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TORONTO — A report by a former Supreme Court of Canada justice into the use of lethal force by Toronto police has made 84 sweeping recommendations which, if implemented, would mean far more training and support for officers dealing with those in crisis.

The probe by Frank Iacobucci was sparked by the killing of a teenager on an empty streetcar last summer.

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It’s being released just days before the one-year anniversary of 18-year-old Sammy Yatim’s death and comes amid a lawsuit by the teen’s family against the officer who shot him and another who tasered him as he lay dying.

In the public outrage that followed Yatim’s death, Toronto police Chief Bill Blair had asked Iacobucci last August to take a broad look at how officers interact with people in crisis and to come up with recommendations.

Among Iacobucci’s many recommendations is a suggestion that Toronto police create a comprehensive police and mental health oversight body which would help share health care information with police, including a voluntary registry with vulnerable people.