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Council proclaims June PTSD awareness month; public commenters demand action on alleged deputy misconduct
Summary
The Imperial Beach City Council unanimously adopted a proclamation declaring June Post‑Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month and invited local service providers to accept the proclamation.
The Imperial Beach City Council unanimously adopted a proclamation Wednesday declaring June as Post‑Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month and encouraging support for people living with PTSD.
Council member Jack Fisher read the proclamation and moved its adoption; the motion was seconded and carried unanimously.
The proclamation text, read into the record, described PTSD as a condition that can follow exposure to traumatic events and included statistics cited in the proclamation: it said PTSD affects “approximately 8,000,000 adults in The United States annually” and referenced the National Center for PTSD’s estimate that “about 6 out of every 100 people” will have PTSD at some point in…
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