Residents in one of the city’s most violence-plagued communities were given lessons Tuesday on how to stop victims from bleeding out on the street in a first-of-its kind program.

The training occurred the day after an NYPD cop was shot in the face by a crazed gunman on a sidewalk in the neighborhood, Brownsville, in Brooklyn. The officer survived.

The FDNY hosted the “Control the Bleed” training program at the NYCHA Van Dyke Community Center in Brownsville – a notoriously gun-plagued area that recently started a “ police-free-zone ” pilot project.

More than 40 trainees, mostly hailing from the anti-gun initiative Brownsville In Violence Out, lined up to practice applying pressure on wounds to stop gushing blood.

“’Control the Bleed’ is a training program that is meant to offer regu

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