Tag: Buffalo Police

Buffalo in the ’80s: MetroRail ‘unpaves the way’ to downtown revitalization

By Steve Cichon
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In 1981, the Ansonia Building at Main and Tupper was being considered for a $500,000 facelift with the thought that locations along the coming MetroRail route would be increasing in value.

Buffalo News archives

When this photo was snapped, the officer parking his Dodge Coronet police car would have to hike a block or so south on Main Street to get to the Third Precinct house in the old Greyhound bus terminal. An officer parking there today would only have to walk to the opposite corner of Main and Tupper to the new B District headquarters building.

Traffic returned to the block several years ago, after decades of being an auto-free zone.

 

Buffalo in the 70s: Fewer than 2% of city cops are black

By Steve Cichon
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@stevebuffalo

Buffalo’s only black police captain — one of only 25 black officers in the city — said having more men of color policing the neighborhoods predominantly inhabited by people of color would help solve many issues.

In 1970, Buffalo had 1,400 police officers and 25 (1.7 percent) were black. Department of Justice figures say in 2013, Buffalo had 714 officers, and 29 percent (about 207) were minorities.

Buffalo in the 70s: The story of an old mounted cop and his old horse

By Steve Cichon
steve@buffalostories.com
@stevebuffalo

The Buffalo Police Department disbanded its mounted division in 1955 and sold off the horses at auction. But 20 years later, a retired officer and the horse with whom he shared a beat still spent time together in the Boston Hills.

Also, at the bottom of the page– a great look at the classic Olaf Fub.

From July, 1975: