workplace Safety Insurance Board (WSIB) for presumptive PTSD,” and fought claims of chronic mental stress.

These findings are concerning since people need timely interventions for mental health support, said Alec King, communications and public relations lead for the Canadian Mental Health Association Durham.

“When help is postponed, healing takes longer,” he said.

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