Incidents
Incident 229 |
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Date | Feb 24, 2024 |
Department | Buffalo Police Department |
Officers | Joshua Slupinski , Andrew Lewis |
Description | Two Buffalo Police Officers fired 20 rounds at Edward Holmes, hitting him twice after Holmes attempted to fire one round and lowered his 12-gauge shotgun. While officers told Holmes to put down the gun several times, no other de-escalation tactics were used. The round Holmes tried to fire from the shotgun got jammed in the receiver, which is why Holmes lifted his gun to a 45-degree angle to remove the lodged bullet. Holmes, who died at the scene, just minutes earlier had called the Ferry-Fillmore District police station from his cellphone to warn of an armed man in the road. Both officers have been placed on administrative leave. Lewis has been with the department for 18 months, Gramaglia said, while Slupinski is a five-year veteran. |
Address |
Reed Street
Buffalo, NY |
Incident 223 |
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Date | Sep 23, 2023 |
Department | Buffalo Police Department |
Officers | Kereem Johnson , Tyler Baxter |
Description | Officers responded to a an attempted suicide call at Tonawanda St. Jon Battison, a 36-year-old man, had a long pellet gun pointed at his own head and never pointed it at police. Battison asked the officers if they were going to shoot him because he has a gun pointed at his own head. After, officers yelled at Battison to put the pellet gun down, no other attempt at deescalation was made. One of the officers said he was going to shoot. "OK," Battison responded, still holding the pellet gun pointed at his own head. The department's Behavioral Health Team, a unit where mental health clinicians work with police officers, was not working at the time of this call. 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. |
Address |
Tonawanda St
Buffalo, NY |
Incident 238 |
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Date | Aug 29, 2023 |
Time | 10:30 AM |
Department | Buffalo Police Department |
Description | A 30-year-old man was allegedly attempting to leave a CVS store with items he didn't pay for. Officers responded to the 1600 block of Elmwood Avenue around 10:30 a.m. The 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. |
Address |
Elmwood Ave
Buffalo, NY |
Incident 222 |
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Date | Mar 05, 2023 |
Department | Buffalo Police Department |
Officers | James R. Mcandrew |
Description | James McAndrew was accused of grabbing a 32-year-old man – against whom accusations of domestic violence were made, but who has not been charged – and shoving him into the side of a staircase, damaging the railings. McAndrew allegedly pushed a woman who tried to get between him and the other man, according to court documents. 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, a violation. |
Address |
Weyand Avenue
Buffalo, NY |
Incident 243 |
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Date | Sep 21, 2022 |
Time | 08:20 AM |
Department | Buffalo Police Department |
Officers | James R. Kaska |
Description | A retired Buffalo police detective was charged with multiple misdemeanors related to a domestic violence incident in Lake View. James R. Kaska, 50, of Hamburg was arraigned on charges of second-degree menacing, fourth-degree criminal mischief and second-degree harassment before Hamburg Town Court Justice Carl W. Morgan. According to the Erie County District Attorney's Office, at about 8:20 a.m. Kaska allegedly hid inside a woman's vehicle that was parked in a driveway. Police had previously asked Kaska to leave the home following a domestic incident. Prosecutors say Kaska then confronted the victim inside the car and she tried to leave at which point he pushed her back in the car, hit her arm and held her wrists. He is also accused of taking her cellphone away as she tried to call 911. The Hamburg police department investigated the case. |
Address | Hamburg, NY |
Incident 221 |
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Date | May 02, 2022 |
Department | Buffalo Police Department |
Officers | Amber M. Beyer |
Description | Buffalo Police Captain and head the Behavioral Health Team Amber Beyer read aloud a Facebook post by a mentally ill resident that the behavioral team was going to check on. In the post, the resident freely used a racial slur that targets Black people and 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. The claims are detailed in a lawsuit filed in federal court by two Buffalo police officers and a civilian mental health clinician. According to the lawsuit, Beyer offered these opinions on May 2 in the Behavioral Health Team’s office in police headquarters on Court Street. Beyer was put on a 30-day unpaid suspension. She no longer heads the Behavioral Health Team which she led, which pairs police officers with mental health clinicians to respond to calls regarding people having mental health crises. The civil rights complaint is still being litigated. |
Address |
Court St
Buffalo, NY |
Incident 220 |
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Date | Mar 14, 2022 |
Time | 04:45 AM |
Department | Buffalo Police Department |
Officers | Philip I. Edwards , Michael Ramos |
Description | 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. |
Address |
Hertel Avenue
Buffalo, NY |
Incident 129 |
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Date | Feb 23, 2021 |
Department | Rochester Police Department |
Officers | Josiah C. Harris |
Description | 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. |
Address |
Jefferson Ave
near West Main Ave
Rochester, NY |
Incident 74 |
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Date | Jan 29, 2021 |
Department | Rochester Police Department |
Officers | Adam K. Bradstreet |
Description | 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. OutcomeAll 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.' |
Address |
Avenue B
Rochester, NY |
Incident 185 |
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Date | Jan 29, 2021 |
Department | Rochester Police Department |
Officers | Alexander Lombard |
Description | According to D&C, Lombard pepper sprayed 9 year old girl while in custody in the back of a police car OutcomeSuspended with pay |
Address |
Avenue B
Rochester, NY |
Incident 184 |
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Date | Jan 29, 2021 |
Department | Rochester Police Department |
Officers | Alexander Lombard |
Description | 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. OutcomeSuspension with pay |
Address |
Harris St
Rochester, NY |
Incident 205 |
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Date | Jan 14, 2021 |
Department | Rochester Police Department |
Officers | Todd R. Wassinger |
Description | 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. |
Address |
Webster Ave
Rochester, NY |
Incident 209 |
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Date | Jan 14, 2021 |
Department | Rochester Police Department |
Officers | Dylan D. Minnick |
Description | 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: Officer Todd Wassinger was also involved in this arrest and he also deliberately turned off body-worn camera at one instance. |
Address |
Webster Ave
Rochester, NY |
Incident 20MP006929 |
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Date | Dec 05, 2020 |
Time | 01:45 PM |
Report # | 20MP006929 |
Department | Montpelier Police Department |
Officers | Diane Mathews , Katy Purcell White , Jeff Pearson |
Description | 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. |
Address |
State Street
Montpelier, VT |
Incident 32 |
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Date | Sep 28, 2020 |
Department | Buffalo Police Department |
Officers | John M. Davidson , Andrew T. Moffett , Mark D. Ambellan |
Description | 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. |
Address |
Strauss Street
Buffalo, NY |
Incident 39 |
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Date | Sep 12, 2020 |
Department | Buffalo Police Department |
Officers | Karl B. Schultz |
Description | Willie Henley was shot in the abdomen by Buffalo police. "Put your bat down," calls out one officer with a gun trained on the man. "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." |
Address | Buffalo, NY |
Incident 42 |
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Date | Sep 03, 2020 |
Department | Buffalo Police Department |
Officers | Richard N. Hy |
Description | 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. |
Address | Buffalo, NY |
Incident 125 |
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Date | Sep 03, 2020 |
Department | Rochester Police Department |
Officers | Amber L. Grosch |
Description | 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. |
Address |
Court St
near South Ave
Rochester, NY |
Incident 30 |
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Date | Sep 01, 2020 |
Department | Buffalo Police Department |
Officers | Marcus Rogowski |
Description | Buffalo police order Black woman not to walk on same side of the street as white men |
Address |
Hertel Ave
Buffalo, NY |
Incident 75 |
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Date | Aug 17, 2020 |
Department | Rochester Police Department |
Officers | Adam K. Bradstreet |
Description | Bradstreet lost control of his vehicle as he rushed to a dispatched call of a stabbing, crashing into a street sign and damaging the car. There is no indication of injury. There are four items in the city database connected to this incident |
Address |
Portland
near Council St
Rochester, NY |