Parents keep close eye on kids at Bradford Beach
Parents watch out for their children at Bradford Beach, no lifeguards this season
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Updated: 6:38 PM CDT Jun 6, 2021
Parents watch out for their children at Bradford Beach, no lifeguards this season
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Updated: 6:38 PM CDT Jun 6, 2021
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BRADFORD BEACH. >> IT WAS ANOTHER PACKED DAY PERIOD, FAMILI AREES TELLING ME THIS IS THE BEST DAY TO COOL DOWN AND IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE WAS ON THE SAME PAGE. THIS WEEKEND THERE WAS ONLY ONE PUBLIC POOL OPEN IN MILWAUKEE, SO HUNDREDS CAME IN DOWN TO THE LAKEFRTON DEBATE THE HEAT. THERE ARE NO LIFEGUARDS AT THE MILWAUKEE COUNTY BEACHES BECAUSE THERE WERE ENOUGH QUALIFIED GUARDS RETURNING TO WORK. AND WITH CROWDS THIS LARGE, PARENTS TELL ME A PUTS EXTRA PRESSU ONRE THEM TO WATCH OUT FOR THR EIKIDS. >> I’M NOT GOING TO PLAY THAT. I’M KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON OTHER PEOPLE’S KIDS. IF I SEE THEM GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, IF WE WATCH EACH OTHER’S KIDS, WE WILL BE GREAT. BEN: HAVE COUNTY PARK LEADERS SAID WHY THERE ARE NO LIFEGUARDS TO STAFF THE BEACHES THIS YEAR? COURTNEY:O S FAR THEY ARE SAYING THAT ALL THE LIFEGUARDS THAT NEED TO WORK HERE AT LAKE MICHIGAN HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIFIC SECHIGAN HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIFIC T OF SKILLS TO HANDLE THE OPEN WATERS IN THE LAKE AND THERE WEREOT N ENOUGH QUALIFIED LIFEGUARDS THAT RETURNED THIS YEAR.