Forgive Me for Being So Encryptic
12/11/2025
Keep Police Radio Public Act - Flawed But Good
Explaining my thought process in ultimately supporting Assembly Bill A3516
In case one doesn't want to watch this video, here's the summary of why BuffScan supports Assembly Bill A3516 (AKA "Keep Police Radio Public Act") despite initial reservation.
The TLDR of it is the guess that the overhead of managing selective access to encrypted police radio, as the new (as of yet unsigned) law imagines, will be so great, that public safety agencies in New York will opt to keep their basic communications open to everyone in some uniform fashion in the first place. Either so that basic radio scanning nerds can continue to tune in alongside whatever "verified" journalists are using scanner radios, or, everyone just clicks on over to Broadcastify.
The law is a validation of my personal advocacy for 30 years now.
Yes, the fact that it was re-honed from the earlier New York Assembly Bill A9728 that was explicitly written such that everyone - not just "deemed journalists" - is suspicious to say the least (looking at you CNN and the like), it is still a shining example of a unique American principle that we would even be having the debate. That a law like this should ever get so close to a governor's pen.
Spotter Watch - Spotters on The Spot
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- Facebook user Tim Newkirk posted video of an apparent raid or some other formal police action involving things being carted out of a building by police. One commentator believes (and a quick Google Street View confirms) that this happened at Broadway and Sears Street. I happened on this video while reviewing Buffalo Street News 716 where it was shared to.
- Buffalo Street News 716, speaking of, also posted images and video from a school bus accident at Dorothy Street and Baitz Avenue. Details on injuries were light at the time of their posting (though generally, school bus accidents, particularly in bad weather like today, are actually fairly common and rarely result in serious injuries).
- The Southtowns Scanner posted a traffic cam cap of an accident that occurred tonight on the I-90 near mile marker 426.
- Buffalo Fire Department-Helmets & Hose Wagons posted this FD response porn from yesterday 12/10.
** If you operate a digital place for the presentation of captured news and drama and would like to be regularly reviewed for BuffScan's "Spotters on the Spot", please let me know.
BuffScan Pokey Report
The following are fresh listings in the publicly distributed Erie County Jail Roster as of yesterday.
Booking Date 12/10/25- AVENT, ALVIN
- BARKSDALE, DELRESSA J
- BRADLEY, DENNIS
- COUGHLIN, BRETT W
- DANIELS, GREGG E
- DAVILA, SHEILA
- FRUEHAUF, VINCENT
- GIBSON, MICHAEL T
- HARDEMAN, HORATIO M
- HENN, HEATHER E
- LOFTON, DEVAUGHN
- THOMPSON, JACKEE
** In providing this convenient aggregate listing please keep in mind the following: Incarceration in county jail does not imply guilt - statistically, most inmates are in fact legally innocent and are only incarcerated pending further legal proceedings. As well, many circumstances including mental health and addiction issues can lead to behavioral turbulence and conflicts with society that result in jail. In noting incarceration status please adopt a compassion-first regard. For a variety of reasons the given list may not be all inclusive of those individuals actually processed.
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