EVERY FIRE STATION IN SHAWNEE WILL HAVE ONE. A SOUTHEAST MISSOURI POLICE OFFICER DIDN’T JUST PROTECT AND SERVE, HE DELIVER TO BABY SCOUT CITY, MISSOURI POLICE OFFICER JAMES HANEY WAS NEARING THE END OF HIS SHIFT WHEN HE GOT A CALL ABOUT A WOMAN IN LABOR. AND WHEN HE ARRIVED ON THE SCENE, THE BABY COULDN’T WAIT A SECOND LONGER. ME AND MOM HAD A QUICK TALK. I WAS LIKE, THIS IS WHAT WE’RE GOING TO DO. THAT’S HOW WE’RE GOING TO DO IT. SHE’S LIKE, OKAY. AND LITERALLY WITHIN A MINUTE OR TWO, WE HAD WE HAD A BABY GIRL AGAIN, MOM DID GREAT. MOM DID AMAZING. NOW, HANEY IS JUST FIVE MONTHS INTO HIS LAW ENFORCEMENT CAREER AND HAD NEVER DELIVERED A BABY. BUT HIS 12 YEARS OF MILITARY TRAINING APPARENTLY HELPED HIM THROUGH THE SITUATION. THE NEW MOM IS BACK HO
Police officer helps woman deliver baby after only 5 months on the job
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Updated: 11:00 AM CDT Mar 15, 2023
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A police officer from southeast Missouri didn’t just protect and serve this week, he delivered a baby. Police Officer James Haney with the Scott City Police Department was nearing the end of his shift when he got a call about a woman in labor.When Haney arrived on the scene, the baby wouldn’t wait a second longer. “Me and mom had a quick talk,” Haney said. “And I was like, 'this is what we’re going to do, and this is how we’re going to do it,' She’s like, ‘okay,’ and literally in a minute or two, we had a baby girl. Again, mom did great.” It’s quite the way to begin a law enforcement career. Haney has only been working for the department for five months and has never delivered a baby. However, he said his 12 years of military training helped him through the situation. The mom and baby are healthy and are currently resting at a local hospital.
SCOTT CITY, Mo. — A police officer from southeast Missouri didn’t just protect and serve this week, he delivered a baby.
Police Officer James Haney with the Scott City Police Department was nearing the end of his shift when he got a call about a woman in labor.
When Haney arrived on the scene, the baby wouldn’t wait a second longer.
“Me and mom had a quick talk,” Haney said. “And I was like, 'this is what we’re going to do, and this is how we’re going to do it,' She’s like, ‘okay,’ and literally in a minute or two, we had a baby girl. Again, mom did great.”
It’s quite the way to begin a law enforcement career. Haney has only been working for the department for five months and has never delivered a baby. However, he said his 12 years of military training helped him through the situation.
The mom and baby are healthy and are currently resting at a local hospital.
