EMS Spire of Western New York
Mother's Day Labor Call at 29 Highland Drive
Amherst Fire dispatched Ellicott Creek EMS to 29 Highland Drive, between Main and Scott, for a pregnant female reportedly in labor at the Spire of Western New York — the maternity hospital on the former Sisters of Charity campus that backs onto Main Street.[1][2][3] A second page repeated the call and added “possibly labor” thirty seconds later. No transport disposition broadcast in the listening window. The day's most on-brand call for Mother's Day, with crews rolling at lunchtime.
FIRE ALARM CWA Local 1150
Single-Story Commercial, Nothing Showing, Investigating
Ellicott Creek Fire dispatched to a fire-alarm activation at 1900 Sweet Home Road — the CWA Local 1150 union hall — between Best Drive and Skinnersville Road.[4][5] Crews on location reported a single-story commercial building with nothing showing and went investigating; a key holder was called in and the building was cleared back to service.[6][7]
PD · W. KLEIN Suspicious Person
Silver Sedan, Driver Standing Outside on the Phone Since 7 a.m.
Amherst PD took a complaint of a suspicious person with a vehicle on West Klein near West Heritage since 7 a.m. — a silver sedan at the corner, the driver standing outside on the phone.[8] The plate came back to a gray Cadillac XT5; the vehicle was eventually traced to a 268 West Klein address belonging to a neighbor who lived “literally right at that same intersection.”[9][10] Patrol cleared without contact; the gray Cadillac had gone eastbound on Klein.[11]
PD · RAYMOUR & FLANIGAN Car Prowler
Trying to Get Into Multiple Vehicles at 1459 Niagara Falls Blvd
A complainant in the Raymour & Flanigan [transcript: “Warren Flanagan”] lot at 1459 Niagara Falls Boulevard reported a Black male in his 40s, wearing a black coat and black pants, trying to get into multiple vehicles.[12] The caller had left the area before officers arrived; it was unknown if the male actually got into any cars.[13]
DOMESTIC · CHESTNUT RIDGE
“Refusing to Give Any Information Other Than It Was a Domestic”
Amherst PD was sent to 4925 Chestnut Ridge Road, Side A — five people in the house — for a caller who would not say anything other than that there had been a domestic and that she was demanding an officer.[14] A short while later, supplemental information flagged a male party with parole history for burglary first.[15] Cover responded; no arrest was broadcast on the air during the window.
CHILD WELFARE Cross-State Caller
New Jersey Dad Sends Pictures of Daughter's Bruising
A father reported to be calling from New Jersey told Amherst dispatch he had received pictures from his 10-year-old daughter showing bruising on her arm from her mother; the child was reportedly locked in the bathroom, with an 11-year-old sibling also in the home.[16][17] Maternal intoxication and weapons status both came back as unknown. Patrol started en route as the supervisor took the rest of the details. No on-air resolution in the window.
EMS · BOWLING MEADOW
Elderly Female Wedged Between a Dresser and a Bed
Ellicott Creek EMS was sent to a Bowling Meadow address between Foxboro Lane and the dead end for an elderly female reportedly fallen and now wedged between a dresser and a bed, with a leg laceration.[18] Twin City 223 cleared an earlier Rumson Road call to Suburban Hospital and was reassigned.[19]
EMS · 252 EAST MAPLE
Faulty HVAC, Alarm Locked in Trouble
Amherst Fire opened the window with an EMS call to East Maplemere, then closed out a fire-alarm activation at 252 East Maple — a faulty HVAC unit, power isolated, maintenance notified.[20][21][22] The alarm was locked in trouble; Twin City 233 transported a firefighter (Mark Bailey) to Buffalo General as a separate disposition.[23][24]
PD · 32 KMR Officer Safety Flag
Bipolar, Off Meds, History of Self-Immolation
The first substantive transmission of the window came in as a warning on the address at 32 KMR — “son's acting out, we put a warning on the address. He's bipolar, does not take his medication. Covered himself in gasoline in the past and attempted to start himself on fire.”[25][26] Cards on file for the residence showed extensive history of domestics, 945s, 941s, mental, and HERPO.[27] No call for service was generated — the officer was reading the file aloud to a colleague.
WHAT THE…?! Sheridan & North Forest
A Unicyclist Dressed as Batman, in the Roadway
An Amherst PD unit cleared the most Sunday-afternoon transmission of the window with a single sentence that should be carved over the door of Sheridan and North Forest: “We're a passerby — he was on the roadway, just checking on the unicyclist dressed as Batman in Sheridan North Forest.”[28] Patrol acknowledged. No follow-up. Batman, by all available evidence, pedaled on.
EXCLUSIVE 54 Tennyson
A Sick Skunk, Close to the House
The full transmission, lodged by an officer in the field with the absolute economy of a haiku: “I'm a sick skunk close to the house, 54 Tennyson.”[29] The grammar makes the officer the skunk. We are choosing to believe.
FREQUENT FLYER 2215 North French, Apt 104
The Daily Caller Asks, Again, If She Is Being Arrested
An Amherst patrol cleared an interaction with the kind of caller every shift seems to know: “This is going to be our daily caller, Bonnie David, asking if she's being arrested — but she sounded a bit intoxicated or possibly impaired today.”[30] The address read out a minute later as 2215 North French, Apartment 104, occupant Ronnie Davis — the same caller, two pronunciations.[31] She was not being arrested.
CHEEKTOWAGA Walden Galleria
Mall Visitor Goes from “Just in His Underwear” to “Inside the Mall”
Cheektowaga dispatch updated officers that a subject “earlier that was just in his underwear is now inside the mall” — specifically at the lower Macy's bus-stop entrance of the Walden Galleria.[32] Mall guards advised the male had exposed himself “several times to a female guard.”[33] Cover units stayed put. A minute later, mom got on the phone with dispatch and explained that her son suffers from mental-health issues.[34]
PD 3212 Sheridan Drive
A Highly Public Pants-Down Episode at the Amherst Buffet
A unit at the parking lot of the Amherst Buffet, 3212 Sheridan Drive, called in “a male, Christian Tox, pants down around his ankles.”[35] Dispatch asked for a divert; the closeout came moments later. Whether “Christian Tox” is a name or a transcript artifact for “christened tox” (a common dispatch shorthand for a tox-screen subject) is genuinely unclear from the audio.
TPS BNIA SHUTTLE Pre-Flights, Mother's Day
“He Gave Me a Whole Bag Full of Bath & Body Works”
The TPS BNIA off-airport remote-parking shuttle pool — same crew the AM brief found philosophizing about cable news — spent Mother's Day morning trading low-stakes intel between pickups. Highlights, in air order: “He gave me a whole bag full of bath and body works,”[36] followed by “Well, isn't that a very nice mother's name?”[37] and finally, to a departing fare: “Good trip — and happy Mother's Day.”[38] Twelve cups of coffee in, but cheerful about it.
EMBASSY CONTROL Niagara Falls
“I Bet You the Remote's on the Ground”
The same Niagara Falls hotel-shuttle dispatcher who furnished yesterday's rocket-launcher line returned in a quieter mood. A driver named Paul, heading down from his “niche,” was assured of a forthcoming delivery before the supervisor's verdict on the missing tool of the trade: “I bet you the remote's on the ground.”[39][40]
NYSTA Thruway Lost-and-Found
A Sabres Fan, a Motorcycle, and a Wallet Somewhere Between Exits
A Thruway dispatcher passed an “I-know-the-odds-are-bad” favor to a road patrol unit: “I don't know what the odds are of you finding this, but I just got a call from a patron. He went to the Sabres game on Friday — somewhere between exits, exit from the 290 down to Niagara South, while riding his motorcycle, he lost a wallet.”[41][42] The patrol unit was advised to glance shoulder-ward as he drove. Mile marker not specified.
BPD CH 3 Buffalo Schools
Glasses, a “High-Groomed Bike,” and a Blue Minecraft Shirt
The day's most precise description of a fugitive 10-year-old came over the school simulcast just before three o'clock: “Glasses that he wears, he's got a high-groomed bike, and he's got a blue Minecraft shirt with long gray t-shirt underneath.”[43] The subject and his companion left the street on their bicycles in one direction.[44] Bike presumably remains high-groomed.
LANCASTER FD Whisper's Greatest Hit
“Presidential Fire Alarm Activation at the West…”
A Lancaster FD dispatcher opened a paging cycle with a phrase that briefly made the West a far more important corner of the country: “It's online, a presidential fire alarm activation at the West…”[45] The repeat clarified: a residential fire alarm at the Western New York group home, 81 Steinfeld.[46] No fire; reset.
PD · 46 CORONATION
Christopher Says Mom's Withholding His Medicaid Card
An early-shift assist call at 46 Coronation: “Christopher says his mom's potentially ignoring his phone calls and withholding his Medicaid card that he needs for food. She's going to address in Akron.”[47] An OP-on-file refrain was noted. Cover unit 9 took it. Mom's whereabouts on Mother's Day — per the radio — Akron.
BUFFALO · MVA
Rollover at 463 West Ferry; Engine 40 and Rescue 1 Respond
BFD Engine 40 was dispatched for a motor-vehicle accident with rollover at 463 West Ferry, between Baines and South Franklin; a second page repeated the run with rescue assignment.[48][49] No injuries or transport disposition broadcast on dispatch in the window.
NIAGARA FALLS · EMS
Possible Stroke After a Fall on Old Falls Boulevard
NC Fire Control dispatched NT Truck 1 and EMS to 593 Old Falls Boulevard, between Niagara Falls Boulevard and Filner Avenue, for an 83-year-old female with possible stroke who fell, hit her head, and was experiencing difficulty breathing and confusion. ALS priority recommended.[50]
LANCASTER · EMS
98-Year-Old Female Falls at the Harris Hill Nursing Facility
Bowmansville EMS was paged to the Harris Home Nursing Facility, 2699 Wehrle Drive [transcript: “Whirly Drive” / “Worley Drive”], Unit A, Room 98, for a 98-year-old female reportedly fallen from a sitting position with serious bleeding.[51][52] Hot response recommended.
NIAGARA COUNTY · HAZARD
CO Detector Activation; All Parties Evacuating
NC Fire Control dispatched to a carbon-monoxide detector activation at 57 Prentice Street, between Holly and North Transit, with a 33-year-old female reporting all parties evacuating; LPD requested as well, ALS priority recommended.[53][54]