Amherst · Longmeadow Drive · Domestic

Amherst Officers Find a Blood-Streaked Longmeadow Apartment After a Woman Says a Man Grabbed Her Knife

An interior check at 23 Longmeadow came back negative for anyone inside but turned up blood throughout the home; the woman told officers the male half may have cut his hand trying to take the knife.

Yesterday at about 3:43 PM, Amherst officers worked a domestic at 23 Longmeadow, Apartment A, bringing a Twin City ambulance and a clinician to the scene. Officers moved up the steps and into the apartment to try to raise the suspect and check status, and dispatch noted the female they had history with at the address.

An interior check came back negative for anyone inside, but an officer radioed to “note there is a decent amount of blood going throughout the house”. The woman told officers that after the male half walked away, “the male half tried to grab her knife and might have cut his hand on it”. With the suspect gone on arrival, officers began calling area hospitals to see whether any of the involved parties had turned up for treatment. The scanner did not carry a resolution before the thread quieted.

Tonawanda · Sheridan & Elmwood · Rollover

Rollover at Sheridan and Elmwood Ejects an Occupant, Pulling Two Ambulances to a Multiple-Call Crash

Tonawanda dispatch fielded a run of calls on the wreck and started a town medic as a caller reported someone thrown from the vehicle and unable to move.

Yesterday at about 3:15 PM, Tonawanda dispatch started a response for a rollover accident at Sheridan and Elmwood, saying the desk was getting multiple calls. A town medic was pushed that way as word came in that someone may have been ejected from the vehicle.

As units closed in, a caller relayed that the ejected person could not move. Dispatch asked for two rigs to be started just in case and signed the first one hot, noting a Sheridan crew six to eight minutes out and a second rig from the Boulevard and the 290 ten to twelve minutes behind. By about 3:19 PM, units confirmed everyone was out of the vehicles.

Tonawanda · Emsworth & Wendell · Possible Abduction

A Shirtless Man Reported Trying to Drag a Woman From a Car at Emsworth and Wendell

Town of Tonawanda police rushed to a possible kidnapping involving a dark Toyota Camry, with the suspect thought to live in the area.

Yesterday at about 6:05 PM, Tonawanda police were dispatched to Emsworth and Wendell on a possible kidnapping, with a caller reporting a shirtless man trying to drag a woman from a dark Toyota Camry.

The suspect was thought to possibly live in the area. Moments later, a related report described a subject who had broken a neighbor's window, with property damage and charges pending. The scanner did not carry a clear outcome for the woman before the thread moved on.

East Aurora · Hakes Bridge · School Bus Crash

A School Bus Strikes a Guardrail Near Hakes Bridge, Putting 20 Students Up for Evaluation

East Aurora and Springville crews responded to a bus-versus-guardrail crash on Route 39, with mutual aid and Mercy Flight's Car 10 dispatched and no injuries reported.

Yesterday at about 4:15 PM, East Aurora Fire and Springville Fire Control worked a school bus that had struck a guardrail on Route 39 near Hakes Bridge, with 20 students aboard flagged for evaluation.

No injuries were reported on the air, but the response drew mutual aid and Mercy Flight's Car 10 to stage against 20 children for checks. Units sorted evaluations at the roadside before clearing.

Grand Island · Empire State Trail · Possible Jumper

A Man Reported Hanging Over an Empire State Trail Railing Above the Water Near the Grand Island Bridges

A Buffalo unit was sent to the Empire State Trail Pavilion after a report that a man appeared to be trying to jump; cameras came back negative.

Yesterday at about 6:00 PM, a Buffalo unit was directed to the Empire State Trail Pavilion southbound near the Grand Island bridges after a report of an African-American male in a hoodie and sweatpants “hanging over the railing of the Empire State Trail Pavilion just above the water, appeared he may be trying to jump”.

The unit rolled for the location and crews checked the cameras as they responded. Within a few minutes, the desk advised the search came back negative with no further updates, treating it as a digital call.

Buffalo · Clinton Street · Sexual Assault

Buffalo Officers Work a Reported Sexual Assault on Clinton Street With Two or More Suspects

A rape report at 515 Clinton sent officers searching a building's rear stairwells for the female victim as the caller directed them from an upstairs apartment.

Yesterday at about 9:44 PM, Buffalo police worked a reported sexual assault at 515 Clinton, with a female victim and two or more male suspects described as having torn her clothing. An officer radioed asking whether there was more information on the location of the female, saying he was inside and that “people are saying they don't know anything about this”.

Officers checked the back hallway and the rear stairwell on the first floor, finding nothing showing at the time. Dispatch later clarified that the caller was phoning from apartment 708. The scanner did not carry an arrest or further detail before the thread moved on.

Cattaraugus County · Promise Land Road · Welfare Check

An Elderly Caller Reports Five Armed Men in the Living Room on Promise Land Road — and It Becomes a Mental-Health Transport

Cattaraugus deputies answered a 2:25 AM welfare check after a caller said five males with guns were inside; the response resolved with an EMS mental-health transport for an elderly male.

Early this morning at about 2:25 AM, Cattaraugus deputies were asked to respond to 1025 Promise Land Road for a welfare check after an elderly caller said “there's five males in the living room and kitchen with guns”.

Deputies worked the scene over the next half hour, and by about 2:55 AM the desk was asked to start EMS for a transport. The call resolved as a mental-health run for an elderly male rather than any confirmed intrusion, and the responding deputy cleared and went out of service around 3:03 AM.

Chautauqua County · Dunkirk · Missing Adult

An Endangered Missing-Adult Alert Goes Out for a Dementia Patient Last Seen at a Dunkirk Denny's

Chautauqua dispatch asked all cars and stations to attempt to locate John Elliott, who has dementia and Parkinson's, after he drove off in a red Jeep Renegade.

Early this morning at about 6:27 AM, Chautauqua dispatch issued a countywide attempt-to-locate for a person identified on the air as John Elliott, operating a red Jeep Renegade and last seen in red plaid pajama pants, a maroon shirt, gray hoodie and black shoes.

The alert noted that “John has dementia and Parkinson's and experiences delirium and psychotic episodes”, and that on a previous occurrence he had turned up at a Denny's on Central Avenue in the city of Dunkirk, where a passerby returned him home. Dispatch directed anyone locating him to contact Fredonia Police.

Buffalo · BNIA · Ramp Ops

Pinned Between an A300 and a Parking-Brake Casualty, One Ramp Agent Keeps His Spiel Polite

A ground worker explains his delay with the weariness of a man who has already apologized to Gate 7 three hours ago.

Yesterday at about 10:35 PM, an airport ramp worker keyed up to explain why he wasn't at Gate 7 yet. He'd already given Michelle the “wonderful spiel of very polite words” three hours earlier, he said, and now he had a new problem: “stuck over at UPS between an A300 and a truck driver who is too stupid to figure out how to knock up his parking brake”. He figured he'd be there in about five minutes. A colleague's verdict crackled back: “That's what I'm paying for”

Buffalo · BroadwayTaxi · Fare Math

Three Hundred a Load, Two Hundred at Sheridan: A Cabbie Does the Math on the Open Air

Rate negotiation, broadcast for the whole dispatch channel to hear.

Yesterday at about 10:35 PM, a Broadway Taxi driver aired a running tally of what the night's work was worth — “three hundred bucks a load, two hundred bucks at Sheridan” — the kind of back-of-the-napkin fare math that is usually kept off the radio, delivered here for anyone with a scanner to overhear.

WNY · Thruway · Radio Discipline

7-4-2-1: A Trooper Reads Back His Numbers Digit by Digit as the Traffic Stacks Up

A tractor-trailer, a disabled vehicle, a DV call, and a plate on South Carolina tags — all kept straight one clean digit at a time.

Yesterday just after 8:05 PM, Thruway traffic came fast — an event logged, a plate on a South Carolina registration, a unit requesting traffic control at exit 11 southbound, and a trooper pulling up on a domestic near exit 1. Through it all the unit numbers came back crisp and separated, “7404 to Buffalo traffic, 7-4-2-1” rolling off like a metronome, the sound of a channel staying orderly while everything on it does not.

Cattaraugus County · Fire Dispatch · Gallows Humor

Any More You Want Me to Take Care Of? Not at the Moment — But They Could Change Any Second

A Cattaraugus crew and dispatcher share the quiet fatalism of a shift that is never truly caught up.

Yesterday at about 4:44 PM, a Cattaraugus crew clearing a transport asked the desk, “You got any more you want me to take care of?” The dispatcher's answer was the whole philosophy of the job in one line: “Not at the moment, but they could change any second”

Cattaraugus County · Fire Dispatch · Stand-Down

Cancel the ALS and the Helicopter — With Our Thanks

A rare dispatch where the best news is the one you get to send everyone home on.

Yesterday at about 5:41 PM, a Cattaraugus crew got to deliver the kind of transmission every dispatcher likes to hear — standing down the heavy artillery. “You can cancel ALS and helicopter with our thanks” A medevac launched, an ALS unit rolling, and then the cleanest word on the air: not needed, thank you.

Amherst · Niagara Falls Boulevard

Armed Boyfriend, Aggressive Dogs Complicate Boulevard Inn Animal Complaint

Yesterday at 8:10 PM, Amherst Police were rerouted to the Boulevard Inn, 785 Niagara Falls Boulevard, for an animal complaint tied to Room 106 after the resident's daughter, who had placed the call, left the scene.

Dispatchers warned responding officers that the mother's boyfriend, identified as Justin, was on location removing belongings from the room and “known to carry a firearm on him”, and that two aggressive dogs were also present.

A records check found Amherst officers had already been to the room that morning on a dispute between Justin and a woman identified as Kelly, who was no longer on scene after being taken into custody on an outstanding warrant; dispatchers said the daughter had come back to collect property before leaving and calling police again.

Amherst · Rudd Oak Drive

Whispering Caller Reports Possible Intruder While Home Alone in Amherst

Yesterday at 3:57 PM, Amherst Police rerouted a patrol car already headed to a welfare check after a child called 911 and whispered that someone was inside the house while they were home alone, describing “banging and squeaking”. Dispatchers sent the car to 245 Rudd Oak Drive, between West Fox Point and Ranch Trail, and the officer radioed back clear and heading there within seconds.

As the car rolled, dispatch advised responding units that the address had prior history involving a child in that age range, a note passed along for situational awareness as officers approached.

Buffalo · South Park Avenue

Woman Tells Police Boyfriend Choked Her, Held Knife to Her Throat on South Park Avenue

Just after midnight, Buffalo Police were sent to 1317 South Park Avenue after a woman reported trouble with her boyfriend; dispatchers relayed that he had already left the address but that she feared he would return with a gun.

Officers were told that earlier in the visit, “he choked her and held a knife to her throat”.

Buffalo · Walden Avenue Pursuit

Officers Chase Two Jeeps Through East Side Streets After Reports of a Gun in a Window

Just before 1:40 AM, Buffalo Police units began tracking two Jeeps — a white Wrangler or Wagoneer and a gray Wagoneer — reported chasing each other down Clinton Street, with one radio call describing a gun hanging out a window.

Units lost and regained the vehicles as they moved through Broadway, Walden Avenue, Burgard Street and Bailey Avenue, with radio traffic repeating that “white Jeep has a gun” as one car doubled back toward pursuing officers before heading east on Walden toward Bailey.

Officers stopped a gray Jeep Wagoneer at Walden and Brinkman, believed to be the vehicle carrying the gun, while the second car got away toward Vanley Road.

Buffalo · Violent Domestic

Woman's Friend Tells Police Stepfather Hit Her and Keeps Guns in the House

Around 9:53 PM yesterday, Buffalo Police units responding to a violent domestic call were told that “her friend said her step-father hit her and has guns in the house”.

Officers found an intoxicated man on scene but said the woman pushed back on the account, and no weapons were seen.

Hamburg · Popeyes Drive-Thru

Elderly Man Found Slumped Over the Wheel in Popeyes Drive-Thru Lane

Yesterday at 6:13 PM, Hamburg Police sent Car 28 to the Popeyes near Covey and McKinley after a caller reported “a male slumped over the wheel in front of the drive-thru lane”, the vehicle stopped in the drive-thru lane.

Minutes later, dispatch radioed the officer again to check back on the man's condition before the call was cleared.

Wyoming County · Peoria Road

Downed Line in Front of Wyoming County Farm Gets Driven Over for Hours Before Anyone Calls It In

Just after 3:05 AM, a Wyoming County sheriff's deputy reported a downed line in front of Armisen Farms at 1080 Peoria Road, blocking both lanes of traffic.

The deputy radioed that the wire appeared to be a cable or phone line rather than an energized power line, but noted that “it looks like people have driven over it for the past couple hours” — traffic had been rolling over the downed wire for a couple of hours before the call came in.

By 3:12 AM the deputy had tracked down the farm's owner to sort out the line.

Jamestown · Bemis & English

Juveniles in Red Lexus Suspected of Shooting Deer Near Bemis and English

Yesterday at 8:48 PM, Jamestown Police were sent to the Bemis and English Street area after a caller reported juveniles in a red Lexus may have shot a deer, which was left lying on the sidewalk.

The caller said the car — a red Lexus with a loud muffler, carrying juveniles in black hoodies — kept circling back through the neighborhood, tripping residents' cameras each time it passed.

An officer who went to follow up at a nearby address got no answer, left a message, and the call was cleared.

Erie County · Second Head Injury in Three Days

4-Year-Old Airlifted to Children's With Second Football Head Injury in Three Days

Yesterday at 7:40 PM, an Erie County medevac crew patched a stat report ahead to Children's Hospital for a 4-year-old boy who “suffered a head injury, no loss of consciousness”, unable to stand steadily afterward — his “second head injury in the last three days while playing football”, the crew told the emergency room.

The boy's vitals were steady in flight — blood pressure 128 over 74, heart rate 88, oxygen saturation 98 percent on room air — as the medevac, roughly ten minutes out, prepared to hand off directly at Children's at 7:40 PM.

Thruway · Exit 53 Eastbound

Erratic Tractor-Trailer Nearly Clips Multiple Cars Near Thruway Exit 53

Yesterday at 5:42 PM, a passerby called in a tractor-trailer marked for Wilton Paints weaving between lanes eastbound from Exit 53 on the Thruway, unable to maintain speed and said to have nearly struck multiple vehicles; the caller gave a New York plate of BN-44559 and nothing further.

Thruway dispatch logged the event at 1741 hours and cleared the call by 1744 with no additional reports of a crash.