Cheektowaga · Genesee Street · Armed Domestic

Cheektowaga Domestic Escalates to a Kicked-In Door, a Knife and a Handgun

A late-morning call to Genesee Street brought a report of a man with a knife and a handgun threat and a white Durango leaving the scene.

At about 10:12 AM, Cheektowaga police were sent to a domestic disturbance at 2325 Genesee Street in which a door had been kicked in and a male was reported to have threatened with a knife and a handgun, according to the radio traffic.

A white Durango was tied to the call as officers responded. The traffic did not state whether the man was located or whether any weapon was recovered.

Buffalo · South Park Avenue · Domestic

Woman Screams for Help as Man With a Knife Yells “You're Going to Jail”

A South Park Avenue call opened with a caller screaming to get away before the line went unanswered, drawing multiple Buffalo cars.

At about 9:02 AM, a Buffalo police dispatcher rushed cars to 1952 South Park Avenue after a caller gave the address, started screaming to get away from her, and said a male had a knife, according to the radio traffic. A man could be heard yelling in the background that she was “going to jail” before no one was answering the line.

The dispatcher told one unit to start heading over while a second car was assigned to cover. An officer arriving first reported he was outside with a male and found no knife on him. The traffic did not describe any charges.

Cattaraugus County · Route 16 · Welfare Find

Disoriented Woman With a Hospital Wristband Found Walking Along Route 16

Cattaraugus deputies tracked a woman with a black eye who had mistaken a school for an impound lot and turned out to be wearing an OGH hospital band.

At about 1:39 PM, a Cattaraugus County sheriff's dispatcher asked patrols to check Route 16 in the area of Crosby's for a disoriented white woman in her 50s or 60s with gray hair, a black jacket and a little black eye, according to the radio traffic. She had stopped at a school at one point thinking it was an impound lot and was last seen headed southbound on foot.

A follow-up call reported she was wearing a wristband from OGH and had said she had been in an accident the night before, and a deputy noted another department appeared to have had a similar call with the same subject earlier in the day. A unit spotted her still walking southbound and located her at 3448 Route 16, going out with her. The traffic did not describe any medical outcome.

Cattaraugus County · South Maple Valley Road · Assault

Woman Assaults Her Brother, Flees Toward Machias Possibly Armed

An early-morning Cattaraugus County call sent deputies chasing a blue Impala after a woman was reported to have attacked her brother at a family home.

At about 7:36 AM, a Cattaraugus County sheriff's dispatcher sent Little Valley zone patrols toward South Maple Valley Road after a caller reported a woman had shown up at her residence, assaulted her brother, and left toward Machias in a blue Impala, according to the radio traffic. Deputies also believed she may have been armed.

A deputy later reported he had the woman with him at the Legion at Four Corners in Machias. The traffic identified her only on the air and did not describe any charges or injuries.

Grand Island · I-190 · MVA

Two-Patient Crash on I-190 Draws Hot EMS Response on Grand Island

A morning wreck near the Long Road mile marker on the northbound Niagara Thruway pulled paramedic and fire units in on an urgent response.

At about 9:31 AM, Grand Island fire dispatch put out a motor vehicle accident on I-190 northbound at mile marker 20.2 near Long Road, calling for a hot EMS response with two patients reported, according to the radio traffic.

A paramedic unit and multiple fire units responded, and a dispatcher noted state police and crews would be working in the left lane. The traffic did not describe the severity of injuries.

Hamburg · South Park & Madison · Road Hazard

Loose Plates, Serious Problem: Dispatcher Flags a Metal Menace at South Park and Madison

Somebody had to tell the state, and a Hamburg dispatcher drew the assignment.

At 8:46 AM, a Hamburg dispatcher took a moment between clearing units to relay a very specific piece of pavement bureaucracy: metal plates at South Park and Madison had worked loose and become, in the words of the transmission, “a traffic nuisance.” The ask was simple — get word to the state — and the copy came back just as plainly.

Amherst · East Amherst · EMS

Crisis, Resolved: Dinner Comes Loose, and So Does the Tension

A choking call on Oakfield Lane fixed itself before the trucks arrived.

A 30-year-old man was choking at 5504 Oakfield Lane in East Amherst just after 9:00 AM, and units were rolling. Then came the update every dispatcher likes to give: before the caller hung up, the food had come loose and the party was beginning to breathe normally again. The trucks kept rolling anyway, but the outcome was already written.

Thruway · Exit 20A · Pedestrian Report

Stick to It: Trooper Radios In a Child on the Grass

A pedestrian report at Exit 20A resolves into the least alarming lookout of the day.

Just after 11:04 AM, a Thruway report of a pedestrian near Exit 20A southbound narrowed down to something considerably less urgent. As the transmission put it, it was “going to be a child with a stick, standing on the grass of 3-way property, just currently standing there.” The event got a number and a timestamp all the same.

Cheektowaga · Machine Trouble

The Machine That Keeps Making Trouble: “No Idea How It Got in There”

An officer and a dispatcher trade shrugs over a familiar piece of equipment.

Around 12:04 PM, a Cheektowaga officer keyed up with a small mystery: a subject claimed he hadn't put something in a machine, and the officer had no explanation for how it got there. The dispatcher's reply carried the weary institutional memory of a long-running headache — “We've had issues with that machine in the past.” No more was said, and no more needed to be.

Amherst · Eggertsville

Elderly Man's Fall at Steve's Barber Shop Draws Multiple Ellicott Creek Units

Just after 11:18 AM, Amherst Fire Dispatch sent Ellicott Creek fire and EMS to Steve's Barber Shop at 2185 Niagara Falls Boulevard, between Willow Ridge Drive and Drayden Lane, for an elderly man who had fallen and suffered a head injury.

Several Ellicott Creek fire apparatus and a Twin City ambulance arrived within minutes of the call; the man's condition and any transport were not stated on the air.

Buffalo · Low Pier

Full Buffalo Fire Response to Reported Attic Fire on Low Pier Finds Two Dumpsters Ablaze

Just before 9:45 AM, Buffalo Fire dispatch sent a full box — engines 21, 22 and 31, ladders 2, 14 and 15, Rescue 1 and multiple battalion chiefs — to Low Pier between Stanislaus and Sycamore streets for a reported attic fire, directing responding companies to switch to channel 2.

Crews arriving on scene reported “heavy fire in both dumpsters”, working two hose lines with foam and no exposures threatened; a company on location later reported the home's electrical panel had been shut off from the inside and asked dispatch to notify National Grid.

Buffalo · Student Fight

Ten-Girl Fistfight Draws Buffalo Police, School Resource Officer

Just before 8:53 AM, Buffalo police dispatch reported ten girls fist-fighting with no weapons seen, sending units to the area of Normal Avenue and York Street and asking other patrol cars in the area to slow down for the call.

By 8:56 AM, responding officers reported the fighting had stopped, though staff described on the radio as peacemakers said “peacemakers are requesting an SRO meeting”, and dispatch sent a school resource officer to meet them at the scene.

Lancaster · Enchanted Forest

Crash Victim Falls Repeatedly Trying to Stand, Upgrades Lancaster Call to Injury

Just after 9:27 AM, Lancaster Fire Control dispatched crews to a motor vehicle accident in front of 240 Enchanted Forest North, a call originally logged as property damage only.

Passersby then told dispatch the driver was out of the vehicle and “unable to maintain balance and has fallen several times since the accident”, prompting Lancaster to upgrade the run to an injury response and request an evaluation of the driver.

West Seneca · Slade

Teen Asking Neighbors for Rides on Slade Taken Into Custody at Orchard Park Hotel

Just after 7:20 AM, West Seneca police dispatch fielded a call from a resident on Slade reporting that a boy about 17, wearing a black hoodie, had gone door to door up and down the street asking for a ride, saying he was stranded, and appeared to be heading toward the area's hotels.

A resident farther down the street directed him to the Hampton Inn, and West Seneca units headed that way while giving Orchard Park police a heads-up; officers found him contained in the hotel lobby by 7:30 AM, and two Orchard Park cars arrived a short time later.

Just before 8 AM, Orchard Park police “took custody of that subject without incident”, closing out a call that had occupied West Seneca units for over half an hour.

Poland · Jamestown Street

Father Reports Son to Cattaraugus Sheriffs in Possible Sex-Offense Case

Just before 1:51 PM, Cattaraugus County sheriff's dispatch sent a two-car response to a possible sex offense at 104 Jamestown Street in the town of Poland; the nature of the alleged offense was not stated on the air.

Dispatch said the caller, identified on the radio as Chris Mackey, was “flagged for a two-car response” while reporting his own 19-year-old son in connection with the incident, and a deputy was sent to gather further information.