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March 18, 2026
The Buffalo Common Council is being asked to consider more than $1.7 million in settlements for suits filed against the city negotiated by the Corporation Counsel’s office, with most of them stemming from incidents involving the Buffalo Police Department.
Western NY Observer
March 17, 2026
New: A sixth Buffalo cop has been cited for a pattern of misconduct by the state Attorney General.Calvis McKnight, the AG found, was found to have engaged in a pattern of unlawful anal searches of suspects.
Western NY Observer
March 4, 2026
ECSO chief who pleaded guilty after series of hit-and-run crashes set to retire at the end of March
Western NY Observer
March 31, 2025
Holland church Hope on the Hill cancels service after overnight robbery
Western NY Observer
March 21, 2025
Staff and inmates hospitalized after chemical exposures at New York Correctional Facilities
Western NY Observer
March 19, 2025
Dozens of missing children and teens have been found thanks to the Capital Region’s first ever missing child rescue operation. Vulnerable children are victimized in the city of Albany, sometimes as far away as Florida and Buffalo,” said Cox.
Western NY Observer
March 11, 2025
The chief of narcotics for the Erie County Sheriff’s Office D.J. Granville, crashed a pickup into seven parked vehicles on Buffalo’s Lower West Side one night in April, according to two local media reports and police department documents published Tuesday.
Western NY Observer
March 7, 2025
Matt Walsh Show on the Correction Officers Strike
Western NY Observer
March 6, 2025
Statement from Erie County District Attorney Mike Keane on the ongoing investigation into a double homicide in Buffalo’s Allentown neighborhood.
Western NY Observer
March 6, 2025
Correction officers resign as frustration with NYSCOPBA boils over amid independent deal talk
Western NY Observer
March 5, 2025
The New York Attorney General’s Office, on behalf of the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS), filed court papers Monday that seek to punish correction officers with fines up to $442 per day, and even imprisonment for striking for safer working conditions.
Western NY Observer
February 26, 2025
Western New York leaders gather in Marilla to show support for correction officers on strike
Western NY Observer
February 24, 2025
Auburn Correctional prisoner asked for medical help before death
Western NY Observer
February 23, 2025
Sex offender alerts when a felony offender under 18 is released could come to parents under a proposed state law
Western NY Observer
February 22, 2025
Town of Tonawanda says police officers went on illegal strike by failing to write tickets
Western NY Observer
February 20, 2025
The state Office of Cannabis Management and legislative leaders will fight a proposal in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget to allow police to use the smell of cannabis as evidence that a person is driving while impaired.
Western NY Observer
February 7, 2025
The North Tonawanda Police chief’s decision in 2022 to not investigate a complaint about a Facebook post aimed at a city engineer is strikingly different from how he handled a similar complaint by the mayor.
Western NY Observer
February 6, 2025
For Lewiston Police Chief Frank Previte, the recent tariff threat by President Donald Trump wouldn’t have had an effect on his department, but the border support that has resulted from them, according to him, most certainly will.
Western NY Observer
February 4, 2025
A WNY airbase is being floated as a potential place to help support the recent expansion of ice operations.
Western NY Observer
February 2, 2025
Statement by ICE Buffalo following this erroneous report by @WGRZ.
Western NY Observer
February 1, 2025
New bill would forbid police to stop people for: missing headlight, taillight, brake light, license plate, inspection or registration, or turning without signaling or dark window tint.
Western NY Observer
January 26, 2025
A Capitol rioter from Amherst thanked Trump for his prison release, but Jan. 6 pardons have come with pushback from judges dismissing charges for other defendants.
Western NY Observer
January 23, 2025
Mayor Austin Tylec apologizes for sending cops to question resident at work regarding parody page that has disappeared from. Facebook
Western NY Observer
January 10, 2025
Governor Kathy Hochul announced on Wednesday up to $2 million in funding to expand mental health efforts among military veterans and uniformed personnel.
Western NY Observer
December 23, 2024
Governor Hochul signs Child-Sensitive Arrest Bill into law aiming to prevent trauma for children of arrested parents and guardians
Western NY Observer
December 17, 2024
New communication tool to help law enforcement in Erie County respond to crisis calls
Western NY Observer
December 7, 2024
City of Jamestown police have been awarded a $16,754 grant for improving officer safety and managing public events, Congressman Nick Langworthy announced.
Western NY Observer
December 7, 2024
Governor Kathy Hochul’s Traffic Safety Committee shared the Turkey Day ticket data, New York State issued over 50,000 tickets
Western NY Observer
December 6, 2024
Buffalo Police are looking to enter a two-year deal with a company called Dataminr for their ‘First Alert’ platform costing the city $82,000.
Western NY Observer
November 29, 2024
Niagara County Sheriff’s Office reveals new iris biometric technology in patrol cars
Western NY Observer
November 25, 2024
Hochul signs bills to expand protections in domestic violence cases to include all family and household members
Western NY Observer
November 21, 2024
An $8.3 million state-of-the-art new police training center has opened in Niagara County.
Western NY Observer
November 21, 2024
Erie County Sheriff reviewing options following a $700M cost estimate for a new jail
Western NY Observer
November 21, 2024
When it comes to the need for a helicopter, Erie County Sheriff John Garcia still seeks to make a convincing argument.
Western NY Observer
November 12, 2024
A Buffalo mother’s plea for help to keep children and teens out of trouble
Western NY Observer
November 11, 2024
Ashley Bertino charged in murder of 12-year-old child in Chautauqua County this past August. Investigators are not releasing any additional details about the victim or how the child died.
Western NY Observer
November 9, 2024
The Partnership for the Public Good, a community-based think tank are looking to change the way some 911 calls are handled, instead having teams of social workers and mental health professionals tasked with showing up to non-criminal 911 calls.
Western NY Observer
November 9, 2024
The Partnership for the Public Good, a community-based think tank are looking to change the way some 911 calls are handled, instead having teams of social workers and mental health professionals tasked with showing up to non-criminal 911 calls.
Western NY Observer
September 30, 2024
Greece police officer’s stolen AR-15 style rifle found in Buffalo results in two arrests with questions remaining as to status of any disciplinary actions against officer
Western NY Observer
September 27, 2024
Parents in the Lackawanna City School District contacted 7 News to voice their concerns about starting the new school year without a School Resource Officer.
Western NY Observer
September 27, 2024
FBI investigated an extortion attempt and death threat against the former Buffalo Diocese bishop in 1961. The investigation was not previously disclosed to the public. The author of the letter and any possible motive remains a mystery.
Western NY Observer
September 26, 2024
Amid recruitment challenges, New York bill would adjust upper age limit for police. Currently the limit is 35 years old with few exceptions, and a bill making its way through the state Legislature would increase it to 40 in certain cases.
Western NY Observer
September 25, 2024
The award for the family of a man beaten to death by deputies at the Erie County Holding Center in 2012 has been dramatically lowered by Judge Mark Grisanti. A$100 million reward by a jury was lowered to a $20 million award after the original award was found to be “excessive.”
Western NY Observer
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