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Amherst PD · CAD outage

Amherst PD Spends the Morning on Portables: CAD and the Squad-Car Computers Go Dark Just Before 8 a.m.

Hours of plate readbacks, voice-only dispatch, and weary officer commentary on an open trunk

Shortly before 8 a.m., an Amherst PD officer keyed up mid-call to say his squad-car computer had “just completely crashed” — the start of a department-wide CAD and mobile-data outage that ran for most of the morning. Within minutes other units chimed in: “Patient, my computer's frozen, nothing's working”, and a few minutes later, “Yeah, the computers are dead”. Dispatch was running plates, opening calls and updating statuses by voice, with officers asking each other on the air to “make me an SLO entry”.

The outage colored the rest of the shift. Officers spent the morning calling in plate readbacks letter by letter (one stranded driver at “John Nora George 6745” turned out to be simply out of gas), narrating their own clear-times instead of clicking them, and apologizing to each other when handoffs got missed. Hours later — well after lunchtime — an officer was still asking “Is the system still down?”

Around the NeighborhoodThe Northtowns, call by call

Snyder · 3540 Main Street

RESOLVED

Mother Restrains Adult Daughter on the Floor at 3540 Main as Amherst PD and EMS Sort Out a Family in Crisis

A 945 carrying years of Crisis Services history, a recent death in the family, and a drug-use admission on the way to ECMC

Just before a quarter to two, Amherst PD was dispatched to a mental-hygiene call at 3540 Main Street in Snyder where, according to the radio traffic, “Ron is physically holding down the daughter right now”. Dispatch flagged the address as a known 945 from two or three years ago involving Crisis Services and a recent death in the family; an officer added on the air that the daughter had “smoked 221 today”.

One party reported a minor injury but refused medical attention; another was loaded into the ambulance and transported to ECMC by around 2:30 p.m. The call cleared without arrests aired.

Williamsville · Wehrle Drive

RESOLVED

Landlord-Tenant Dispute Turns Physical at 1572 Wehrle in the Village

Just before 9:36 a.m., Amherst PD reported a “landlord-tenant dispute… physical, two males pushing each other” at 1572 Wehrle Drive[*] between Monroe and Columbia, in the Village of Williamsville. The arriving officer said the two males involved were already separated; a supervisor self-assigned a follow-up at the same address a few minutes later. No injuries aired.

Williamsville · Harlem Road group home

Third Visit in Two Days to a Harlem Road Group Home for a Resident Who Says He Wants the Hospital

Just before 10 a.m., an Amherst officer told dispatch he was going to check on Thomas Olson at 4799 Harlem Road[*] “again today — we were there twice yesterday”, and that “he wants to die and go to the hospital”. The location is a group home. PD cleared without aired escalation.

Amherst · 306 Hunter's Lane

RESOLVED

Staff Member Returns from Lunch “Throwing Things Around” at 306 {street:s1}; the Alarm That Brought Engines Was the Soda Pump

Just after 1 p.m. Amherst PD coordinated an entry at 306 Hunter's Lane for a staff member who had “come back from lunch under the influence at a very high rate, throwing things around”; one officer noted the subject as a previous PCP user. A fire alarm hit the same address simultaneously and brought engines, but by 13:06 Amherst Fire dispatch had the cause: “the pump for the soda system, let go”, a stuck-open pump-house valve that tripped the alarm panel.

Tonawanda · 658 Marine Drive

Screaming Couple Brings Officers Upstairs at 658 Marine Drive

Just before 12:41 p.m., a domestic call brought officers to the upstairs apartment at 658 Marine Drive; dispatch told arriving cars that “it does sound physical between a male and a female screaming and yelling”. No injury count or arrest aired by the close of the brief window.


Overheard: The WiresCops, cabbies, custodians, dispatchers — off-script

Niagara Region · Embassy Suites · 14:48

Maintenance Status Update of the Year, from Embassy Suites Niagara Falls

Just before 3 p.m., an Embassy Suites Control radio in Niagara Falls, Ontario, offered the unvarnished afternoon status update: “Uh, snakes being, uh, needing to be snaked”. No follow-up call for additional plumbers aired.

Niagara Region · Embassy Control · 12:55

Whisper Misheard, Embassy Suites Edition: “Son of a Military”

Two hours before the snake report, the same Niagara Falls hotel-ops trunk gave us the day's most quotable mishearing: “Son of a military”. Context never aired.

BNIA · TPS Shuttle · 07:08

An Airport Shuttle Driver, Hot-Miking Pure Poetry

At eight minutes past 7 a.m., an open mic on the BNIA shuttle trunk produced the Wednesday-morning incantation: “Bologna, Bologna, Bologna, Bologna”. The dispatcher did not respond.

Grand Island Schools · 11:22

Grand Island Bus Dispatcher Reaches the Limit of Patience

Just after 11 a.m., the Grand Island Central school-bus dispatcher offered an exasperated audit of a stuck route: “This bus. This is ridiculous. What are we waiting on?”. Earlier in the morning the same channel had served as end-of-year housekeeping court: “Gum on the floor, take the time to really put some effort into cleaning your buses and leave them clean for the summer”.

Cheektowaga FD · 14:52

Cheektowaga FD Rescue Call: One Dog, One Shed, One Tight Squeeze

Just before 3 p.m., Cheektowaga FD was toned out to 27 Franson Terrace, between Zeller and Birchwood, for “a rescue call for a dog sunk underneath a shed”. Cheektowaga 5-1 on scene; no further detail aired.

Williamsville · 27 South Union · 11:51

RESOLVED

Case Closed on a Barking-Dog Complaint: His Name Is Beckham, and He Lives in the Upper Apartment

Just before noon, Amherst PD closed out a barking-dog complaint with the kind of granular finding that radio police work occasionally produces: “The dog actually lives at 27 South Union in the upper apartment. The owner of the dog, Beckham, clear”.

Amherst PD · 10:08

RESOLVED

The Day's Tidiest 911 Resolution: Cell Phone on the Roof of a Car

Sometime around 10:08 a.m., an Amherst officer offered the cleanest dispatch closure of the morning: “It was a cell phone that was left on the roof of a car, and there's no further issue”.


Regional BlotterBeyond the Northtowns — WNY at large

East Aurora · 3300 Transit · Mayor Brothers

ONGOING

East Aurora Calls a Second Alarm at Mayor Brothers, 3300 Transit Road

Around 1:15 p.m., East Aurora Fire dispatch confirmed a second alarm at Mayor Brothers, 3300 Transit Road, and a mutual-aid engine was requested into East Seneca to backfill: “We're at second alert. Engine requesting mutual aid to East Seneca”. No injury count or full-fire status aired by the brief's window.

Boston · Oakwood Luxury Apartments

Paramedic Response to a Cardiac Arrest at Oakwood Luxury Apartments, 7287 Boston State Road

Just before 1 p.m., Town of Hamburg dispatch toned a paramedic-level response for a “44-year-old female cardiac arrest” at Oakwood Luxury Apartments, 7287 Boston State Road, Apt 26; Boston 815 was added on the second dispatch a few minutes later.

Cambria · Cambria-Wilson Rd at Ridge

Garbage Truck on Fire in the Roadway at Cambria-Wilson and Ridge

Just after 2:30 p.m., Niagara County patrol on location reported “there's a garbage truck on fire” at the intersection of Cambria-Wilson Road and Ridge Road in Cambria. A crew was using a hand extinguisher while Cambria FD responded.

Clarence Center · Strickler & County

RESOLVED

Car-vs-Truck at Strickler and County Sends One Patient to ECMC

Around 1:30 p.m., Amherst-Clarence Fire dispatch toned Clarence Center FD for a “motor vehicle accident, car versus truck” at Strickler Road and County Road. By 14:17 the post-incident update aired: one patient transported to ECMC, the roadway reopened, and Clarence Center returned to service.

Other Calls of Note

[12:51]Buffalo · BFD level-2 commercial, 80 Silo City Rd BFD ran a preliminary-signal level 2 to a commercial alarm at 80 Silo City Road (Engine 1, Engine 32, Ladder 2 and Battalion 43).
[07:33]Hamburg · Village Veterinary Clinic, 113 Buffalo St Full Hamburg assignment toned for a general fire alarm at the Village Veterinary Clinic, 113 Buffalo Street; all units held in quarters eight minutes later — caller-resolved.
[07:52]North Tonawanda · Oliver & Sweeney Niagara County Fire Control requested additional fire police to a motor vehicle accident at Oliver and Sweeney.
[10:47]Amherst · 1805 Maple Road · senior apartments Twin City Ambulance dispatched to Room 333 of the senior apartments at 1805 Maple Road for an elderly female unresponsive.
[08:09]Amherst · 1505 Campbell Boulevard Cold-response EMS to 1505 Campbell Boulevard (between Schellers and Tonawanda Creek) for a 65-year-old female cancer patient vomiting with severe pain.
[11:19]Amherst · Rock Oak Estates · Port Rockland Avenue Amherst Fire EMS to Port Rockland Avenue in the Rock Oak Estates (between Oak Lane and Douglas) for a 63-year-old male, difficulty breathing, near passing out, possible seizure activity.
[11:17]Amherst · 2295 Millersport Hwy · WNY DDSO Smoking-microwave call at 2295 Millersport Highway (Western New York DDSO), between North Forest and Sylvan Parkway; caller reported a lot of smoke in the building.
[13:35]Cheektowaga · 4000 Bailey Ave · People Inc mulch fire Mulch fire in front of the People Inc facility in the 4000-block of Bailey Avenue (between Grover Cleveland Hwy and Cambridge); knocked down by 13:54 without damage.
[13:25]Fort Erie ON · 2569 Berger Rd Fort Erie Hub 5 toned for a fire at 2569 Berger Road; by 14:04 the homeowner had extinguished it before crews arrived.

Editor’s Note

Amherst PD spent the late morning running on portables: the department's CAD/MDC system crashed shortly before 8 a.m. and stayed down past 1 p.m., with officers calling in plates and lookups by voice and complaining about it on the air for hours. Mental hygiene was the other through-line — a Williamsville landlord-tenant scuffle on Wehrle, a mother-and-daughter restraint call at 3540 Main with Crisis Services history, and a frequent-flyer welfare check at a Harlem Road group home. Outside the home zone, a Boston cardiac arrest, a Cambria garbage-truck fire, and a second alarm at East Aurora's Mayor Brothers were the bigger Tier-3 markers. Tier 4 belongs to Niagara Region Embassy Suites maintenance, where the snakes are being snaked.

Daily Gem

Uh, snakes being, uh, needing to be snaked.”

— Embassy Control, Niagara Falls ON, 14:48

By the Numbers

Segments
1,258
Active systems
27
Busiest hour
11:00–13:00 (Amherst-Clarence drove the late morning)
Regional Breaking
0
Updates
0
By Agency (top 5)
BucketSegs
Police540
Fire / EMS320
Rail / maritime109
Hotel / shuttle / taxi100
Schools56
By Area (top 5)
BucketSegs
Williamsville & Amherst520
Other Erie County130
Niagara County105
Buffalo95
Cheektowaga / Lancaster / Depew50

Agency & area buckets are estimated from ProScan channel labels and the inferred role of each system; counts may vary slightly from the canonical segment total.

[*] = a name the scanner audio left uncertain and could not be confirmed against an official source; treat as unverified. Routine street-name fixes against official municipal lists are applied silently.
The WNY Listening Post · Wednesday, June 24, 2026 · P.M. Edition · Vol. I, No. 46
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