Staffing
The Accident Investigation Bureau is commanded by Captain Patrick M. McKenna. Lt. John Olesko and 11 investigators complete the unit.
Function
The Bureau investigates motor vehicle accidents where serious injury or a fatality was involved and conducts follow-up on hit and run accidents. Enforcement of New York State Vehicle and Traffic Laws in order to facilitate the safe movement of traffic is another major function of the Bureau. This includes a STOP-DWI contract with Erie County, DWI sobriety checkpoints, random safety checks and commercial vehicle enforcement. Commercial vehicle enforcement is conducted twice a month and involves pulling over large trucks and semi trailers for the State and Federal Departments of Transportation.
Serving arrest warrants for Vehicle and Traffic Law violations and removing unregistered or abandon vehicles in violation of the Town Ordinance are also part of the Bureau’s responsibilities.
Statistics for 2008, 2009 & 2010
Year |
Total
Crashes |
Fatal
Crashes
|
Injury
Crashes
|
DWI
Arrests |
2008 |
5,821 |
4 |
972 |
412 |
2009 |
5,702 |
3 |
1,020 |
598 |
2010 |
5,755 |
3 |
942 |
546 |
- Crossing Double Yellow Lines to bypass cars in order to get to the left hand turn arrow is illegal.
- Passing a stopped school bus from Either Direction when its red lights are flashing is illegal.
- You must Stop Completely at a Stop Sign.
- Following Too Close is the cause of many accidents in town.
- You are required to Slow Down and Move Over when approaching and passing an emergency vehicle that is stopped on the roadside with its Emergency Lights Flashing. (Move over if there is room and safe to do so).
- An Emergency Vehicle has its siren and /or flashing lights on and is approaching you from the front or the rear…what do you do? Pull over to the Right as soon as you can Safely do so and stop until the emergency vehicle has passed by. Then safely continue your driving. Be alert for More Than One Emergency Vehicle.
- Convictions for Cell Phone violations now adds Two Points to your driving record.
- Be alert for Deer crossing the roadway. There were 504 Deer-Vehicle accidents in 2009 and 457 Deer-Vehicle Accidents in 2010.
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