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File #: P-2023-077    Version: 1 Name: Suicide Prevention Proclamation - 2023
Type: Proclamation Status: Filed
File created: 8/3/2023 In control: Regular City Commission Meeting
On agenda: 8/30/2023 Final action: 8/30/2023
Title: A Proclamation in Recognition Of Suicide Prevention Awareness Month - September 2023.
Attachments: 1. 08-30-23-Suicide Prevention.pdf

Title

A Proclamation in Recognition Of Suicide Prevention Awareness Month - September 2023.

 

Strategic Plan Focus

Public Safety

 

 

Body

 

 

Staff Recommends: Presentation of Proclamation.

 

 

Explanation:

The month of September is nationally recognized as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.  Firearms are the leading method of suicide in Florida and the most lethal method.  Access to a gun triples the risk of death.

 

The proclamation will be accepted by Barbara Markley, the League of Women Voters of Broward County.

 

The proclamation will be presented at the August 30, 2023, City Commission meeting.

 

 

Fiscal Impact:

This presentation will not fiscally impact the City.

 

 

Recommended for inclusion on the agenda by:

Josh Levy, Mayor