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One of those is delivering a baby, something that usually happens in a hospital these days.
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But for Cahill, Peterlin and some of their Calumet City colleagues, welcoming a new life to the world is becoming almost commonplace.
Three times since March 1, Calumet City paramedics have either aided in the birth of a child or arrived on scene just after a delivery.
The latest came last week, when a call came in of a woman in labor.Â
This time, Cahill said, Mom actually did all the hard work, delivered the baby completely on her own.
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CALUMET CITY â Christopher Fletcher remembers when paperwork lived up to its name for police officers.
Fletcher, now the chief of police in Calumet City, got his start in the profession in Chicago in 1986.
Those were the days of contact cards, which detailed officers interactions with the public. You run into a person, write their name and information down, put (the cards) in a pile, Fletcher said. Hopefully, it s alphabetized. You know, I m looking for a guy named Johnny, (around) 79th and Halsted (streets). We d have to look through thousands and thousands of cards.
Now, thanks to Calumet City s ongoing public safety spending, officers can have access to that kind of information in seconds through upgraded in-car computers and record-keeping technology.