Menacing with a Knife in Syracuse
What happened
Union 445 was dispatched for a reported menacing with a knife at Gear Avenue. The caller, reported someone threatening her granddaughter with a knife. Picked up on Syracuse Police radio traffic.
Key Facts
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Aug 21, 10:21:46 AM Initial DispatchMenacing with a Knife in Syracuse: Union 445 was dispatched for a reported menacing with a knife at Gear Avenue. The caller, reported someone threatening her granddaughter with a...Source: OTA only
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Aug 21, 10:26:02 AM escalationweapons involvedSource: radio_tg_33
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Radio Dispatch Intel 1 unit
Transcribed from over-the-air P25 radio traffic. Accuracy may vary. Information reflects raw dispatch communications and may not reflect final incident outcomes.
Dispatch Transcript
Union 445. 45. 45, I'm going to start you for a menacing with a knife, Gear Avenue, in Gear Ave, crossing Willis and 17th Avenue, [unit removed]. Caller's at Kathy Miller, yelling for police, reporting somebody's threatening her granddaughter with a knife at that location. I have a second caller, [name removed], reporting that their cousin has a kitchen knife, 10-22. Kathy.
Transcribed from over-the-air P25 radio traffic. Accuracy may vary.
Union 445 was dispatched for a reported menacing with a knife at Gear Avenue. The caller, reported someone threatening her granddaughter with a knife. Picked up on Syracuse Police radio traffic.
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Alert details
- Town: Syracuse
- Public location: Gear Avenue, Willis and 17th Avenue, Syracuse
- Service: General
- Source: CNYICC
- Source model: Over-the-air monitor only (CNYICC)
- Signal confidence: early signal
- Transcript state: radio only
- Public note: Derived from over-the-air radio traffic. Treat it as an early signal until public updates confirm it.
- Published in archive: Aug 21, 2026 at 10:21 AM
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Source
Derived from over-the-air radio traffic. Treat it as an early signal until public updates confirm it.