Amherst · Town 4 sector

A Report of "Four Black Males Beating on a White Older Male" in the Middle of a Road — Nobody There When Cars Arrived

Amherst PD stages Town 4 units on a walk-by 911; the scene is empty, and witnesses describe a gray sedan leaving the other way.

At 14:24, Amherst PD's Town 4 sector was told to expect what dispatch read out verbatim as “four black males beating on a white older male”. Vehicle descriptions came in seconds apart — “should be a black car and a white car” — and one showed nine units in the area.

Officers worked the block for eleven minutes. At 14:35 the responding unit called it: “we're not locating any of the subjects or parties involved, so screen's updated, we'll be clear”. A witness gave a second-vehicle description that stayed on the trunk after the call closed — “a gray car, gray sedan with some sort of writing on the back window” — which is likely the only trace on paper of whatever actually happened here.

Amherst · 2915 North Forest at John James Audubon

Smoke Detectors on Two and Three Trip the Alarm at the Temple on North Forest; Crews Roll on Channel 2

Amherst Fire, Getzville, and the on-scene reporter walk through Room 234 and the hall alarms before dispatch marks it avoidable.

At 12:45, Amherst Fire dispatched an SLA fire-alarm activation at 2915 North Forest Road[*] at John James Audubon Parkway — the address of the temple that Amherst PD, still coordinating on the trunk minutes later, referred to on the air as “Temple. Is he a member?”. The on-scene reporter narrowed the trip down to a specific room and floor: “reporting a smoke detector activation from Room 234, and also 2nd and 3rd hall smoke detector activation”.

Amherst Fire moved the responding companies to Channel 2 and told everyone the switch was countywide: “all gasoline units at 2915 North Forest, this is Channel number 2, repeating, all gasoline units is Channel number 2”. Capsule 9 was rolling by 12:49. By 13:03 the system was reset, and dispatch marked the call “system is reset, you can mark it avoidable, if you can leave a note for the fire inspector”, closing with a note to leave the incident for the fire inspector.

Amherst · 4125 Maple at Storming Crab

Manual Pull Ripped Off the Wall at Storming Crab — Now Sitting on the Ground

North Bailey 9 responds to a commercial fire-alarm activation at Eggert Field; on-scene reporter finds the pull station torn down.

At 07:40, Amherst Fire dispatched a commercial fire-alarm activation to 4125 Maple Road[*] at Storming Crab in the Eggert Field plaza; North Bailey Avenue[*] 9 was responding within two minutes, coming “from Sweet Home and Maple”.

The reason for the alarm arrived at 07:57 in one radio-clipped sentence — “Let's clear malfunction, alarm is reset. We have AFI follow-up due to the NOX being ripped off the wall. It's now on the ground” — and Amherst Fire flagged the call for an Amherst Fire Investigator follow-up before clearing at 07:56. Not vandalism as much as a pull-station failure: the notification appliance had to be picked up off the floor before the panel could be reset.

Amherst · 3394 Sheridan Drive Tim Hortons

Tim Hortons Wants a Drive-Thru Regular Trespassed

Employee Joe calls the drive-thru holdout in; PD takes the report after the customer had already left.

At 12:29, Amherst PD received a customer-service complaint from Tim Hortons, 3394 Sheridan Drive[*], opened on the trunk in one sentence: “an employee, Joe, states the customer would not leave the drive-thru, has since left, but would like him trespassed”.

Amherst · 1060 Wehrle Drive

Two-Vehicle PDO on Wehrle Drive

Property-damage-only accident; Amherst PD stays on scene for a state report.

At 09:48, an Amherst PD unit noted “the PDO accident in the intersection of Wehrle and Geva is going to be two vehicles” while working the accident scene. A follow-up transmission at 10:24 put the incident at 1060 Wehrle Drive[*] and requested a state report outside the car.

Amherst · Gingin on Sheridan at Sweet Home

The No-Pants Man in a Reflective Vest and a Flag-Hat Was Trying to Talk to People at the Sweet Home Gingin

Later spotted near the dumpsters, sitting in an easy chair, still no script.

At 10:14, Amherst PD read out a suspicious-person complaint “a suspicious person in the area of the Gingin Restaurant on Sheridan Drive in Sweet Home”, then let the description do the work: “black male wearing a reflective vest, no pants, and there's a USA flag sticking out of his hat, he's trying to talk to people”.

The narrative surfaced again on the trunk at 11:35, this time somewhere behind a building: “near the dumpsters, sitting in an easy chair, we have no script”. Whether it was the same subject was never asserted on the air, but the ergonomics track.

Erie County · Countywide Fire

The Countywide Fire Channel Turned Into a Firehouse Send-Off for Twenty Minutes at Noon

Union FD's Firefighter Mazurkowitz and a Firefighter Preserve keyed up back to back; the brothers said goodbye on air.

Starting at 12:07, Erie County's countywide fire channel opened up like a firehouse floor at a retirement dinner. The lead-off gave the format: “first truck through, give a nice short speech, wait for the truck in front of you to finish their speech, then give your speech, and this isn't a fair, so let's hear you guys, light up that key on here, it's smokin'”. Union Fire Department's Firefighter Mazurkowitz was introduced, and Firefighter Preserve was called to 291 to speak.

The next fifteen minutes on the trunk were unbroken tribute — “thank you for all you've done, we wish you the best”, “many years of times together, it's been great, God bless”, “I love you all, God bless you” — delivered by voices that were audibly getting to a phrasing they'd rehearsed. If any 911 traffic tried to key up during it, it didn't reach the recorded side; the frequency was theirs.

FRS 22 · backyard weather net

"Nick's Ordered a Big Bounce House, Which Is Probably the Worst Thing to Have in a Windstorm"

A running FRS commentary on the storm front, from a taco truck to a possibly-blown-out air-quality reading.

FRS 22 spent the 9 a.m. hour reading the sky. First, the setup: “the kids are waiting for it to go off and we're going to take a carload of cousins up, Nick's ordered a big bounce house, which is probably the worst thing to have in a windstorm, that's the other thing, they mentioned wind up to 75 miles an hour, it's Louis, not Louisville”. Then the reality check: “Truck coming in with tacos, so that can't be canceled. It's just Mother Nature's not playing very well”. A few minutes later, from a hilltop, the update: “I just hit the top of the other ridge, and I'm south-west, and it looks horrible, I don't know, it's got to be more rain coming in”.

Cheektowaga · Main Road, 130-140 block

Cheektowaga PD Called to a Parking Lot Where a Man in Boxers Was Yelling in Spanish, Then Wasn't Wearing Any Pants at All

A cascading complaint on the Main Road corridor; upgraded on the air from disorderly to exposure to children.

At 11:07, Cheektowaga PD read out the first version of the complaint: “on the parking lot they're yelling in Spanish in boxers”. Four minutes later it upgraded on the trunk, and the description of the subject with it — “so I guess that, now that I was exposing myself, now I'm pushing and shoving other people out. I forgot he was exposing himself to children. He's not wearing any pants, he's just wearing a black shirt” — with a specific stretch of road named: “Main Road, between 130 and 140”.

NYSTA · I-190/I-90 Thruway

White Texas Dodge Pickup, Ladder in the Bed, "Cutting Other Papers" at 376 Eastbound

State Thruway keyed the whole plate description on the air — the transcript keyed a phrasing choice.

At 10:21, NYSTA Ch 4 reported the sighting: “376 eastbound, a white Dodge pickup truck, unknown Texas plate, ladder in the bed of the truck, cutting other papers”. Nothing came of it on the trunk, but the phrasing survives.

Amherst · Sweet Home Road

Amherst PD Stood By for a Passport Retrieval at an Airbnb, Because the Guest Was Coming Back in a Black Minivan

The morning's opening act on the Amherst PD trunk was a customer-service standby that reads like a Reddit post.

At 07:05, Amherst PD read out the setup: “The plane is going to be in a black minivan. It was renting that as an Airbnb, left its passport there, and it's really good to stand by while it gets it”. A unit came back “I've got it” on the standby before the call cleared.

Buffalo · 1767 Seneca Street

Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Reported on Seneca Street in South Buffalo

Buffalo Fire dispatched EMS 25S20 to a 12-year-old male; no on-air resolution before the window closed.

At 13:37, BFD Ch1 Dispatch paged EMS 25S20 to 1767 Seneca Street between Remington Place and Juanita Place for the report “a 12-year-old male, cardiac arrest”. No further dispatch traffic on the call surfaced on the trunk before the PM window closed at 15:00.

Niagara County · Rochester & Telegraph

Lightning-Strike Tree Fire in the Roadway at Rochester and Telegraph as the Watch Sets In

Niagara County FD pages FD-TAC 1 as Erie County Fire coordinates; storm damage two hours into the Severe Thunderstorm Watch.

At 14:18, Niagara County FD Dispatch paged the intersection of Rochester Road and Telegraph Road for a tree “possibly hit by lightning” that was “on fire on the roadway”. FD-TAC 1 was the assigned channel; Erie County Fire acknowledged at 14:19. First call of the afternoon that clearly ties to the Severe Thunderstorm Watch NWS Buffalo posted at 13:37.

Southern Erie · Yorkshire response

Two-Story Wood-Framed Commercial on the Southtowns Trunk, Held at Yorkshire Time 14:20

EAFD paged a structure at 128-49-339, Crosby's, coming from Zone 9; second-alarm-style hold before extended traffic.

At 14:14, EAFD Dispatch paged “commercial fire alarm activation 128-49-339, that'll be the Crosby's coming from Zone number 9”. On-scene traffic at 14:22 confirmed the structure type — “two-story wood-framed commercial” — and dispatch acknowledged “we will hold Yorkshire, time 1420”. No injury report or resolution before the PM window closed.