Amherst · Sheridan / Wegmans corridor

A Half-Hour of Sheridan Drive, One Woman, Two Refusals of Shelter

Bipolar-schizophrenic subject ran from an ex outside Wegmans, ended up sitting in the median before walking off toward North Forest

At 11 a.m. Amherst PD picked up a complaint that “his ex he hadn't spoke to in a long time showed up threatening to flash his tires, wasn't making any sense, and then after a verbal argument she ran off southbound towards North Forest UB area — she is diagnosed with bipolar schizophrenia”. She was described on the air as a white female with glasses and blondish-reddish hair in a bun, wearing all black, and she had left her vehicle and purse in a lot along Sheridan.

A courtesy call went to UB in case she wandered onto their bike path. By 11:16 dispatchers were relaying a fresh update: the complainant now said the woman had walked off two hours ago, so she could be anywhere. She was located a few minutes later sitting in the center median on Sheridan Drive[*]; medical was refused. At 11:29 an officer added she was still sleeping in the median: “sleeping in the median — I don't know if you want to stop back out and advise her, she's got to move”. A follow-on note at 11:36 said she “is repeatedly offered to be taken to a shelter and she repeatedly refuses”.

Snyder · 104 Brantwood

Snyder Fire Alarm at 104 Brantwood: Boiler Room, Contractors, Reset When They’re Done

Amherst Fire Dispatch toned a Snyder residential fire alarm at 1:42 p.m. at 104 Brantwood Road[*], between Kretzlick and Westmoreland — boiler-room activation, contractors working on-site. Snyder units cleared just after 1:58: “contractors working; we're going to reset the alarm when they're completed — in service at 1358”. No injuries or fire reported on the air.

Amherst · Allenhurst

Horses on Allenhurst

Three words, one radio call, several unaccounted-for horses on an Amherst side street

At 9:01 a.m. an Amherst PD unit keyed up with a full-sentence dispatch that dispatchers everywhere dream of: “Horses on Allenhurst”. That was the entire transmission. No follow-up traffic surfaced on where the horses came from, where they went, or whether anyone tried to catch them.

Amherst · 3311 Sheridan Drive

The Shoplifter Came Back to Pay

Exotic Smoke & Vape Shop had an unexpected guest in a green Nissan Rogue — the man who’d walked out yesterday, now offering restitution

Amherst PD radio, 9:39 a.m.: “you head over to Exotic Smoke & Vape Shop, it's going to be 3311 Sheridan Drive”. Then, three seconds later: “subject that shoplifted there yesterday is on location in a green Nissan Rogue — he wants to pay for what he's owed”.

By 9:42, the officer had opened yesterday’s complaint number back up rather than starting a new one. “we just reopened the same complaint number from yesterday” — a nice, quiet, entirely voluntary reversal.

Amherst · Regus, John James Audubon Parkway

A Man Who Might Have Been Sleeping in a Regus for a Few Days

William Walter, born 1966, orange 2024 Buick still in the lot, slurring his words at the front desk

8:30 a.m., Amherst PD: “Regus, the shared office space, seating employee at the front entrance — they found a male in one of the rooms”. The employee waved down officers at the front entrance; the man was found in one of the private-office rooms, disoriented and, per the dispatcher, “slurring his words, possibly has been sleeping there for a few days”. His car was still in the parking lot: “his vehicle is still in the lot, Mary David William 9587 — it's a 2024 Buick, orange in color, coming back to a William Walter, male born in 1966, Country Parkway”. A soft-landing kind of call, but a memorable snapshot of what shared-office spaces occasionally look like at open.

Amherst · Sweet Home Road

A Baby Raccoon in the Roadway on Sweet Home

One line, self-contained, entirely serious: “I'm in Sweet Home for a baby raccoon in the roadway”. Amherst PD officer, 9:48 a.m., Sweet Home Road[*]. No follow-up transmission crossed the air. The raccoon’s status remains, as of publication, undetermined.

Amherst · Amherst PD

Just Looking for a Bus Stop

Amherst PD gave a courtesy ride to the bus loop after some confusion — starting mileage 109546

The kind of call that makes you like your local PD. Amherst radio, 12:52 p.m.: “there is some confusion here — she's just looking for a bus stop — we're going to give her a courtesy ride to the bus loop, starting mileage 109546”. The officer logged the courtesy trip formally — mileage and time — so nobody could later say it hadn’t happened.

Orchard Park · 3636 Eggert Road

YMCA Asthma Attack: OPFD to 3636 Eggert

OPFD 1 Dispatch toned Orchard Park to Enermax at 3636 Eggert Road, the YMCA — a caller in the backfield with difficulty breathing, having an asthma attack. Amos Amundson’s crew was flagged as available; timeout logged at 11:20.