Detroit Officer Delivers Baby During Traffic Stop with Brother's Radio Guidance

Unexpected Delivery During Traffic Stop

• 🚨 A Melvindale police officer, Corporal Mohamed Hacham, pulled over a speeding vehicle just before 2:00 a.m. on a Friday.
• 🤰 Behind the wheel was a man rushing his wife, Maria, who was in labor and experiencing intense fear.

Critical Decision and Brother's Guidance

• 💡 Officer Hacham sensed time was running out as Maria was panicking and breathing heavily.
• 📞 The dispatcher, who happened to be Hacham's younger brother working at Dearborn Dispatch, made the critical decision to guide him through the delivery.
• 🎧 Hacham's brother coached him step-by-step over the radio, providing instructions on how to support the baby's head and manage the delivery.

First-Time Delivery Experience

• 👶 Despite academy training, Hacham found this to be his first real-life delivery experience, admitting it was unlike anything he had prepared for.
• 🤝 He credits his brother's calm and precise guidance for helping him through the intense situation.

Safe Arrival and Gratitude

• ✅ The baby was safely delivered, breathing and crying, just as EMS arrived on the scene.
• 🙏 Hacham expressed immense relief and gratitude, stating he would have lived with the guilt if anything had gone wrong.
• ✨ Both Hacham and Maria, a devout Catholic, felt the baby's arrival was a gift from God, with Hacham uttering a blessing in Arabic upon the successful delivery.