Prince Albert city council will decide Monday whether to approve a $3.68-million federal grant to launch a Mobile Complex Needs Team aimed at tackling the city’s rising overdose crises. If approved, the initiative will bring together Community Safety Officers from the Prince Albert Police Service, medical staff from Parkland Ambulance, and crisis workers from the Prince Albert Mobile Crisis Unit. Instead of contacting the police, ambulance, and social workers separately, the unit would operate as one, providing medical treatment, safety support, and crisis counselling in the field. “A spike in opioid poisonings just means more on top of what paramedics are already handling.”While Karasuik said he has no knowledge of the City’s Mobile Complex Needs Team proposal, he noted that collaborative approaches are always beneficial in health care. It would also complement the city’s upcoming Complex Needs Facility and other shelter initiatives by improving transport and referral pathways.