- Description
- PACT (Police and Crisis Team) is a partnership between Alberta Health Services(AHS) and Calgary Police Service (CPS that responds to situations involving individuals experiencing a mental health, addictions, or psycho-social crisis.
PACT (Police and Crisis Team) offers mental health assessment, support, and / or consultation in crisis situations from AHS and CPS. Is able to arrange urgent psychiatry assessments and referrals as needed. The main goals are:
- divert individuals who are in crisis with mental illness and addiction issues, from the justice system and hospital emergency departments
- assess and stabilize individuals in crisis within the community
- connect individuals with resources and supports
Affiliation: Calgary Police Service
Key Provider: police officers, psychiatric nurses, psychologists, registered nurses (RNs), social workers - Eligibility
- N/A
- Application Process
- Service Access: See below, To contact this service, please phone through the Distress Centre and request Mental Health Crisis Triage.
Referrals are made through mental health crisis triage.
Telephone Information Line
Referral Process: No
Waiting Period: N/A,
- Telephone
- 403-266-4357 (Distress Centre - request Mental Health Crisis Triage)
- Languages
- Interpreter/Translation services
- Fees
- Fee: No
Fee Reduction: N/A
Membership Fee: No - Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: N/A -
Other disabled access: N/A - - Topic(s)
- Agency Information
- View Agency Profile
- Last Verified On
- February 7, 2024
- Location
- Calgary
- Hours of Operation
- Mon07:00 AM to 02:00 PMTue07:00 AM to 02:00 PMWed07:00 AM to 02:00 PMThu07:00 AM to 02:00 PMFri07:00 AM to 02:00 PMSat07:00 AM to 02:00 PMSun07:00 AM to 02:00 PM
