Amherst · North French · Burglary

A Burglar Jumps Out a Prairie Pond Window and Flees East in a Gray Camry

An Amherst caller reported no one should have been home at a North French apartment, then watched a man inside leap from the window and drive off.

At 1:33 PM, Amherst police were sent on a premises check at 2175 North French Road[*], apartment 1 at Prairie Pond Estates, after a caller reported that no one should have been home.

The caller said they saw someone inside the apartment who then jumped out the window — a tan-skinned male dressed in black. Dispatch advised the man appeared to have left in a gray Toyota Camry, with officers turning to follow eastbound.

Buffalo · South Side · Shotgun Threat

A Bus-Stop Dispute Brings Word a Father Threatened to Shoot a 12-Year-Old With a Shotgun

A South Side assistant principal asked for a school resource officer over a child threatened on the bus, and dispatch traffic raised the possibility of a shotgun threat from the child's father.

At 9:13 AM, a South Side assistant principal asked Buffalo Police for a school resource officer over a 12-year-old who had been threatened on the school bus earlier that morning.

As the call was logged, an officer asked whether there was "something about the father of this child threatened to shoot the child with a shotgun." Dispatch was careful to note the threat had been reported but that the traffic did not establish the father was present or who was at the scene. A second car was requested.

Buffalo · Allentown · Vehicle Pursuit

A High-Speed Chase Winds Through Allentown Streets After a Stolen Car

Buffalo officers tracked a fast-moving vehicle down Richmond, Allen and Delaware before it was described on the air as a stolen car, last seen on Elmwood.

Beginning around 7:20 AM, Buffalo police units called out a vehicle moving at a high rate of speed through the Allentown area — southbound on Richmond, then eastbound, then onto Allen and north on Delaware past North Street.

Officers lost and regained eyes on the car as it ran through the neighborhood. When one unit asked why they were chasing it, the answer came back plainly: “It's a UUV” — a stolen vehicle. It was last seen heading south on Elmwood from Lancaster Avenue.

Amherst · Evans Street · Trespass

A Tenant Reports Someone Picking Her Lock and Installing Cameras Inside Her Apartment

An Amherst woman called police to an Evans Street apartment over an intruder she said had been picking her lock — the latest in a string of similar complaints.

At 1:17 PM, Amherst police were sent to 147 Evans Street[*], apartment 108, where a woman identified on dispatch as Natasha reported someone picking her lock and installing cameras inside her apartment.

Dispatch noted a history of roughly a dozen similar complaints at the address, and a patrol unit was assigned to meet with her.

Cheektowaga · Walden Avenue · Child Abuse

A Caller Says a Woman Is Beating a Child in a Moving Car on Walden Avenue

Cheektowaga police flagged a gray 2024 Chevrolet on Walden Avenue near Delta Sonic after a report of a child being struck inside; the matter drew an SVU notification.

At 10:39 AM, Cheektowaga police asked Car 14 to check Walden Avenue eastbound from Delta Sonic for a gray 2024 Chevrolet after a caller reported that “a female was allegedly beating a child in the car”.

As units moved in to find the vehicle in the Walden corridor near the Galleria, the complaint escalated into a child-abuse investigation that brought in the department's Special Victims Unit.

Genesee County · County Airport · Emergency Landing

A Cessna Loses an Engine Cylinder and Makes an Emergency Landing at Genesee County Airport

Fire crews staged a medic standby on East Saile Drive as a single-engine Cessna 206 came in seven minutes out with a lost engine cylinder.

At 1:03 PM, Genesee County fire dispatch set up an airport standby on East Saile Drive, calling an emergency medic to stage for an inbound aircraft seven minutes out.

Dispatch described the plane as a Cessna 206 that had lost an engine cylinder, inbound to the county airport, with crews positioned for its arrival at 1:04 PM.

Buffalo · Wildlife · Mistaken Identity

Hold the Dog Catcher — That's a Goat

A Buffalo officer talked himself through a loose-animal call in real time before arriving at the correct species. “No, wait a minute. No. I guess I need to call wildlife. It's a goat” The channel got the full process, live.

Tonawanda · Delaware Avenue · Bedside Manner

Conscious, Normal, and — Dispatch Notes — Very Pretty

Relaying a cold response to Delaware Avenue, a Tonawanda fire dispatcher reported a woman who had struck her head on a cabinet, been out for about two minutes, and bounced back. The patient update: “She's now conscious and very pretty and normal”. The second read of the call trimmed it to just "conscious and very normal" — but the first version was already on the air.

School Bus · Mid-Route · Stop-Sign Spat

"Nice Try, Edward": A Bus Driver Holds Court on the Open Channel

Mid-route and dropping off kids, a school bus driver delivered a running lecture to a motorist who she said failed to look left. “When I got kids on the bus, my safety is their concern. Nice try, Edward” The sermon wrapped with a parting shot about adding a stop sign — "honey" — and a later aside pinning the whole thing on someone named Teresa.

West Seneca · Dispatch · Blunt Offer

A Dispatcher's No-Nonsense Offer of a Blocker Car

West Seneca's dispatch desk dispensed with the niceties when a unit might have needed a lane blocked. “If you need a f—ing car, let me know. I'll send something for a blocker” Message received.

Wyoming County · Dispatch · Galactic Send-Off

May the Force Be With You, Wyoming County

A Wyoming County dispatcher and deputy signed off a transmission with a benediction from a galaxy far, far away. “May the force be with you” — twice, call and response, before getting back to a rerouting on Cope Road.

Tonawanda · Boswell · Repeat Domestic Call

Tonawanda Address Draws Second Domestic Call Within an Hour

At 9:12 AM, Tonawanda police dispatch sent a car to handle “unknown trouble” at 21 Boswell, between Browning and Burns, describing a woman yelling out a window at a man trying to get into the house; he said it was his own home, and she was refusing to let him in. Dispatch noted “we were just there about an hour ago” and asked a second patrol, Control 3, to head that way as well.

Tonawanda · Kenmore East High School · Fire Alarm

Kenmore East High School Evacuates for Fire Alarm Traced to Skylight Work

At 11:43 AM, Tonawanda Town Fire dispatch sent Sheridan Park and Brighton units to Kenmore East High School on a commercial fire alarm, reporting an activation in zone D-111 with a fire-and-smoke indication in zone 78. Arriving a few minutes later, Engine 6 radioed that “the school's been evacuated” and that crews would check the rear of the building.

On scene, firefighters traced the alarm to ongoing building work rather than fire — a crew member reported “they're replacing a skylight” with no active fire — and the incident commander held the response to a single engine before clearing the call around 11:51 AM.

Clarence · Holly Elementary School · Natural Gas

Gas Concern at Clarence's Holly Elementary Goes Out With No Units Free, Fire Dispatch Says

Just after 12:22 PM, a county fire-paging channel toned out a report of a natural gas concern at Holly Elementary School, 3800 North Main Street in Clarence.

Minutes later, at 12:31 PM, dispatch cleared and re-toned the page, noting there was no manpower available to respond to the natural gas call at the school; no further units or resolution were broadcast on the air.

Lackawanna · Krakow · Family Dispute

Lackawanna Grandmother Reports Grandson Took Her Money, Drove Off in Her Car

Lackawanna police dispatch took a larceny report just after 2:09 PM from a woman identified on the air as Susan Stanko, in the 50 block of Krakow, who said her grandson had taken money from her and also driven off in her car; the vehicle had not been located as the call was broadcast.

Cheektowaga · Rossler Avenue · Working Fire

Garage Fire Goes Fully Involved on Cheektowaga's Rossler Avenue, Vents Propane Tanks, Draws Mutual Aid

At 12:22 PM, Cheektowaga Fire dispatch sent engines to a reported garage fire in the 150-160 block of Rossler Avenue, a call phoned in by a fire inspector who said he could see the blaze from Charles Street — the resident at the address had not called it in. Units arriving on scene, designated Cheektowaga DOL 191, radioed back a fully involved garage fire and immediately requested mutual aid, shifting fireground coordination to a secondary channel as DOL 191 took command and DOL 292 took operations.

Crews reported two exposures threatened by the fire — the main building and a camper — and a unit on scene said “it sounds like those propane tanks are vented from over here” as propane tanks near the structure began venting from the heat. Command followed with a formal mutual-aid request to the Doyle Fire Company and called a RID team, a rapid intervention crew held in reserve to rescue firefighters, to the scene as the response escalated.

Cheektowaga · Target · Parking Lot Assault

Man and Woman in Medical Van Accused of Following, Assaulting Woman in Cheektowaga Target Lot

Shortly after 1 PM, Cheektowaga police dispatch relayed a report that a man and a woman riding in a white medical van had “followed her into a lot, assaulted her, and then they left” a woman in a Target parking lot; officers were told the store had camera footage of the attackers and that the woman could be found near the customer service desk.

Responding officers worked to confirm the woman's identity as she left the store — described over the air in a black sweatshirt and pink shorts — and got a name, Jamie Elliott, while dispatch also passed along a description of one of the people from the van as a 30-year-old Black woman about 5-foot-2.

Hamburg · Hamburg Public Library · Boiler Fire

Smoking Boiler Forces Evacuation of Hamburg Public Library

Just after 2:12 PM, Hamburg police dispatch relayed word of a possible commercial fire at the Hamburg Public Library, 102 Buffalo Street, after staff reported the boiler system in the basement was smoking and starting a fire; the building was being evacuated as the call went out. Dispatch repeated the address and nature of the call for responding units, and Station 31, which had just cleared another assignment, headed directly to the library.

A second car confirmed it was en route, and by 2:15 PM a unit was pulling up outside; no injuries or further fire conditions were reported on the air before the channel moved on to other calls.

Lockport · Lockport High School West · Medical Call

Lockport High School West Student Treated for Apparent Unknown-Substance Ingestion

At 9:59 AM, Niagara County Fire Control dispatched a City of Lockport EMS crew to Lockport High School West, 319 West Avenue, for a 15-year-old female described as “lethargic” after apparently taking an unknown substance; the patient was in the nurse's office, and dispatch recommended an ALS-level response.

Units were told to make a “cold approach” rather than respond with lights and sirens. The call was cleared by 10 AM, with no further details broadcast on the channel.