Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) - The Buffalo Common Council continues to seek answers from the Buffalo Police surrounding their investigation on Erie County Sheriff's Narcotics and Intelligence Chief Daniel "D.J." Granville.
Granville is accused of hitting six vehicles and damaging seven vehicles in total during an April 2024 incident that happened while he was on duty. Five officers have been placed on administrative leave in connection with the incident and Granville has been issued three tickets for leaving the scene of a property damage accident without reporting. Witnesses have come forward claiming that Granville was drunk
"Investigators have been interviewing victims, witnesses and Department personnel that were involved in some cases multiple times, they have came for video and other evidence, submitting four requests and issue subpoenas throughout the course of the investigation, assistance has been requested from numerous outside entities just following the investigation has left no stone unturned in its pursuit of the truth," Wright said.
Council Member David Rivera says the council was blindsided by the investigation.
"During those 10 months, people assume that there is a code of silence. We don't hear anything. It's a blue wall of silence. To understand what the blue wall of silence is, officers don't tell on other officers and the media's pretty right to ask those questions and council members as well," stated Rivera.
Moving forward, Rivera says that the council wants to see a thorough investigation conducted, and every witness interviewed.
"These are witnesses who, for nine months, nobody reached out to them. So there's a period of silence there. You can call it the code of silence, where people didn't know what happened. It's like it never happened until it was broke to us by the news media, and certainly we're not happy with that. There should be transparency. We should have been told the actions of the police officers are going to be looked into, what they should have done and what they didn't do," stated Rivera.
