Buffalo · Rose & Carlton · Shots Fired

Gunfire Near Rose and Carlton Grazes a Woman in the Leg; Shooter Flees in a Gray Kia as a Second Victim Turns Up at ECMC

An early-afternoon shots-fired call off Rose and Carlton left a woman grazed and trying to decline an ambulance; a gray Kia Sportage sped off, and a man later arrived at the hospital with a stab wound to the hand tied to the same scene.

At 1:24 PM, Buffalo Police dispatch called for any available Bravo car on a shots-fired at Rose and Carlton. A woman found hiding on the floor had seen nothing, dispatch relayed, but a separate caller on nearby 44 Rows reported she had “was grazed by a bullet, grazed in the leg” and that people had left the scene in a car. The grazed woman was trying to decline the ambulance.

Dispatch pushed additional Bravo units toward the scene and put out a description of a gray Kia Sportage that fled, no direction. Officers later pursued a brownish SUV westbound on Carlton before determining it was not the car. A further update followed from a male caller: a child's mother had stabbed him in the hand with a knife, and that man was headed to ECMC. A washdown was ordered at 44 Rows after the shots-fired incident, and the investigation stayed open through the afternoon.

Buffalo · Arnold Avenue · SWAT

A Daytime SWAT Callout Converges on an Arnold Avenue Address, With Units Asking for an ETA as the Team Assembles

Mid-morning, Buffalo Police relayed a SWAT request to 81 Arnold; the radio traffic was all about getting the team there, with one unit still unloading a dog before heading over.

At 9:32 AM, Buffalo Police dispatch relayed that Tower Control was being requested at 81 Arnold. Within moments, a unit was asking whether anyone had an ETA — “Arnold SWAT is asking” — and another answered that they couldn't say off the top of their head: “I'm unloading a dog as we speak and then we'll be there”.

The traffic repeated the request minutes later, confirming the single purpose of the call: “We just needed one at 81 Arnold, being requested for SWAT.” Around the same window, a separate note crossed the channel asking the impact team to get a nearby vacant address boarded up, where one man had been inside and was ejected. The radio carried the rapid daytime assembly of the tactical response without airing the nature of the standoff itself.

Cattaraugus County · Freedom · Tractor Fire

A Farm Tractor Burns Fully Involved on California Hill Road in Freedom, With Flames Threatening to Spread Into the Field

A late-morning vehicle fire toned Delavan, then drew Moreman-Ackmore and Yorkshire for mutual aid as the tractor went fully involved on a rural Town of Freedom road.

At 11:14 AM, Cattaraugus County fire dispatch toned Delavan for a vehicle fire at 2590 California Hill Road — “a large farm tractor on fire” — repeating the address as crews turned out. A chief arriving on scene gave command the picture a few minutes later: the farm tractor was fully involved.

With fire on a tractor in open country, dispatch retoned for mutual aid, calling Moreman-Ackmore and then Yorkshire to back up Delavan. Dispatch repeated the assignment for both companies on the fully involved tractor. The run had every marker of a rural field-fire threat — a burning machine, dry ground, and the companies committed to keep flames from running into the surrounding field.

Olean · West Sullivan · Missing Child

A Nine-Year-Old Flees a Minivan on Foot in Olean, Setting Off an Active Search Through the West Side

Just after noon, Olean police circulated a description of a boy who ran from a Dodge Caravan near West Sullivan and Washington, tan sweatshirt and lime-and-white sneakers, as officers fanned out.

At 12:26 PM, Olean police put out a missing-child search after a nine-year-old boy fled a Dodge Caravan on foot near West Sullivan and Washington Street. Dispatch circulated his description — a white male in a tan sweatshirt and jeans, wearing lime-and-white Nikes — as officers moved into the neighborhood.

The search stayed active through the hour, with units working the west side for the boy. The traffic carried the standard anxious rhythm of a runaway juvenile call — a fast-moving child, a clothing description passed car to car, and officers canvassing on foot and by vehicle before he could get far.

East Aurora · Edgewood Drive · Cardiac Arrest

A Post-Seizure Call at an East Aurora Plastics Plant Turns to Cardiac Arrest, Drawing a Second Alert and Mutual Aid From Colden

An early-morning run to Starova Plastics and Metals on Edgewood Drive escalated as a 56-year-old man went into possible cardiac arrest, with CPR in progress and Erie County EMS called from 15 minutes out.

At 7:37 AM, East Aurora fire dispatch toned Oakland and EMS to 42 Edgewood Drive at Starova Plastics and Metals, between Vermont Street and a dead end, for a 56-year-old man post-seizure. Within minutes the picture darkened: dispatch put out a second alert for EMS, and then an update that the man “may be in cardiac arrest”, with CPR in progress and Holland crews on location.

With a cardiac arrest at the plant and additional manpower requested, dispatch reached for mutual aid — Erie County EMS 616 responding from Colden, 15 minutes out and, for a stretch, the only unit en route. The traffic carried the full commitment of an arrest call in an industrial setting: a staged response, compressions already underway, and crews racing the distance from a neighboring town.

West Seneca · Mineral Springs Road · Crisis Call

A Man Reporting That He Sees Dead Bodies Threatens Residents on Mineral Springs Road, Bringing Police and Crisis Services

An afternoon wellness check on Mineral Springs Road escalated into a psychiatric call as the subject threatened residents and described seeing dead bodies; EMS and Crisis Services joined police on scene.

At 1:58 PM, West Seneca police worked a wellness check at 680 Mineral Springs Road after a man was reported threatening residents and describing seeing dead bodies. Crisis Services was brought in to assist as officers assessed the scene.

The call carried over to EMS a short time later, logged as a psychiatric run with police and Crisis Services already on location. The traffic reflected the deliberate pairing of law enforcement and mental-health responders on a call that began as a check and turned into a crisis intervention.

BPD Dists B-D · 1:48 PM

Dispatch Asks the Unanswerable, Then Moves On

Deep in the tangle of a fast-moving violent call on Buffalo's Bravo channel at 1:48 PM, a voice posed the one question no radio can really answer: “Sorry, what's the reason for the violence?” A beat of dead air, and then the only reply the moment allowed — “Clear.” Sometimes the wire asks the big one and the big one just gets logged.

FR Ops · 8:07 AM

A Two-Word Review Crackles Across the Showroom Channel

A business-ops radio out of the Raymour & Flanigan on Sheridan Drive opened its morning at 8:07 AM the way every retail shift secretly feels. One voice answered the phone — “Hello, Raymour & Flanigan, Sheridan Drive” — and the very next breath on the channel delivered its verdict: “You're a jerk!” Furniture sold separately; the editorializing comes free.

Jamestown PD Dispatch · 9:13 AM

The Man Who Keeps Walking Away From the Help

On Jamestown's police channel just after 9:00 AM, an officer narrated a quiet kind of frustration — a familiar face on a familiar corner, declining to be helped. “We've been talking together. Nathaniel has gone back multiple times. He just keeps walking away from us. We're going to be 98” There's a whole small human story in that one transmission: the walking back, the walking away, and a crew that keeps answering anyway.

Cheektowaga PD Dispatch · 12:30 PM

The Car That Moved Into Winston-Magola Park and Never Left

Cheektowaga sent a car at 12:30 PM to check two suspicious vehicles in the lot at Winston-Magola Park — one of which, dispatch noted, “been there for probably over a month” Police had already talked to the owner the week before, who promised to have it gone within a week. “Obviously,” the unit observed, “they haven't yet.” A parking spot, it turns out, can become a lease.

Cheektowaga PD Dispatch · 12:39 PM

A Lone Stroller on a Pennsylvania Avenue Sidewalk Becomes a Dispatch Call

At 12:39 PM, Cheektowaga dispatch logged one of those small urban mysteries that stop a passerby cold: a stroller, left on the sidewalk at Pennsylvania and Perth, with no one around it. The radio recorded only the fact — no child, no explanation — and sent a car. An empty stroller on an empty sidewalk is the kind of thing the wires note and nobody forgets.

Amherst · Domestic Dispute, Taser Warning

Caller Warns Amherst Officers to Stay Calm, Keep Distance From Son Fixated on Tasers

At 9:15 AM, Amherst Police dispatch relayed a domestic call in which a husband told his wife “he's never been hit that bad before”, while the woman calling it in urged responding officers to stay calm and keep their distance from her 25-year-old son.

Dispatch said the son frequently talks about the tasers carried by officers in Lancaster and has never tried to grab one, but that his mother makes a point of positioning herself between him and police to keep it that way.

Amherst · Lafayette Avenue · Missing Person

Amherst Police Circulate Updated Description for Missing Man Near Lafayette, Coles

At 2:27 PM, Amherst Police dispatch sought an updated description for a missing or wanted man, initially given as a blue sweatshirt and blue jeans before radio corrected it to a black sweatshirt with a white t-shirt underneath, gray shorts and white sneakers, possibly riding a bike last seen near Lafayette and Coles.

A patrol unit said it would swing through the area to check near Coles as radio continued coordinating the search.

Amherst · South Youngs Road · Chemical Exposure

Campus Worker Exposed to Unknown Chemical Near South Youngs Road

At 11:36 AM, Amherst Fire dispatch reported a 31-year-old woman exposed to an unknown chemical between South Youngs Road and Tech Drive, with the woman taken to the campus safety office at 1137 Amherst Road to await EMS.

Clarence · Harris Hill Road · Child Seizure

Two-Year-Old's Seizure Brings Fast Response to Clarence Schoolhouse

At 11:46 AM, Amherst Fire dispatch sent Main-Transit 4 to the Wehrle Red Schoolhouse at 5175 Harris Hill Road[*] [heard: Harrisville Road], between Sheridan Drive and Greiner Road[*], after a report that a 2-year-old was having a seizure.

Nine minutes later, a responding unit radioing as “Air Force 7 on location”.

Buffalo · Delaware Avenue · Officer-Safety Alert

Officer-Safety Alert Sent Out as Car Runs Lights South on Delaware Near Rand

At 8:45 AM, a Buffalo officer broke in on the Delta District channel with an officer-safety alert, reporting a car fleeing south on Delaware Avenue from Rand, running through red lights along the way; the officer read the vehicle's New York plate over the air so other units could be watching for it.

Buffalo · Carolina and Prospect · Domestic, Knife

Woman Pulls Knife in Carolina Street Domestic Dispute

At 1:30 PM, Buffalo Police dispatch asked for any available Bravo-sector car to respond to Carolina Street and Prospect Avenue for a violent domestic, reporting a man and woman fighting and that the woman had a knife.

Buffalo · South Park Avenue · Break-In

Man With Hammer and Claw Tool Reported Breaking Into Apartment Near South Park

At 12:35 PM, Buffalo Police dispatch sent units Adam 242 and 241 to South Park Avenue and Woodside Avenue for an in-progress break-in, after a caller described a Black man in a green hoodie and black pants forcing the side door of an apartment building across from the post office.

The caller said the man had a hammer and a claw tool in hand as he worked at the door.

Buffalo · ECMC · Warrant

Taxi Driver Wanted on Indictment Warrant Spotted Outside ECMC's ER

At 2:28 PM, Buffalo Police dispatch spotted a taxi — garage plate 11424 — in the exit lot near ECMC's emergency room, close to Delavan Avenue and Grider Street, and said the driver, identified on the air as a man named Derek Dwell, had an active indictment warrant dispatch said it had a copy of; dispatch described him as an older Black man, lighter-skinned, with a long, bushy beard, and said “it's worth a stop”.

Moments later, dispatch confirmed the taxi had just triggered the license-plate reader at the ECMC ER exit.

Buffalo · Hertel and Camden · Vehicle Tail

Unmarked Officers Tail White Audi Through Buffalo, Lose It Near Hertel and Camden

At 9:11 AM, a Buffalo Police unit radioed that it had eyes on a white Audi traveling down Tioga Street, reading off the plate as it followed.

Officers trailed without lights or siren, telling dispatch “we're not lighting it up, it's just driving”, as the car cut back toward Delaware Avenue from Linden Street and then turned north on Delaware at a high rate of speed, prompting a radio call for officer safety.

The tail broke off near Hertel Avenue and Camden Street, with the car last seen heading west; a license-plate reader later picked it up turning south onto Elmwood Avenue.

Cheektowaga · Point Siena · Cardiac Arrest

Caller Refuses CPR on Unresponsive Point Siena Man, Believing Him Already Dead

At 10:32 AM, Cheektowaga Fire dispatch sent Ivy 7-1 and Ivy 9-2 to 84 Point Siena, between Holmworth and Stanislaus, for a 74-year-old man reported unresponsive and not breathing; the caller told dispatchers on the phone that he was refusing to attempt CPR because he believed the man was already dead.

Dispatch added a paramedic unit to the response and confirmed the call as a cardiac arrest once crews arrived, with Cheektowaga Highway also sent to assist on scene.

Cheektowaga · Harlem Road · Domestic Disturbance

Screaming Woman, Then a Search: Two Calls Send Cheektowaga Officers Chasing a Pink Shirt

At 7:09 AM, Cheektowaga police were sent toward the Cheektowaga-Reinstein Library at Harlem Road and Greenleaf on back-to-back calls — the first from a Greenleaf resident who said they could hear a woman screaming at someone to stay away from her, the second from a caller near Harlem and Central reporting a woman in a pink shirt and blue jeans who might be heading for the 7-Eleven at Harlem and George Urban Boulevard.

Officers checking the area were told by a man who had been with the woman that she had gone down Kauffman Avenue while he went a different way, and that she wanted nothing to do with him; a group of kids posted up at Kauffman and Peachtree told officers they hadn't seen anyone matching her description go by.

Depew · Transit Road · Suicidal Male

Caller Holds Down Intoxicated, Suicidal Man at Depew Auto Shop Until Police Arrive

At 2:02 PM, Depew police were sent to Jim's Automotive on Transit Road for an intoxicated, suicidal man making threats, with no weapons involved; the caller told dispatch he was physically holding the man down until officers got there, then hung up before dispatchers could get a callback number confirmed.

Two patrol units responded along with a supervisor, and Lanval or similar ambulance crews were placed on standby; by 2:04 PM, officers had the scene secure.

East Aurora · Oakwood and Center · Two-Car Crash

Two-Car Crash at Oakwood and Center Sends Five for Evaluation, Children Possibly Involved

At 12:03 PM, East Aurora Fire dispatched Engine 7-1 to a two-car crash with airbags deployed at Oakwood Avenue and Center Street, reporting multiple possible injuries.

Within two minutes dispatch upgraded the call, saying “possibly children involved” and sending fire police; a second ambulance, AMR 519, was called in from West Seneca to help with the response.

On scene, crews reported five patients across the two vehicles needed evaluation.

Freedom · California Hill Road · Overdose

Elderly Freedom Woman Can't Walk After Apparent Medication Overdose

At 2:15 PM, Springville Fire Control dispatched Mercy EMS with mutual aid from the Delavan and Yorkshire fire companies to 2515 California Hill Road in the Town of Freedom for a 90-year-old woman believed to have overdosed on her thyroid and dementia medications; she was conscious but unable to walk.

Mercy Medic 54 responded from Springville but had no radio contact with Cattaraugus County, so Springville dispatchers relayed updates between the agencies as the ambulance made its way out California Hill Road, which had reopened after an earlier vehicle fire had closed it.

Lockport · Urban Park Towers · Child Medical Call

Toddler's Chest Pain Call Complicated by Language Barrier at Lockport High-Rise

At 7:37 AM, Niagara County fire dispatch sent an ALS-priority ambulance to 77 Main Street, Apartment 309 — the Urban Park Towers high-rise, between Locust and Vine — after a caller reported a 3-year-old girl with chest pain and vomiting.

Dispatch flagged a Spanish-language barrier at the scene as crews were sent in with a recommended priority response for the child.

Lockport · Urban Park Towers · Second EMS Call

Second Medical Call Hits Same Lockport High-Rise, This Time a Toddler on the Floor

At 2:46 PM — the second EMS call to the Urban Park Towers high-rise on Main Street in Lockport this window — Niagara County fire dispatch sent an ALS-priority ambulance to Apartment 503, a different unit from the morning's chest-pain call, after a report of a toddler found lethargic and weak on the floor with an unknown downtime.

Attica · Correctional Facility · Medical Transport

Attica Inmate Who Swallowed Spoons and a Pen Asks to Go to ECMC

At 11:11 AM, Wyoming County fire dispatch sent Medic 83 to Attica Correctional Facility for a 38-year-old inmate who had ingested foreign objects, with the request to transport him to ECMC rather than a closer hospital.

En route, medics reported the man had swallowed two [spoons] and a pen, confirmed by X-ray, and that he was alert and breathing without difficulty.

Orangeville · Route 28 · Welfare Check

Disoriented Orangeville Woman, Just Home From Hospital, Gets Welfare Check

At 11:13 AM, Wyoming County Sheriff's dispatch sent a deputy to 3330 Route 28 in Orangeville for a welfare check on a woman identified as Patricia Woodworth, discharged from the hospital the day before, after a Meals on Wheels delivery found her disoriented; her ex-daughter-in-law had called it in.

Olean · Irving Street · Overdose, Narcan

Overdose Victim Revived After Two Doses of Narcan on Irving Street

At 10:29 AM, Olean police dispatch radioed that a call at 407 Irving Street — originally reported minutes earlier as a woman asking officers to remove a man she had let stay after meeting him at a 7-Eleven — had turned into an overdose, with the responding unit asking dispatch to start EMS toward the address. A unit on scene reported the man unresponsive and not breathing.

Officers administered Narcan, then marked a second dose given about ninety seconds later as Olean Fire crews arrived; the responding officer told dispatch “you can disregard, I'm gonna stay with this” and stayed with the patient as fire units took over on scene.

Olean · North Union Street · Burglary In Progress

Woman Argues With Intruder by Phone as Olean Police Race to North Union Street

At 2:20 PM, Olean police dispatch sent units to 1312 North Union Street, apartment 2, after a woman reported a male had broken into her residence; dispatch couldn't get a name or confirm the apartment before the caller apparently hung up.

Minutes later, dispatch had the woman back on the line and relayed that she was “arguing with a male, yelling for him to leave”, unable to get her to respond to further questions. Multiple units converged on the building — described as the green apartment building on the corner of Pine — before dispatch confirmed the scene secure with what appeared to be one male and one female inside and no further units needed.

Olean · Main Street · Unresponsive Male

Man Found Unresponsive, Not Breathing in Grass Along Main Street

At 11:08 AM, Olean police dispatch asked for a unit to assist the fire department at 313 Main Street; moments later dispatch said a passerby had found a male lying in the grass there, unresponsive and not breathing.

Units and Olean Fire Department crews worked the scene for several minutes before dispatch cleared Main Street and confirmed fire was wrapping up as well.

Cattaraugus County · Scam Intervention

Deputies Stop Elderly Woman From Mailing $14,000 to Scammer

At 1:33 PM, Cattaraugus County sheriff's dispatch coordinated with deputies to stop an elderly woman from mailing $14,000 in cash to someone identified over the air as a scammer, intervening before the package could be sent.