{"id":693519,"date":"2026-05-25T22:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T22:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/693519\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T22:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T22:29:09","slug":"kamloops-rcmp-to-get-new-mental-health-screening-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/693519\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamloops RCMP to get new mental-health screening tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/073bade1-5748-460f-91c8-b73c7391edd5.jpg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Image Credit: CFJC file photo)<\/p>\n<p>By Elora McCormack<\/p>\n<p>Kamloops HealthIM<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tMay 25, 2026 | 1:28 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>KAMLOOPS \u2014 Kamloops RCMP will be among other Thompson\/Shuswap RCMP detachments getting access to a digital public safety tool aimed at supporting police responding to people in crisis.<\/p>\n<p>B.C. government officials said the program, HealthIM, is meant to make mental health and addiction calls safer for first responders, healthcare providers and the person in crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSupporting people in our community suffering from mental-health challenges is extremely important to me,\u201d said Harwinder Sandhu, MLA for Vernon-Lumby. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHealthIM is a key resource that supports police when they respond to people experiencing a mental-health crisis. The implementation across Interior RCMP detachments reflects our government\u2019s commitment to ensuring people in crisis receive timely, compassionate and appropriate care, as we continue to work to strengthen mental-health services so people can access these supports close to their home.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Image Credit: CFJC file photo) By Elora McCormack Kamloops HealthIM May 25, 2026 | 1:28 PM KAMLOOPS \u2014&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":693520,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[49,48,84,393,394],"class_list":["post-693519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/693520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}