“If we had a sobering centre would this have made a difference to Corey Rogers and that family? I don’t know but I think that doing this kind of work is the right thing to do for our municipality ...' says Coun. Tony Mancini.
On Tuesday, Halifax regional council approved a three-year pilot program for a sobering centre in Halifax. - FileHalifax is getting a sobering centre for a three-year pilot that will alleviate the pressure from the drunk tank in the basement of Halifax Regional Police headquarters.
Halifax police constables Justin Murphy, Donna Lee Paris and Ryan Morris get ready to transport Corey Rogers from the booking area to a cell on the night of June 15, 2016, in this photo taken from a police video. Rogers, who had a spit hood over his head, later died in the cell from asphyxiation. - Contributed
A sobering centre would divert many repeated intakes: an estimated 35-40 per cent diversion from police custody and about 60 per cent diversion from emergency departments. A transportation and outreach team would take even more pressure off of police and paramedics. “This is a 0.5 per cent increase to the tax bill that we are going to be approving today if this goes through for next year and the year after, and ongoing,” Purdy said.
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