Akron · Akron Falls Sports Complex

Cardiac Arrest in the Pavilion at Akron Falls Sports Complex Pulls Newstead Mutual Aid

Amherst Fire tones an ECHO cardiac at 4 Forest Skyline Drive; Akron 7 to the pavilion, Newstead mutual aid follows

At 12:58, Amherst Fire paged an Akron EMS run at 4 Forest Skyline Drive in the parking lot of the Akron Falls Sports Complex, calling it “unresponsive, public cardiac arrest, let's be an echo”. Akron 9 and Akron 7 responded; the officer at scene noted they'd be “in the parking lot near a shelter”.

At 13:04, Amherst Fire toned Newstead for mutual aid on the same cardiac. The trunk stayed lively for a few minutes as units confirmed — “Newstead Mutual Aid at Akron for a cardiac arrest at the Akron Falls Sports Complex” — and then quieted; there was no additional command traffic on the Amherst-Clarence trunk before the window closed.

Amherst · ECC / Tech Drive

Dog-Bite Attack at ECC Near the Track — Owner and Dogs Still Loose on Campus

Amherst PD reroutes off an animal complaint after the caller reports being bitten in the parking lot

At 09:23, Amherst PD dispatch flipped the day's first surprise on the trunk: “it's going to reroute from the other animal complaint. We have a dog bite attack that just occurred at ECC near the track”. The caller/victim was told to park a silver-gray Nissan on Tech Drive near the dirt hill; the officer taking the call at 09:27 added the important, ongoing detail: “the owner of the dogs and dogs are still out walking around”.

A responding unit at 09:29 was diverted off “the turtle at this time” to head to Tech Drive; the ECC dispatch stayed quiet for the rest of the morning, so the incident appears to have cleared without escalation.

Williamsville · Juniper Glen, 8820 Transit

Elder-Care Assault at Juniper Glen: 82-Year-Old Resident Pushes a Caregiver Into an Open Room

Amherst PD staged after the resident calmed down; no injuries

At 13:53, Amherst PD came up with a memorable one-line dispatch out of the memory-care wing at Juniper Glen, 8820 Transit Road: “8820 Transit Road, there's an 82-year-old resident near the nurse's station. He pushed his caregiver into an open room. He's calmed down a lot more. No injuries. He's a-staging”. The unit staged rather than confronting the resident, and nothing more surfaced on the trunk before the window closed.

Amherst · Ivyhurst / Millersport corridor

Gray BMW With Three Masked Men Roams the Ivyhurst-Millersport Corridor, Then Turns Up in an Armed Tonawanda Carjacking

Amherst PD tracks a rummage at 20 N. Ivyhurst that widens through the noon hour; a Tonawanda UUMV with a black handgun surfaces on the chat around 14:07

At 11:29, Amherst PD dispatched a larceny attempt in progress out of 20 N. Ivyhurst: “the gray BMW, black male passenger and the second person driving went through the complainant's vehicle through 20 North Ivyhurst, unknown direction of travel”. Twelve minutes later a unit reported the same vehicle back in view, “great BMW station kind of northwest towards Millersport on Ivyhurst”, and by 12:07 the description hardened into three men in a light-gray BMW SUV wearing masks, headed north on Ivyhurst toward Millersport.

At 14:07 the connective tissue arrived on chat: Tonawanda PD had run a UUMV out of 529 Englewood, a stolen white Lincoln taken with “a loaded black handgun”, last seen southbound toward Buffalo with a gray SUV following — described on the Amherst PD trunk as “possibly our gray BMW”. Whether the two crews are actually the same crew remains to be seen, but the sequencing is striking.

Amherst PD · 38 Brockon Ridge

A Snapping Turtle at 38 Brockon Ridge, and a Three-Hour Manhunt for a Street the Screen Doesn't Show

The turtle is possibly injured, possibly in the driveway, and possibly on a road nobody can find

At 08:51 an Amherst PD unit came up with the day's premise: “There is a large snapping turtle possibly injured at 38 Brockton Ridge in the driveway”. Three hours later, at 11:41, dispatch was still trying to close it out and gently reminded a unit to “check on that turtle. 38 Rockton Ridge. It's in the driveway there. It might be injured” — because apparently we hadn't gotten to the turtle yet.

At 11:56 the responding officer arrived and gave the update everyone in dispatch was dreading: “I was given 38 Brockridge, I'm at 38 right now, there's nothing showing Brockridge”. Turns out Brockon Ridge[*] is spelled Brockon Ridge on the map — four hours in, the turtle's location remained a mystery, and no unit ever came back on the trunk to say they'd found it.

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Amherst PD · Family Dollar, 3947 Bailey

Older Woman, Possibly High, Tries to Fight the Employee at the Family Dollar; Her Relative Tries to Talk Her Down

Amherst PD sent to 3947 Bailey with two subjects in the store and no clear read on which is which

At 13:56, Amherst PD paged out “an older female trying to find an employee, possibly high. Family Dollar 3947 Bailey” at the Family Dollar, 3947 Bailey. Ninety seconds later the picture got messier: “The subject is trying to fight the employee. Her relative is trying to get her to stop. The two descriptions I have are a black female wearing a gray shirt, black leggings and slippers, and a black female with a yellow top and shorts. I'm not sure which is which”. An aggressor, a peacemaker, and staff who just wanted to close the tills.

Amherst PD · Tim Hortons, Sheridan at Sweet Home

A Road-Rage Chase Ends the Way They Always Do: in the Tim Hortons Lot

Complainant in a black BMW, subject in a black Subaru — last seen westbound Sheridan toward the Boulevard

At 09:39, an Amherst PD unit came up with the day's most Buffalo-perfect sentence: “Run occurred Sheridan at Sweet Home. The subject vehicle is last seen westbound Sheridan towards the Boulevard, Black Subaru. Our caller is going to be in a black BMW in the Tim Hortons lot”. That is: the aggressor is gone, and the complainant has chosen, correctly, to wait it out with a coffee.

Amherst PD · Brittany Drive welfare check

‘Six Wants It, But You Guys Can Arm-Wrestle If You Want’

The shift-handoff-you-don't-hear-over-the-police-radio-very-often

At 11:46, Amherst PD had a welfare check needing an assignment. Two units offered. The dispatcher, apparently over it, keyed the mic and said: “I think Six wants it, but you guys can arm wrestle if you want”.

FRS 15 · Ham chatter, part two

The Oatmeal-Cookie Ham Radio Guys Return With APRS From Bogotá and ‘Firewood, Because We’re Doing That Every Night’

Twelve more minutes on FRS 15 covering Colombia contacts, blow-up pools, and Labor Day get-togethers

The pair of amateur-radio hobbyists who ran the AM brief's FRS 15 mini-broadcast were back at it after 13:47 — still talking about backyard antennas, contacts with a friend in Bogotá, Colombia (“they're coming in from Bogotá, Colombia — yee-haw”), an APRS setup that suddenly “I'm getting APRS from Canada, I'm getting it from all over”, and next weekend's inevitable purchase of “a blow-up pool with all the bells and whistles”. It is, once again, the soundtrack of Western New York summer.

Williamsville · Garrison Park, 51 Garrison

Amherst PD Unit Notes Cover at Garrison Park, 51 Garrison

At 14:05 an Amherst PD unit came up on the trunk with a location marker: “we have the park itself at 51 Garrison”. No further incident traffic followed for Garrison Park; this appears to have been a routine unit-presence check.