The Brief Corporal Greggory Cates with the Orange Police Department was honored after saving a choking baby. It took Cates about 30 to 40 seconds to dislodge the item. Heart-wrenching video shows an Orange police officer jumping into action to help save a baby who was choking. What we know:On Monday, Jan. 19, Orange police responded to a 7-month-old baby not breathing and choking on a hair clip. An officer immediately jumped in to help, striking the baby on its back to make the item in her mouth come out.