1969 Press Photo Milwaukee Policemen practice first aid knowledge on each other

Recruit officers Kenneth Bruckner, John Kotvis and their classmates spent 30 hours of their 13 week training course at the Milwaukee police training school studying first aid. The course, which qualifies them for an advanced certificate, emphasizes first aid problems encountered in police work. At left, Kotvis, playing the patient, read the instruction manual while Bruckner applied a head bandage. Behind them (from left) Robert G. Olde, jr., Harry Gorecki jo., in William H. Haynes. The recruit also received specialized training in emergency obstetrics and handling of cases involving heart failure. The course included a visit to an ambulance crew at the 1st district station and a chance to examine the ambulance equipment. - Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Police Department and training

Photo is dated 1969.

Photo measures 8.5 x 11.5 inches.