Amherst · Sheridan Drive

An oversized-load trailer makes a wide turn on Sheridan and pins a Jeep

No injuries; APD worked the scene near 6500 Sheridan with a green Bronco also involved

At 10:07 Amherst PD began working a scene near 6500 Sheridan Drive involving a green Bronco and an oversized-load truck. By 10:14 an officer had the picture: “It's an oversized trailer, looks like it was transporting something, we got a jeep that looks like it was jammed to the side of the road here, guessing it was making a wide turn and pinned this jeep” The trailer had jammed to the side of the road making the wide turn; no injuries were reported. The crash sat at the busy Sheridan corridor for much of the late morning.

Amherst · Maple Road

A man jumps from a moving car on Maple and disappears on foot; APD opens the day with a search

20-year-old with a leg injury near North Sound Cardiology; girlfriend reported him not suicidal, then he hung up

The window opened on a search. Around 07:00 Amherst PD was looking for a white male in a pink t-shirt, on foot, after Amherst Fire reported a 20-year-old who had “jumped from his vehicle and caused a leg injury” in front of North Sound Cardiology at 190 Maple Road, suffering a leg injury. The caller had been in a Mercedes with hazards on near North Maple.

By 07:06 an officer summed up the welfare component: “He said he was fine and not suicidal and then hung up on me” The thread wound down through the morning as the subject was located and transported.

Amherst · Allenhurst Road

A 4-year-old falls down a half-flight of stairs at Oxford Village; APD notes a history at the address

Eggertsville EMS to 458 Allenhurst, apartment 8 — head injury, with a flagged prior order-of-protection history

At 13:44 Amherst Fire dispatched to 458 Allenhurst Road at the Oxford Village townhomes, between Oxford Avenue and Yale Avenue, for a 4-year-old who had “fell down approximately seven stairs as a head injury”. As Eggertsville EMS headed in, an officer added context that turned a routine pediatric call serious: “We have history there of the violation of OP, almost unguessed, as well as a recent 10-10 involving a child” The child was treated and the call cleared in the early afternoon.

Eggertsville · 08:13

“A baby deer that fell into a three-foot hole”: Amherst PD’s most delicate rescue of the morning

133 South Drive, a water-filled hole, and an officer determined to get the fawn to a rehabber

At 08:13 Amherst PD took an animal-injury complaint that reads like a fable: “Animal injury complaint at 133 South Drive for a baby deer that fell into a three-foot hole in the yard” The fawn, the officer relayed, had apparently been in the “water filled hole all night” — and the plan was decisive: “I'm going to rush it to the rehabber” It is the kind of call that does not make the county crime stats and absolutely makes the brief.

Amherst · 09:54

“Three baby raccoons on the front lawn crying. No parents around.”

An officer recognizes the orphans — and goes back to Burbank later to count heads

The fawn was not the day’s only wildlife welfare check. At 09:54 a 59 Burbank caller reported “Three baby raccoons on the front lawn crying. No parents around” The responding officer had the backstory cold: “those are going to be from the sick mother from the other day” Two hours later the same officer was still on the case — “I'm going to go back to Burbank and make sure there aren't any more babies” — a level of follow-through most human callers never receive.

Amherst · 12:17

“Large turtle in the roadway”: a single transmission with a broken leg, a turtle, and a lunch break

850 John James Audubon — and an officer with priorities

At 12:17, in one gloriously compressed transmission, Amherst PD logged two unrelated emergencies and a personal aside: “Front yard, possible broken leg, and 850 JJ, large turtle in the roadway” The closing line, moments later, settled the order of operations: “Before, when I'm finished with my lunch, I'll head to the boat” The brief offers no judgment on whether the turtle waited.

Amherst · 12:13

“Hey, you’re on the radio, by the way — can you use your phone?”

An Amherst dispatcher gently reminds a colleague which channel he’s broadcasting on

At 12:13, mid-sentence in a discussion of who could shoot at the JCC and who could close out a report, an Amherst officer caught a small but universal workplace error and offered the correction live: “Hey, you're on the radio by the way, can you use your phone?” It is the radio-traffic equivalent of someone whispering that your microphone is still on — itself delivered over the still-on microphone.

On the FRS band · 07:43

“I bought that for $2”: a low-power hobby channel and the morning’s most relatable confession

Migraines, a roadside fairing, and a $2 score, all on a radio that barely reaches the next block

Over on the FRS hobby band — the inherently hyper-local, low-power channel where two people somewhere near each other simply talk — a voice opened the morning with a relatable run of small honesty: a $2 find (“I bought that for $2”), a candid “I get severe migraines”, and the universal restless-tinkerer’s pledge to “get something new”. No incident, no address; just two people and a couple of handheld radios filling the dawn.

Southtowns · Storm damage

Lines down and a tree across Ellicott Road as the wind hammers the Southtowns

Orchard Park, East Aurora, and Hamburg crews chase downed wires all afternoon

The same storm that worked the Northtowns hit the Southtowns hard. At 10:53 Orchard Park Fire dispatched to 5460 Ellicott Road for “lines down on the roadway and possibly a transformer fire”; an arriving unit clarified the transformer was not on fire but there was “a tree down in the road at the same address” at the same address. Through the afternoon East Aurora dispatch closed Underhill Road for a downed wire, Lancaster requested help removing a tree blocking the roadway, and Town of Hamburg worked trans-wires on Fuller Avenue and a line down on White Avenue — the latter explicitly tied, dispatch noted, to “the same incident with the tree”

Niagara County · Wilson

A tree pulls the power lines off a Wilson home — but leaves the lights on

Niagara County dispatch sent crews to 3667 Wilson Cambria Road just to confirm there was no hazard

At 12:11 Niagara County Fire Dispatch sent units to 3667 Wilson Cambria Road, between Chestnut and Willow, for “the tree that pulled the power lines away from the residence, no arcing or sparking at this time” The reassuring resolution, two minutes later: there was no arcing, no sparking, and “They do currently still have power” A clean entry in a county that otherwise spent the day on falls, lift assists, and one low-hanging arcing-wire call on Akron Road back at 08:07.