WINNIPEG — Winnipeg's mayor is pushing forward to create a fourth emergency response service in the city that would respond to mental-health crises.

Mayor Scott Gillingham has long called for a dedicated service that would answer wellness calls and would dispatch trained, trauma-informed responders so that police could focus on violent and property crime, as well as other public-safety issues.

Gillingham is bringing forward a motion to the city's executive policy committee requesting that his office work with a consulting firm led by a doctor who previously held senior roles with the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority and the province to develop the Winnipeg Community Crisis Response Service.

Well-being checks have been the number 1 call for service for city police for at least the past

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