Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
INFANT SAFE Sleep Consultant Kim Pickett displays a necklace that shouldn't be left around the neck of an infant while they sleep during a safe-sleep training for local law enforcement officers at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Wednesday in Bessemer.
By RICHARD JENKINS
BESSEMER - Members of the Gogebic County Sheriff's Department, Michigan State Police and Ironwood Public Safety Department - along with staff members of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services - learned the best ways to prevent infants from dying in their sleep Wednesday during a safe-sleep training session.
The thought behind the training was, because officers may be in homes more frequently than DHS employees, while responding to 911 calls, providing them with the tools to educate parents on infant safety while in homes on other...
