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Council presses police for real‑time notifications after June 17 Tops incident
Summary
Buffalo Common Council referred a resolution seeking guidance on firearms at private businesses to the Police Oversight Committee and debated police transparency after officials said members learned of a June 17 armed incident at a Tops store through media a week later.
Buffalo Common Council members on July 8 referred a resolution requesting guidance about firearm restrictions on private business property to the Police Oversight Committee and spent the meeting pressing the Buffalo Police Department for better, faster public notifications after an armed incident at a Tops grocery store on June 17.
The resolution, sponsored on the floor as Item 60, asks the city to convene state and law‑enforcement officials to clarify what private businesses may lawfully do on their property and how the public will be informed when incidents occur. Councilmember Heather moved the referral; Councilmember Rivera seconded it. The council then approved a separate referral of…
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