 However, the MCIT unit received significant attention after the shooting death of immigrant, Sammy Yatim, when a Toronto police officer intervened aggressively against Yatim who was holding a knife aboard a streetcar.The expansion of the MCIT unit was recommended in a subsequent coroner's inquest into police shootings of suspects with edged weapons.Toronto Police MCIT teams are composed of mental health nurses from various local hospitals paired with a police officer.