Crime & Safety
Fair Lawn Police Help Mother After Delivering Baby
Two Fair Lawn police officers started off their shift Monday morning with the arrival of a newborn baby.

FAIR LAWN, NJ – Two Fair Lawn police officers started off their shift Monday morning with the arrival of a newborn baby.
Just before 7:15 a.m., officers Brendan Loaiza and Luke Hintzen responded to a 4thStreet home after receiving a report that a 37-year-old woman had just delivered a baby, Sgt. Brian Metzler said.
Upon arrival, officers found the mother holding her new arrival and they assisted in cleaning the baby and suctioning his airway, Metzler said.
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The mother and her son were taken to Englewood Hospital by Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps., he said.
Metzler said the baby boy – who has not yet been named – joins an older sister.
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