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Buffalo, N.Y.-area police department brings levity to serious work

Neil Linderman
Neil Linderman
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There aren’t many professions of more serious consequence than policework.

Officers put their lives on the line for the communities they serve, and the way they do their jobs can make all the difference in the world for the quality of life of residents.

That seriousness is usually reflected in the way departments communicate with the public. Even if departments utilize modern tools such as social media, the messages are almost always predictably sterile — accident reports, calls for help finding robbery suspects and the like.

The West Seneca Police Department, a 66-officer outfit covering a community of more than 45,000 in the Buffalo, N.Y., suburbs, does those things, too. Only the WSPD does its duty with a certain… flair.

It’s all there, traffic reports included. The messages are as important as you’d expect. The presentation is something more.

Last week, officers responded to an animal control call.

Never a dull moment, even during a pandemic.

While their style is outside the norm, their message is simple.

Neil Linderman is a Tribune-Review copy editor. You can contact Neil at nlinderman@triblive.com.

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