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Mankato public commenter urges trauma‑informed training after delayed city responses
Summary
Dr. Bridget Kennedy, a specialist in abuse and offender treatment, told the Mankato City Council that delayed responses from city officials undermine trauma‑sensitive practice and urged the council to place trauma‑informed training on a future agenda; she offered to help with training.
Doctor Bridget Kennedy, a specialist who works with survivors of abuse and with people who have committed crimes, used her three‑minute public comment time at the Mankato City Council’s Sept. 22 meeting to describe delays she said she experienced when contacting city officials and to ask the council to adopt trauma‑informed training for staff and leadership.
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