Buffalo Police Officers Joshua Slupinski and Andrew Lewis fired 20 rounds at Edward Holmes, hitting him twice after Holmes attempted to discharge a round and then lowered his 12-gauge shotgun. Officers told Holmes to put down the gun several times, but no other de-escalation tactics were used. The shotgun malfunctioned when Holmes tried to fire a round, becoming jammed in the receiver. It is believed that this is what led Holmes to lift the gun at a 45-degree angle in an attempt to clear the obstruction.

Holmes, who died at the scene, just minutes earlier had phoned the Ferry-Fillmore District police station just moments earlier from his cellphone to report an armed individual in the roadway.

Outcome

Both officers were been put on administrative leave. No other publicly available information has been released regarding disciplinary action.

Police officers responded to a call regarding an attempted suicide on Tonawanda St. Jon Battison, a 36-year-old man, was observed with a long pellet gun aimed at his own head. He never directed it towards the police.

Battison asked the officers whether they were going to shoot him given that he was holding a gun to his own head. Subsequently, the officers shouted at Battison to lower the pellet gun, and no further efforts at deescalation were undertaken.

One officer declared an intent to shoot. "OK," responded Battison, maintaining the pellet gun pointed at his own head.

Outcome

Battison was taken by ambulance to Erie County Medical Center, where he was listed in critical but stable condition and was held in police custody, with charges on criminal possession of weapons.

The officer was temporarily placed on administrative leave and faced no charges.

A 30-year-old man was allegedly attempting to leave a CVS store with items he didn't pay for. An off-duty Buffalo Police officer working as the store security guard shot the man, hitting him in the hand. He was transported to ECMC for what according to police were non-life-threatening injuries.

Outcome

No publicly available information has been released regarding disciplinary action.

Buffalo Police Officer's recklessly left a sniper rifle on a tripod unattended at the edge of a rooftop overlooking a St. Patrick's Day Parade, and it fell to the street after an alleged gust of wind. The rifle fell within feet of parade spectators. It was then secured by another officer and removed from the scene.

Outcome

Buffalo Police confirmed the incident saying it did happen, and that Internal Affairs will look into the matter. No other information regarding disciplinary action has been publicly released.

Buffalo Police Officer James McAndrew grabbed a 32-year-old man and shoved him into the side of a staircase, damaging the railings. McAndrew also pushed a woman who tried to get between him and the other man.

Outcome

McAndrew was arrested and temporarily suspended by the department without pay. He pled not guilty and was released on his own recognizance, according to court records. He was charged with two misdemeanors – fourth-degree criminal mischief and second-degree trespassing – as well as second-degree harassment.

James R. Kaska, a retired Buffalo police detective hid inside a woman's vehicle that was parked in a driveway. He then confronted the woman inside the car and as she tried to leave he pushed her back in the car, hit her arm, and held her wrists. He also took her cellphone away as she tried to call 911. Police had previously asked Kaska to leave the home following a domestic incident.

Outcome

The Hamburg police department investigated the case. Kaska was charged with multiple misdemeanors related to the domestic violence incident. He was arraigned on charges of second-degree menacing, fourth-degree criminal mischief and second-degree harassment before Hamburg Town Court Justice Carl W. Morgan.

13 days before a white supremacist lynched ten Black people in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Buffalo, Police Captain and head the Behavioral Health Team, Amber Beyer read aloud a Facebook post by a resident with a mental illness that the behavioral team was going to check on. In the post, the resident freely used a racial slur that targets Black people. Beyer yelled out the word as she read the post to members of her team,

In her racist rant, Beyer said Black cops were more likely to cheat on their wives than white cops and she’d be suspicious if she saw a Black man in her neighborhood. She claimed white police officers suffered post-traumatic stress disorder from working in Black neighborhoods, but Black officers did not, because they were more accustomed to violent crime. Beyer told Black officers they should try to understand how the criminality of Black people justified some racism. Beyer offered these opinions on May 2 in the Behavioral Health Team’s office in police headquarters on Court Street.

Outcome

A lawsuit was filed in federal court by two Buffalo police officers and a civilian mental health clinician. The civil rights complaint is still being litigated.

Beyer was put on a 30-day unpaid suspension. She no longer heads the Behavioral Health Team and has been reassigned.

The Behavioral Health Team pairs police officers with mental health clinicians to respond to calls regarding people having mental health crises.

30-year-old Dominique Thomas experienced a mental health crisis and was shot by two Buffalo police officers multiple times outside his apartment building on Hertel Avenue.

One woman was killed and others were injured in a high speed pursuit initiated by Buffalo Police that ended in a crash. Authorities say patrol officers began pursuing a suspicious vehicle at 3:45 a.m. near Sycamore and Fillmore avenues. The vehicle was traveling south on Bailey Avenue at an apparent high rate of speed, police say, when it allegedly ran a red light and was hit by another vehicle.

A female passenger in the vehicle was declared deceased at the scene.

Outcome

The Buffalo Police Department Internal Affairs Division and the Accident Investigation Unit investigated the incident. No publicly available information regarding the outcome of the investigation or disciplinary action has been released.

According to the Sun, Harris was involved in the asphyxiation of victim, a black man who died after Rochester authorities placed a hood over his head and pressed his face into the ground.

Bradstreet was involved in the pepper spraying and use of extreme force of a nine-year old child who was in the midst of a mental health crisis. The episode was filmed by multiple body cameras and brought nationwide attention to the troubling abuse. Four officers were involved.

Outcome

All four officers have been suspended or placed on administrative leave. Bradstreet, with the department 4.5 years, is currently on administrative leave. RPD Chief Cynthia Herriot-Sullivan and the Locust Club have defended the actions as 'necessary.'

According to D&C, Lombard pepper sprayed 9 year old girl while in custody in the back of a police car

Outcome

Suspended with pay

The Democrat & Chronicle said Lombard sprayed a chemical irritant in the face of a 9-year-old Black girl as she was handcuffed in the back of a police car.

Outcome

Suspension with pay

RPD arrested Abdul Hadi in a "traffic stop" to prevent him from reaching his home after his wife, Aqueelah El Bey called him for help as CPS violated their rights by calling RPD to raid their home to remove their children from the home for "Educational Neglect."

BWC footage: https://youtu.be/9hrV8eeztzg

Officer Wassinger deliberately turns off his body worn camera at the 47:54 mark. The time stamp jumps from 13:12:42 to 13:13:00. This arrest is done in conjunction with Officer Dylan Minnick (Badge #2024) who also deliberately turned off his body-worn camera twice during this arrest. See Officer Minnick's record for more details.

RPD arrested Abdul Hadi during a traffic stop as a means to prevent him from reaching his house when his wife, Aqueelah El Bey, called him for help when CPS misused police to do a raid on their home to remove their children for "Educational Neglect."

Body-worn camera footage located at: https://youtu.be/9hrV8eeztzg

Officer Dylan Minnick deliberately turned off his body-worn camera at two instances during this arrest interaction. In the BWC footage, Minnick turns his camera off at the:
a) 12:41 minute marker, the time stamp jumps from 13:12:42 to 13:16:45.
b) 13:58 minute marker, the time stamp jumps from 13:18:02 to13:20:41.

Officer Todd Wassinger was also involved in this arrest and he also deliberately turned off body-worn camera at one instance.

Disturbance at Statehouse. Montpelier Police allegedly did not assist a child that was being assaulted by Trump Supporters. State's Attorney will not file charges and recommends the case be resolved through a restorative justice program.

Buffalo Police Officers John Davidson and Andrew Moffett were suspended for making false statements following a drug arrest. The statements formed the basis for the false arrest of Morgan Eaton on charges of possession of 30 grams of cocaine with intent to distribute. The alleged cocaine was his fiance's medicine. All field and laboratory tests on the pills proved that the pills were not cocaine.

Willie Henley was shot in the abdomen by Buffalo police. "Put your bat down," calls out one officer with a gun pointed at Henley. "Nobody wants to hurt you." Henley, who continues to try to walk away from the group of more than half a dozen officers, some of whom have weapons drawn, responds, "I didn’t call y'all! I wasn’t doing nothing. I was by myself." Henley was known for carrying his baseball bat wherever he went, slept with it on street corners at night, and lined up for meals every day with it at the Buffalo City Mission. Those who regularly interacted with him described him as "very quiet, very peaceful."

According to a document filed in a lawsuit, Officer Amber Grosch was assaulting a protestor at a protest. The document says the incident was recorded by an individual who was soon after tackled to the ground by other RPD officers.

An off-duty police officer, Richard Hy, hit and subded a Black man having a mental health crisis until other police arrived. No charges were filed and Hy was not suspended.