1. Buffalo Police Department
  2. Amber M. Beyer

Officer Detail: Amber M. Beyer

General Information

Name Amber M. Beyer
OpenOversight ID 83899
Department [NY] Buffalo Police Department
Race Hispanic
Gender Female
Birth Year (Age) Data Missing
First Employment Date 2008-01-18
Number of known incidents 2
Currently on the force Yes

Assignment History

Job Title Badge No. Unit Start Date End Date
Lieutenant L436 Unknown
Captain L436 Commissioner's Office 2023-02-02
Captain Suspended w/out Pay Behavioral Health Team 2023-01-19 2023-02-02
Captain Suspended w Pay Behavioral Health Team 2022-12-02 2023-01-19

Salary

Annual Salary Overtime Total Pay Year
$96,712.60 $35,569.04 $132,281.64 FY2022
$87,145.39 $28,323.13 $115,468.52 FY2021
$86,858.24 $22,215.98 $109,074.22 FY2020

Incidents

Incident 221

Date May 02, 2022
Department Buffalo Police Department
Officers Amber M. Beyer
Description

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.
Address Court St
Buffalo, NY
 

Incident 228

Date Aug 14, 2015
Department Buffalo Police Department
Officers Amber M. Beyer , John F. Beyer , Richard N. Hy
Description

Officer Beyer and Officer Hy viciously attacked Gregory Ramos, dragged him into the yard threw him into a police car. Then Beyer approached Ramos laughing and told him that if his eyeballs fell out, that she would tape them back to his face, and that would be the only medical attention he would receive. Then Officer Beyer and Hy drove Ramos to a parking lot where he sat handcuffed for several hours until they drove him to central booking.

Address Buffalo, NY

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