Life-saving policeman to get an award

Published on Friday 29 August 2008 10:22

AN Edinburgh police officer, who saved a man's life using the kiss-of-life after he fell unconscious in a car, is to receive a top award.

Pc Lee Cockburn, 39, of Lothian and Borders Police, has been awarded a Royal Humane Society Resuscitation Certificate for saving the life of 64-year old Robert Sinclair, of North Berwick.

As well as the award, Pc Cockburn has also won the personal praise of the society's secretary, Dick Wilkinson.

Speaking as he announced the award he said: "Pc Cockburn's first aid expertise almost certainly saved this man's life. To all intents and purposes the man was dead when Pc Cockburn first saw him."

He said Pc Cockburn and a colleague were patrolling after a football match last December in an area busy with pedestrian traffic.

"They were approached by a car driven by a man whose father was unconscious in the passenger seat.

"The man was immediately removed from the car and it was established that there were no vital signs.

"Pc Cockburn carried out mouth-to-mouth resuscitation until the ambulance arrived."

Lothian and Borders Police chiefs nominated Pc Cockburn to receive the award, which will be handed over later this year.