These officers really delivered

NYPD cops in heroic Qns. home birth

Three cops had an experience they won’t soon forget when they arrived at a Queens home last week and found a mom-to-be in labor in the living room, they told The Post.

The NYPD officers sprang into action and helped deliver the baby boy right there.

“They are angels,” said Justin Clausell, 25, the newborn’s dad.

Officer Kevin Kelland recalled arriving at the Jamaica home at around 1 p.m. on Wednesday to answer an emergency call.

“The first thing I heard was screaming that led me exactly to where she was in the house,” he said of the mom, Sade James, 21.

“I reassured her that everything was going to be OK,” said the cop from the 103rd Precinct. “I asked her ‘when was the last contraction, how frequent were they and how long did they last’ to try to determine how far along she was in labor. As soon as I visually saw the head, at that point, I knew we weren’t making the ambulance.”

Clausell and James were also surprised by the impending birth.

They had gone to the hospital on Tuesday but were told James was only 1 centimeter dilated and should wait at home until she was further along. But things progressed quickly Wednesday — and as Clausell was trying to get James that afternoon, her water broke.

“She was like, ‘I can’t move. I feel like the baby’s coming right now,’ ” Clausell said.

That’s when they called 911, and Kelland soon arrived.

Two more officers from the precinct, Justin Rodriguez, 34, and Christian Mele, 42, got to the house shortly after Kelland.

By that time, the baby’s head was already out, Mele recalled, and the two cops rushed to James’ side to reassure her, while also monitoring her contractions.

“We all have previous EMS experience and also training from the Police Department,” said Rodriguez, who was a paramedic for 14 years before joining the force two years ago. “So we just got to work.”

Meanwhile, Kelland got ready to play catcher: “I got into position,” he said, and “approximately 4 to 5 minutes after arriving on the scene, we delivered a baby boy.”

Afterward, James’ uncle — who had been in the home along with her dad, grandpa and other family members — gave one of the officers a “huge bear hug,” they said.

The next morning, the three cops stopped by the hospital to visit the family, including newborn Syre Jeremiah Clausell.

BABY BLUE: Cops from the 103rd Precinct in Queens, Christian Mele (from left), Kevin Kelland and Justin Rodriguez, pay a visit Thursday to parents Sade James and Justin Clausell (center, with James’ dad) and newborn Syre Jeremiah Clausell, whom the officers delivered the previous day.