Buffalo · Ellicott Street · Structural Hazard

Bowing Walls at a Vacant Ellicott Street Building Draw a Do-Not-Enter Order and a Call for the City Engineer

The building had been marked vacant-dangerous before; its roof and walls, a chief said, have been compromised.

At 2:05 PM, Buffalo Fire dispatched Engine 3, Ladder 2 and a battalion chief to 367 Ellicott Street, near East Huron and Genesee, to investigate a report of possible structural hazards after word came in of “the walls bowing or bending”. Dispatch noted on the air that the building had been marked vacant-dangerous, though those markings had since been removed.

Ladder 2 arrived and confirmed the concern. Command told the crew “do not enter or go on location — the roof and the walls have been compromised”, adding that the structure had been tagged before for structural deficiencies. Dispatch asked for a city engineer to respond to the location. No collapse or injury was broadcast during the window.

Cattaraugus County · Junction Road · Machete Threat

Man With a Machete Knocking on a Rural Junction Road Door Draws an Armed Deputy Response

The subject was described as a white male in his 60s — blue jeans, blue jacket, red hat.

At 1:28 PM, Cattaraugus County deputies were dispatched to a residence on Junction Road for a report of a man armed with a machete knocking on the door, according to the radio traffic. Dispatch described the subject as a white male in his 60s, wearing blue jeans, a blue jacket and a red hat.

The call drew a sustained deputy response through the rural corridor. The scanner did not broadcast an arrest or a clear resolution before the thread went cold.

Chautauqua County · I-90 · Open 911 Line

An Open 911 Line From a Moving Car on the I-90 Ramp Points to a Possible Domestic in Progress

A female caller left the line open; dispatch worked a black Jeep Cherokee off the Route 59 exit.

At 1:29 PM, Chautauqua County law-enforcement dispatch worked an open 911 line coming from a moving vehicle near the I-90 exit ramp at Route 59, according to the radio traffic. A female caller had left the line open, and what dispatch could hear suggested a possible domestic dispute unfolding inside the car, described as a black Jeep Cherokee.

Roughly ten minutes later, at the I-90 on-ramp near Mayville, a car checked a stopped black Mitsubishi Outlander, plate NY GKE 2260, noting it was possibly unrelated to the earlier call. The scanner did not broadcast a resolution of the open-line incident before the thread went quiet.

Depew · Dick Road · Road Rage

Road Rage Between a Tractor-Trailer Driver and a Motorist Boils Over Into an Insinuated Gun on Dick Road

A complainant said he thought the trucker had a gun; two agencies tracked the white semi north toward the 33.

At 8:33 AM, Depew police broadcast a road-rage complaint at Dick and Homeworth, dispatch relaying that “he thinks the male subject has a gun”. A tractor-trailer sat in the lot of the Oasis Smoke Shop with the parties on foot, according to the radio traffic.

Minutes later the semi pulled out. Dispatch reported the white tractor-trailer exiting the lot northbound on Dick Road toward the 33, occupied by a black male in a black hoodie and gray sweatpants who “appeared to have a weapon in his pocket”, with a second caller now on it. Depew asked Cheektowaga to be notified, and the confrontation spilled into that town's traffic — a white tractor-trailer and a white Dodge Durango, with reports one male had punched the other. No arrest was broadcast during the window.

Depew · Sable Palm Drive · Domestic

Locked-Out Husband Forces His Way Back In, Trapping His Wife in an Upstairs Bathroom on Sable Palm Drive

She had locked him out and taken his keys and phone; minutes later she was locked in the second-floor bathroom.

At 8:09 AM, Depew police dispatched a domestic at Sable Palm Drive, where a caller reported she had locked her husband out of the residence and taken his keys and cell phone, according to the radio traffic. Cars marked out toward the address.

The situation flipped within minutes. Dispatch relayed that the man had gotten back into the house and was believed to be upstairs, and that the complainant was “currently locked in the second floor bathroom”. Officers converged on the residence; the scanner did not broadcast an outcome before the thread went quiet.

Hamburg · Buffalo Street · Death Investigation

Welfare Check Off Buffalo Street Ends in a Confirmed Death in a Rare Hamburg Fatality Call

A man on the phone with family sounded like he dropped to the floor; officers arrived to find lividity.

At 12:12 PM, Hamburg police sent cars on a welfare check off Buffalo Street, between Main and Long, after a 53-year-old man on the phone with family “sounded like he dropped to the floor” and stopped answering, according to the radio traffic.

The first officer arrived within seconds and found a subject on location reporting the man was not breathing. Moments later dispatch cleared the response to cold, noting “lividity — it's gonna be a confirmation” — a confirmation. The scanner reflected a death investigation rather than an active rescue as the units settled in.

Amherst · St. Gregory's · The Detective Work

The Case of the Trench Coat, the Dinosaur Backpack, and the Bowser Bag

Amherst dispatch takes a filmer in a trench coat and works him all the way down to a name and a cross street.

It began as a suspicious person in the area of St. Gregory's — a man reported filming, spotted at one point with no shirt on. Cars fanned out to the church and the ministry lot, both coming back negative for the subject.

Then, at 11:23 AM, dispatch cracked it in a single unhurried transmission: “I think it's a Bowser backpack that Michael carries, and his sister lives over on Astor Place” It is the kind of granular local knowledge no algorithm can match — the Bowser backpack, a first name, and a sister a few streets over, all delivered as calmly as a weather report.

Cheektowaga · Melody Lane · Sibling Rivalry

Sister Act: A Melody Lane Screaming Match Ends in a Bite

Two sisters, one bite, and a complainant and mother yelling over everyone on the line.

At 2:23 PM, Cheektowaga police pushed a disturbance to 61 Melody Lane, off between Taddeo and Harmony, where dispatch reported “two female sisters were fighting and one bit the other one”

Getting a clean story proved harder than getting a car there. One of the women was already outside, and — dispatch reported — the complainant and the mother were “just yelling at everybody — we're having a hard time getting information” An ambulance later confirmed a 24-year-old woman bitten on the leg following the assault. Melody Lane, indeed.

Lancaster · Pleasant View Drive · Two Men, Two Pugs

A Duress Alarm, Two Pugs, and One Very Blunt Officer

A camera showed nothing, the dogs were fine, and the response over staffing was unprintably direct.

At 8:56 AM, Lancaster dispatch laid out a textbook non-event: a duress alarm from the keypad at 688 Pleasant View Drive, an alarm company that had eyes on a front camera showing no suspicious activity — no activity at all, in fact — and, for good measure, two pugs inside the residence.

The reply from the car was short, salty and to the point about the two-man staffing before disregarding the call. The scanner does not have a bleep button; the dogs, at least, remained undisturbed.

Buffalo · Weyand Avenue · A Gentle Call

So the Children Don't Have to Watch: An Officer's Plea for a Fawn

A very injured baby deer on Weyand Avenue, and an officer thinking first of the kids nearby.

At 7:20 AM, a Buffalo officer keyed up for animal control from 18 Weyand Avenue, reporting a very injured baby deer and asking for help. The reason was as tender as any transmission the wires carried all morning.

The officer asked whether a truck could “help move it to a different location so the children don't have to watch” — no bravado, no jargon, just a small kindness threaded into a routine radio call.

Hamburg · Hoover Road · Lakeside Report

A Man, the Lake, and Not a Stitch: A Skinny-Dip Off Hoover Road

By the time officers reached the shore, the swimmer was climbing the fence and putting on a jacket.

At 11:49 AM, Hamburg police asked a car to check the area of 403 Hoover Road, on the lake, for a man reported in the water and, as dispatch put it, “supposedly not wearing any clothing”

The pursuit was over almost before it began. Watching a camera near the Hamburg clock tower, an officer reported the man had climbed up by the fencing, and the caller said he appeared to be putting on a jacket as he left. Crisis, and modesty, averted.

Amherst · UB North Campus, the Autobahn

Hit-and-Run Driver Flees After Striking Pedestrian on UB's Autobahn

At 8:01 AM, University at Buffalo Campus Police fielded multiple calls reporting a pedestrian struck on the Autobahn near Hadley, one of the main access roads through UB's North Campus, and a Twin City ambulance crew was sent along with officers.

Responding units reported the striking vehicle had already taken off, heading north on the Autobahn, and described it as a gray SUV with fresh damage along the right side doors toward the rear.

Officers later radioed a plate for the vehicle — Lincoln King Edward 5478 — describing it as an older-model, bluish-gray Ford, and requested a camera to the scene to photograph the damage and take a witness statement.

Amherst · Main & Union

Domestic Dispute With Child in Car Spills Into McDonald's Lot on Main Street

At 2:30 PM, Amherst police dispatch sent officers to a domestic dispute near Manpower Services, 5326 Main Street, between South Union and South Long, after a caller reported a man and woman in a gray Jeep Grand Cherokee screaming and throwing items at each other with a small child also in the vehicle.

Radio traffic moments later included a remark to the effect of “I almost ran her over” amid the continued argument, though the exchange did not make clear which party said it.

Officers located the Jeep in the McDonald's parking lot at Main and Union, where dispatch relayed that the man had tried to run over the woman with the vehicle and the two were still arguing verbally as units arrived; no injuries were reported on the air.

Amherst · Six Corners

Walkaway Customer Leaves New Six Corners Ice Cream Shop Holding the Bill

At 2:09 PM, Amherst police dispatch relayed a theft-of-services complaint from a new ice cream shop at Six Corners, just north on Millersport Highway — identified moments later as Magic Twist — after a roughly 5-foot-10 Black man dressed in all black with braids walked off without paying and then fled on foot.

The victim was identified on dispatch as Sean Patton. Officers ran down a cab plate and a car in the area before confirming neither was connected, and the suspect — again described as a roughly 5-foot-10 Black man in all black with braids — was last seen on foot; no arrest was reported over the air.

Tonawanda · Nash Road

Medics Find DNR Patient's Vitals Failing After Construction Blocks Approach

At 9:05 AM, Tonawanda Town fire control warned a Twin City ambulance crew that its intended entrance off Nash Road[*] was blocked by construction workers, forcing medics to find another way in.

Once on scene, a fire unit checking in for an update was told the patient — who had a DNR order in place — was unconscious with snoring respirations: “unconscious, snoring respirations, there is a DNR in place, pulse of 42, O2 sets in the 80s”. The crew closed out the run around 9:29 AM, radioing that they were in from Brookdale and clear.

Buffalo · Highgate Avenue

Jump-Threat Call on Highgate Stood Down as Dispatch Traces It to Hamburg

At 12:07 PM, Buffalo Fire dispatch sent Engine 34, EMS and Battalion 47 to 68 Highgate, between Main and Cordova, on a report of a person threatening to jump from a window. Ladder 4 arrived on scene with an AMR ambulance crew within a minute.

Minutes later, a Buffalo unit radioed dispatch to ask “our CAD is reading this is called in Hamburg, is this true”, and was told the update was confirmed and the response was no longer needed. Companies cleared and returned to service by 12:10 PM; based on the radio traffic, it is unclear whether the crisis itself was real and simply misrouted, or the address was in error from the start.

Cheektowaga · Trent Square

Welfare Check Finds Cheektowaga Woman, 67, Lethargic After Taking Dozens of Pills

At 10:59 AM, Cheektowaga police dispatch sent Radio Car 15 to Trent Square, Apartment D, after a caller who was not on scene reported that a 67-year-old woman inside had taken about 30 pills in an apparent attempt to harm herself and was not expected to answer the door.

Dispatch noted the woman was home alone, with AMR already en route and a family member driving over from ECMC in a blue pickup truck. A second unit was sent to cover, and officers found the front door open when they arrived.

Officers located the woman upstairs in bed, “having difficulty keeping her eyes open after saying she'd taken a whole heap of pills about half an hour earlier”, and radioed that she was "pretty lethargic" while they waited for word on which ambulance crew was responding.

Cheektowaga · GameStop Welfare Check

Autistic 12-Year-Old Found Wandering Alone Inside GameStop

At 11:21 AM, Cheektowaga police dispatch sent a car to a plaza GameStop after the store called to report a 12-year-old boy inside who could not say where he lived and whose parents were not home. Dispatch flagged the boy, identified on the radio as Zachariah, with a system warning that he has severe autism, and read out a listed home address of 23 Euclid Avenue[*].

While officers worked to reach the family, a dispatcher offered an unconfirmed guess about who the boy belonged to, radioing “I think that's one of Brickman's kids, he's looking it up now, he's probably supposed to be at school”. That lead didn't pan out — a records check found he wasn't a student at Central — and the confusion continued for several minutes before an officer reported the boy said he attended Cheektowaga Elementary, only for dispatch to correct itself moments later: “he is homeschooled through Central”.

Hamburg · Lake Avenue

Man Goes Unconscious After Bee Sting at Hamburg Storage Facility

At 1:50 PM, Hamburg Fire dispatch toned crews to the Extra Space Storage at 4445 Lake Avenue for a man in his 40s suffering a “severe allergic reaction to a bee sting, now unconscious”, calling for a paramedic response.

Genesee County · Klipnock Road

Teen Girl Seizing in Upper Apartment Draws Mutual-Aid Response

At 12:55 PM, Genesee County fire dispatch sent crews to an upper apartment at 9629 Klipnock Road, between Torrey Road and Little Canada Road, for a 15-year-old girl actively seizing, with the call appearing to draw mutual aid from Bethany and Stafford fire companies alongside a Mercy ambulance crew.

Hinsdale · Phillips Road

Mercy Flight Held on Standby for Declining Hinsdale Woman, 88

At 1:46 PM, Cattaraugus County Fire dispatch sent Hinsdale's Engine 352, Olean's Engine 10 and an ALS unit to 4117 Phillips Road, between Elling Road and Guile Hollow, for an 88-year-old woman with a decreasing level of consciousness.

A chief checking in on the call moments later asked dispatch to “let me know if you need the helicopter” and was told Mercy Flight 8 remained “on ground standby in Batavia, 31 minutes if needed”. Chiefs coordinating on scene noted the address sat down a long driveway off Laidlaw Road, discussing what the crew would need for a landing zone, before Olean's ambulance confirmed it was en route to the address.