TOWN OF HAMBURG, N.Y. (WKBW) — A Town of Hamburg police officer, Peter Randall, has been issued a letter of reprimand after an internal investigation found he violated department protocol while assisting federal agents with an immigration arrest. The assist was recorded by Randall’s body-worn camera.
The incident happened on December 11, 2025. Border Patrol agents were tracking a gray pickup truck in the Town of Hamburg. Federal documents obtained by the 7 News I-Team explain that the truck was registered to an undocumented immigrant from Guatemala, who had been previously removed from the United States.
Those documents explain that agents lost sight of the truck before finding it parked in a Hamburg shopping center on McKinley Parkway near Wegmans. Federal officials requested help from Homeland Security agents. The Hamburg Police Department also helped in stopping the truck when it left the plaza…