‘Code of silence’: Councilmember slams Buffalo police response to Sheriff official’s crash

Buffalo Police Commissioner Alphonso Wright was summoned to the Common Council’s Police Oversight Committee Thursday over the department’s ongoing internal investigation into a top Erie County Sheriff’s official.

Wright read out a prepared statement regarding the Buffalo Police Department’s investigation into the incident involving Daniel “DJ” Granville — the Erie County Sheriff’s Chief of Narcotics and Intelligence who crashed his county pickup truck into seven parked cars back in April 2024.

But Wright said he was unable to answer the councilmembers’ follow up questions, citing the ongoing investigation…

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