An officer with the Appleton Police Department was honored yesterday by his colleagues for his lifesaving actions.
Officer Payne Hughes was called to a disturbance where he found a man laying on the sidewalk with a stab wound to his neck.
Hughes jumped into action and provided first aid to the victim while backup arrived.
While the Department honored him with the Life Saving Medal, Hughes praised the Department for their training regimen.
He said that without his training, he would not have been able to save that man’s life.
The honor comes during National Police Week, where we honor the officers that keep us safe, and remember the ones who died doing just that.
