Our public safety system is a perfect storm

Public safety results from an effective interaction of three separate systems - public health, mental health, and policing. In too many communities today, the crisis in our mental health system creates the perfect storm. Solving the issues of silo-based care necessitates creating an oversight data management structure supporting cross-sector data integration on all levels ensuring that both operational and technical frameworks exist to maintain the security of client data. Safer communities isn't just about being sophisticated, technologically advanced but using an intensifying laser-focus analysis on harmful criminality, and on stakeholders responsible for delivering to those in need of mental health services. The recommendations note that no one agency can solve the crisis in public safety alone. There is an urgent need for one new coordinating agency - a department in government - to eliminate the silos and act like a well-coordinated and effective service delivery network, with public commitment to outcomes and corresponding public accountability.