A security guard contracted by NYC Health and Hospitals was arrested for preventing armed NYPD officers responding to a call for backup from entering the psych ward of a Brooklyn hospital Monday, according to law enforcement sources. Cops also busted the security guard’s supervisor — a law enfor cement officer employed by the city’s hospital system — for interfering in the guard’s arrest, sources said. Kadeem Alfred, 32, a guard working for a private security outfit contracted by NYCHHC, was arrested after he refused to let NYPD officers into the psych ward at Kings County Hospital on Clarkson Ave. near E. 37th St. in Prospect Lefferts Gardens around 4:30 a.m., sources said. The cops were rushing to assist a fellow officer, who requested backup after a prisoner inside the psych ward began resisting arrest, the sources said. Alfred initially refused to allow the officers inside the psych ward with their firearms, but later admitted the cops after his supervisor, NYCHHC Officer Michael Kee, 53, arrived at the scene, according to sources. It’s unclear if the officers were armed when they entered the psych ward. Once inside, police placed Alfred under arrest — and also cuffed Kee after he tried to intervene on behalf of the guard, said sources. Both men were charged with obstruction of governmental administration and were issued desk appearance tickets. Kings County Hospital CenterAnthony DelMundo/New York Daily NewsKings County Hospital Center on Clarkson Ave. in Brooklyn. (Anthony DelMundo / New York Daily News) “When a police officer calls for help, absolutely nothing should delay that help from getting there,” Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Hendry said. “Hospital personnel need to understand that and should make changes to ensure that this scenario doesn’t happen again.” The incident follows a standoff between the NYPD and staff at another Brooklyn hospital, NYU Langone Health-Cobble Hill, who refused to treat a plainclothes detective until he and two other detectives gave up their weapons last month. The detectives felt snubbed by the hospital, which only admitted them after they stashed their weapons in an NYPD vehicle parked outside the medical center. Hospital officials later apologized to NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, and said police officers are allowed to carry weapons while seeking treatment. “Reps from the hospital apologized to Commissioner Tisch and the NYPD and said that hospital staff had a misunderstanding of their policy,” an NYPD spokeswoman said. “Commissioner Tisch asked that all hospital staff be retrained to ensure that this type of incident never happens again.” ...read more read less