August 7, 2026 • 33 mins
Bob talks to Rochester Locust Club President Jeff Wiater about his retirement from the RPD, Bob takes a call, we go live to the Josh Allen Press Conference at Bills Training camp, and we talk to John DiTullio live from Bills Training Camp.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Anytime.
Speaker 2 (00:00):
Another hour with Bob Lonsbury starting now.
Speaker 1 (00:02):
Honey's ready to wham. I love it, ay day, Thanks, sir,
I appreciate that, and troops like always. I appreciate you
showing up for a muster, and I hope all is
cool and copasetic on your end. It takes a lot
of things to be a police officer. Takes a lot
of things to look after the interests of your fellow officers,
things like dedication, hard work, compassion such along nose lines,
(00:26):
I'll be joined by a gentleman who is wrapping up
a career which demonstrates all of those things. The outgoing
president of the Rochester Police Locust Club, Sergeant Jeff Waite, Sir,
good morning and welcome Waiter. Rather, I'm sorry, good morning,
and welcome to the broadcast.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
Good morning, Bob. How are you?
Speaker 1 (00:44):
I'm outstanding, sir, I'm outstanding. What is your status? When
do you officially retire? Please?
Speaker 3 (00:51):
So today officially is my last day employed by the
Rochester Police Department after thirty three plus years probly serving
the community of the City of Rochester.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
It's a dumb question, but how does that feel?
Speaker 3 (01:08):
Well, it's kind of odd, you know. I didn't know
how it was going to feel, because you know, you
hear from other guys and girls that that leave the department,
and some are angry and some are happy and some
are But I don't think it's settled in yet. I
don't think it's hit home how things are going to be.
This is a life changing event. You know. I'm used
to getting up every day and going to work and
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doing my job, and now all of a sudden, I'm
not gonna be doing that anymore. So after thirty three
years of that, it's taking time to settle in yet.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Jeff Waiter is the outgoing president of the Locust Club,
the union representing Rochester Police officers. A little under three
years in that position for that position over the past,
that's a relatively short tenure. How has that gone for you?
Speaker 3 (01:54):
Yeah, so it actually it went very well. I was
very proud to serve. There's probably my proudest moment is
is serving the Mental women as the president of the
Locust Club. But and people have asked me that, you
know why. So soon we went in there, my team
and my folks that were elected with me, and we
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went in there with the idea that we kind of
set the table for the next group of people, and
Paul Vandor for my vice president. I knew he was
ready and I knew he was ready to take over.
And I had also served in so many different positions
over the course of my career. I was, you know,
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served as platoon Rep. And Section Rep. And House chairman
and treasurer and vice president, and so I had done
all those roles. So when I finally got to the presidency,
we went in there. I think we did some very
good things for the men and women of the Rush
For Police Department, and it was just time.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
There was.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
A few things that happened in my personal life that
I was looking back, and you know, somebody pulled me
aside one day and said, listen, you can't buy time.
You can't buy time, and looking at that, and that
was kind of the Lieutenant John pre watsensact when he
passed away. That was kind of a catalyst, and I said,
you know what, I think it's time. And talking to
my family, we all agreed that I think I've served
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my purpose here. I think I've done my due diligence
for the men and women of the Locust Club. I
think I've done my due diligence for the citizens of
the City of Rochester, and it was time to spend
time with.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
My family who thirty three years have been historic change
for the City of Rochester and very significant change as
well for the police Department. Any thoughts on that, sir.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
Yeah, you know, you know, I think about her all
the time. And when I sent a letter out to
the or a message out to the membership, when I
finally decided that I was going to be retiring, and
I fear for the future of policing. There's been so
many changes in policing over that last few years, some
good but mostly not positive. And I remember when I
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came on the job, and you know, some old timer
will pull me aside and say, kid, why do you
want to do this job? You know, things have changed,
not the same way anymore. And that was true then,
but it is significantly true now the way that things
have changed, and not so much for policing as as
it stands, but the political side of things. And you know,
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they people complain and people say, you know, it took me.
It took six hours for police officers, police sort of
get there to take a report. Yeah, because we don't
have the staffing levels anymore because people have left this
profession because of the politics that are involved in it.
And it's it's but everyone knows this, but no one's
doing anything to change anything about it. And you know,
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the the the amount of criticism that they take, the
amount of tests that are given to them, it's just
so significant. Now I just fear for the future of policing.
But what what happens with that is when you can't
hire people and you can't keep people, you can't retain people,
what happens is you lose people and you have fewer
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and fewer police officers out there. And now the citizens
of the City of Rochester are now affected by this,
and really it boils down to either a the politicians
that put these mandates in place or the people that
voted for them. And that's what happens, and they just
walk away. Nobody's doing anything to change it. And that's
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my greatest fear is what's going to happen in the
future of policing. You know, I hate to say this.
As a conservative, I prefer smaller government, but I think
metro policing is probably the only thing that's going to
stave the city of Rochester, and hopefully that'll come sooner
rather than later, because I think the citizens of the
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City of Rochester deserve it, but also the the officers
need it for their officer safety and for their mental
health in their wellness.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
Jeff Waiter is retiring. He's the president of Rochester Police
Locust Club. You mentioned politics. I think there are three
members the Rochester City Council, for example, who are decidedly
anti police. When you see such candidates run and get elected,
how does.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
That feel, Well, you know, it's obviously a great concern
of ours. You know, we have people that are on
city council that are significantly anti police. And again, this
comes back to what happens when you have folks like
that that are on city council. They vote down every
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grant request, they vote down everything it has to do
with policing. But the only thing they're doing they're being
self serving. They're not thinking about the benefits that come
about from increasing staffing, increasing equipment, increasing technology for the
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benefit of the citizens of Rochester. They're self serving because
they have this thought in their head that they hate
cops and they want nothing to do with them. So
anything that has to do with policing. They're going to
vote it down, they're not gonna support it, and they're
gonna have nothing to do with it. And it's again
self serving and it's a detriment to the citizens of
the City of Rochester. And then the folks on the
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other side of the city Council that are looking for
this are the police department, and they're looking for this.
They're saying, why are you voting this down? What is
the purpose here? And then they get affected by that
as well, and it gets very, very frustrating on everybody's part.
But the people that come out to vote, when they
come out to vote, they vote for them because they've
got one issue, one grand standing issue, which is defund
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the police or anti police or whatever. And folks that
do come out to vote, they vote for them. And
this is what you get as a result. And we've
all seen that.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
There are no doubt. And Jeff Waiters, the outgoing president
of the Rochester Police Locust Club, could you hold on
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Three years. He has since November twenty three been the
president of the Rochester Police Locust Club, which serves the
uniform officers, non command officers of the Rochester Police Department.
And not wanting you to betray confidences or you know,
offend anybody, but how do things stand right now? How
has City Hall served the officer? How officers? How has
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the sixth floor, Sir served the officers?
Speaker 3 (08:55):
Well, I think we've we've done in very good job
of building relationships. And I'll share this with your listeners
that Chief Dave Smith and I Chief Smith was came
on the class before me and he actually when I
got promoted, he was an officer of mine back in
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Genesee midnights, and so we have a long history together.
We have a very good relationship. Every it was every
two weeks and it came down to every month just
because of our schedules conflicting that we get together for
coffee and we go off site and just sit down
and kind of hash out things. But if he called
me right now, I pick up the phone immediately. If
I if I called him, I know he would pick
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up the phone or at least text me back and
say I can't I'll call you back as soon as
I can. That also equally applies to the mayor and
the Deputy mayor. We've built good relationships with them. We
have good communication. We don't always agree on everything, but
at least we can have good talks and good communication.
The same thing with Corporation Council Patrick Beate. We've built
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good relationships there where we can pick up the phone
and have discussions working the best interests of our members
to get things done. And again we don't always agree
on things, but at the end of the day, we
can have good quality conversations to try to get things
done on the benefit of their employees.
Speaker 4 (10:21):
But our members.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
Malik believes in you guys. He values the officers.
Speaker 3 (10:27):
Yeah, he does. And I'll tell you when we walked
in obviously we were fresh faces and a new group,
and we came in there and within five months we
got a new contract on it, got it ratified, and
you know, the mayor was great. We sat down and
signed it together and he was very happy. We were
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very happy with the end results. So we were able
to get things done for the benefit of our members,
his employees. But it was it was a good working
relationship and I know that Paul Bounder is going to
continue that that working relationship as president of the organization.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
It's outstanding. Jeff Waiter as the retiring president of the
Rochester Police Locust Club, the community, whatever that means, the
people who you serve, how has that attitude evolved over time?
And where does it stand now, please sir?
Speaker 3 (11:18):
As far as the residence of the City of Rochester, Yes, sir, Yeah,
so nothing's changed. And I'll tell you this that the
reality is. I tell all our recruits when they come in,
you know, there's a thousand different things that are happening,
you know, through through their training and all the things
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that go along with it, signing this form and that form,
all the other stuff. But we come in, we get
about fifteen minutes fifteen minutes with them, initially and then
we get four hours with them in post academy. But
my message to all of them is this, just be professional.
And when I say be professional, I mean be professional
in your.
Speaker 4 (12:03):
Professional life, but I'll also.
Speaker 3 (12:05):
Be professional in your personal life. And you will never
have a problem. And when you're there to serve, you're
there to serve the residents of the city of Rochester,
and it doesn't matter what they look like, doesn't matter
how they act, doesn't matter how old they are or
how young they are. Just be professional with them. And
if you do that, you will always be respected, and
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you will never have a problem or an issue, and
you will be doing your job as a professional police officer.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
He's Jeff who.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
When people don't do that, then we have a problem.
But that's always been my I was told that many
many years ago. I've tried to maintain that and be
true to that and be a professional not only to
the citizens, but as a elected union official, be professional
to my members. And so I think I've been kind
of successful in that aspect.
Speaker 1 (12:57):
A lot of talk Jeff Water, retiring president Chester Police
Locus Club, A lot of talk over the last handfull
of years about criminal justice reform from the standpoint of
police officers. Has how big a deal has that been
to you or has it not been a problem?
Speaker 3 (13:12):
No, it's been a very big deal. The problem is
is that we can stand up at a podium and
yell and scream and point fingers and do all kinds
of other things, but we don't have the ability to
change those things. It was the politicians that did that
in the first place, and I've heard from upstate politicians
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it wasn't us, it was the downstate folks. I've heard
from the downstad folks say it wasn't us, it was
being generated from the upstate folks. But no one has
done anything to change it. Everybody addresses it, everybody looks
at it. Everybody says, well, I can't believe they're stealing
all these cars. I can't believe you didn't make a
physical arrest. I can't believe that all these things happen
are happening. What's going on here, Well, that's because the
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people that were elected to be in power have made
these changes and they're doing nothing to change it. And
like I said, I can stand up with a podium
all day long, I can get in front of a
TV camera, I can point fingers, I can say all
these things.
Speaker 4 (14:12):
And guess what.
Speaker 3 (14:13):
Ten minutes later, the rest of the world will forget
about what I just said and everybody will move on
with their lives. It's not going to be until enough
people get in front of the camera, enough people get
behind the legislation say we need to do something to
protect this community. We need to do something to protect
the police officers. We need to do something to make
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this a safer community. And I know Todd Baxter has
been out there. I know that other leaders in this
community have been out there. But it takes more than that.
It takes people on the ground pushing the agenda, standing
up and saying we need to make these changes. We
need to go back to the way we were before.
We need to be able to make physical rests. I mean,
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look what happened last weekend when we had all the
violence that occurred in the Northeast section there, there was
very few physical arrest made whatsoever because everyone knows you
can't do anything. I give them a ticket and they
walk away.
Speaker 4 (15:15):
That's it.
Speaker 3 (15:16):
That's the end of it, and maybe they show up
the court, maybe they don't. But it used to be
that people that had issues or problems or concerns. You
could take them, you could arrest them, you could bring
them to the jail and then they got the assessment
and the medical attention that they needed or the mental
health assessment that they needed. But we don't do that anymore.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
As Jeff Waiter, who's retiring after thirty three years as
a Rochester Police officer, he's a sergeant by rank in
that organization and the presidence of the Rochester Police Locust Club. Sir,
thanks for the life you've lived. Thanks for talking to
us today. We very much appreciate you.
Speaker 3 (15:51):
Bob, thank you so much. Thank you for your time,
and thank you for your listeners. Give me the opportunities
to be on your show today.
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Speaker 4 (16:31):
Hey Bob, Good morning Justice. Listening in on the conversation
that you were having. So I guess my question is
to ask, does bail reform prevent officers from making arrests?
Speaker 1 (16:48):
I think it may, unconsciously or psychologically or something like
that discourage them, because like, if an officer thinks what's
going to come of this anyway? I think that you
might say, what's the point, And I think that that
might My guess would be that it probably does reduce
what do you think, Well.
Speaker 4 (17:10):
I don't think that should be left up to the officer.
I thought they'll reform only affects the post arrest. I mean,
like what happens in the court system, not what happens
at the scene of a crime. I think that's a
way that they've used a way to deflect and disregard
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what's happening in these communities because they don't want to
take the time and do the work. They can easily
issue appearance tickets, but in most times they elect to
not even do that. So I think that's a pop
out and I think it's done purposely.
Speaker 1 (17:51):
I think part of it is that I think that
the and I don't know, but I think that the
police boss is want to discourage, like arrest. You know,
there's a large gathering, a lot of bad stuff happens,
and they like never charge anybody. Clearly, somebody made that
decision somewhere, right. It's not a decision I agree with,
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because you lose your chance to send a message if
you're trying to send a message exactly exactly.
Speaker 4 (18:20):
It's I think wanted to give them. I just wanted
to give some clarity because you hear this all the
time from police officers. Oh well we can't arrest them,
we can't arrest them. Well, laws are still laws. I mean,
crimes are still crimes. I mean even the simplest things.
Like one of the biggest things you see now is
you know, like with all of the mopeds and motorcycles
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and things on the road. My guess is nine out
of ten of those motorcycles are illegal. But they violate
every motor vehicle woo and laws of the road, and
nobody gets arrested, and they'll do it right in front
of the police officers. Yeah, So I'm just curious to
know what is I wonder.
Speaker 1 (19:05):
So I think this is not a defense because I
don't really know. But I think one of the part
of the challenge also is one they're understaffed, and two,
any of these actions requires a significant number of man hours.
Like writing someone up for that appearance ticket, I think
is about a two hour task, and that takes that officer.
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And for two hours you're engaged in that paperwork, even
though it's on a little computer, and those are two
hours you aren't taking calls, you aren't on the road,
And I think that that creates an additional disincentive for
them to do it well.
Speaker 4 (19:45):
We can definitely have discussions about that at length, but
I'm a firm believer man is Daddy Bounce. A prevention
beats a pound of cure. And if you were to
start with some of these small things that are taking
place in our mute him, I think a much louder.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
I got to run here like ire. But the best
way to fight big crime is by fighting a bit
small crime. Here's a Josh Allen.
Speaker 9 (20:11):
Is by doing those things, breaking bread together and you know,
sitting outside by the fire pit eating dinner like it's
there's just a lot of a lot of love on
this team, and that'll show on the field. I think
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the guys that we brought in have been awesome. I think,
you know, you get a guy like Bradley Chubb who's
been around the league, He's played at a very high
level for a very long time. Now, you know, he's
that type of leader that gets guys together and pulls
people in and and wants to have a good time.
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I think TV has done such a good job too
of adapting throughout the years, and I think he's into
a spot now where he's very comfortable with who he
is as a player and as a person. But yeah,
I mean it's the it's the guys that we brought in,
you know, just gelling and mess with the guys that
we've had, and uh, it's it's beautiful to see.
Speaker 7 (21:13):
Brandon said, it's sad your deal was pretty much done.
Speaker 5 (21:16):
He said that a lot of the guys were really
happy for him.
Speaker 8 (21:19):
I can see you're he's the smile of it or
just thinking about it a little bit.
Speaker 7 (21:22):
What does it mean We're one of your guys up
front is able to get rewarded in that way.
Speaker 9 (21:27):
It's it's awesome you know it's not the reason you
should play this game, but it doesn't hurt, you know,
to to make sure that the effort, the energy that
you've put into something for so long to get rewarded
and to feel like you're taking care of big big,
you know, weight.
Speaker 7 (21:47):
Off your shoulders when that happens.
Speaker 9 (21:50):
He deserves every penny he's He's been so steady for
us the last few years.
Speaker 7 (21:54):
He's going to continue to.
Speaker 9 (21:55):
Get better and against Iel was just that guy in
the team where you ask anybody there, I don't think
anybody could say a bad thing about Cyrestaurants, And he's
the ultimate teammate. He works extremely hard and like I said,
he deserves every penny. And it's just awesome when you
know our front office and being included fine guys and
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reward those same guys through the draft process and and
development and the investment that he's put into our offensive line.
Uh is something that makes me extremely happy because I
love those guys. What do you see from Josh paulmer
Fears He's feeling healthy and doing well there. Yeah, he's
moving very well, you know, getting in there and and
and really trusting the guys. And I've got a lot
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of trust in him. You know, he continues to to
get better and uh, just continue building that relationship with
him through routes on air and then live live reps.
As you saw to Dave going out there making making
big plays when we need it.
Speaker 7 (22:53):
So we're gonna need to see more of that. And
you know, he's been doing a great.
Speaker 1 (22:57):
Job's yours a skylark.
Speaker 8 (22:58):
He's got out of here paid for.
Speaker 7 (23:01):
An hour almost after practice, sign up fans and.
Speaker 1 (23:03):
To get down the Gus machine.
Speaker 4 (23:05):
But that's pretty our presses him.
Speaker 9 (23:07):
Yeah, man, he's he's a kid that really wants he
wants it. You know, he works extremely hard. He doesn't
say a whole lot. He's got a really fun personality
too when you're around him. You know, a lot of
success in college, and he knows, you know, the opportunity
that he has and the role that he's gonna play
on this team this year.
Speaker 7 (23:26):
But he's got to go out there and earn it.
And I think that that's what he's doing right now.
Speaker 9 (23:29):
And I know that we've been putting a lot on
his plate intentionally and he's been handling it extremely well.
So you know, as we get closer to the season,
you know, that kind of dies down. You kind of
figure out, you know what you're good, but you're not
so good at what we're gonna ask you to do.
And but he's he's been excelling really in any spot
that we've put him in so far. So he's just
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going to continue to learn.
Speaker 2 (23:53):
What you've seen slid the outside.
Speaker 6 (23:56):
What do you what do you like?
Speaker 10 (23:57):
What do you think he does the best to get
this one?
Speaker 7 (24:00):
I mean, I think it's tough to say.
Speaker 9 (24:01):
I think playing outside, he's got enough speed to do it,
and I think in the side he's got enough wiggle
to do it. So, uh, he runs extremely crispro outes,
you know, some of the downfield stuff he's really good at,
and that probably pushes him a little more outside. And
then you have a guy like Khalil, Like, uh, that's
fine too, but if you can interchange, you know, guys
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running in different spots now, Like I think that makes
it hard for defenses where you can't really get to
tell of, Hey, it's Clill inside.
Speaker 7 (24:28):
Or he's the outside, Where's where'skyther Bell, where's DJ Moore?
Speaker 9 (24:31):
Like those guys can all play inside outside you move
Dalton kind and Dawnson around too.
Speaker 7 (24:37):
So it doesn't hurt to have options you.
Speaker 10 (24:41):
Too, and trust butcher Kate on as they think, you know,
you just threw it out there and d j k
one kind of butcher kate on love with trust just
that play alone.
Speaker 9 (24:56):
Yeah, he just continues to to be the guy that
he thought we thought he would be. And that's kind
of as simple as it is. You know, we brought
him here for a reason is to be that guy,
and he's he's going out there and he's being that
guy right now. And the relationship that we have off
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the field is awesome and it continues to grow and
I do, like I said for a long time now
that pays dividends on the field, but just be able
to talk about, you know, certain route concepts and body
language and like, hey, maybe try it this way next time,
and if it works, let's roll with it. If not,
let's just keep workshopping it. And there's been a couple
of times where that's happened, and we feel like we
can get on the same page extremely quickly the way
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that we talk to each other. But that throw and
catch is I wish we could save that. We saved
that for game day because that was one of the better,
more impressive catches.
Speaker 7 (25:51):
And throws that I've made.
Speaker 4 (25:54):
You know it was.
Speaker 9 (25:55):
It was pretty cool and the type of guy that
can go make a play like that's pretty special.
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I be with you again, you.
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As well, my friend. It's always a delight. I'm a
keen admirer. I'm forever told you, but I'm a huge fan, huge,
big big fan, big fan.
Speaker 2 (26:43):
Listen.
Speaker 8 (26:43):
I've been a long time listener. It's my first time,
first time caller, first time call.
Speaker 1 (26:49):
First time caller. So it's pretty much it's done. Huh,
It's done. It's over. The trucks are here.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
They're loading up the moving trucks.
Speaker 8 (26:59):
So fast camp. I mean, listen, only seven open practices
under first year head coach Joe Brady.
Speaker 2 (27:06):
They go back.
Speaker 8 (27:06):
They'll continue camp, but in Orchard Park starting tomorrow with
the annual Blue Red practice and scrimmage at the new stadium.
Speaker 1 (27:15):
Well, listen, they've taken care of us. Now they'll go
take care of the home folks. There's nothing wrong with that.
We all win in that scenario.
Speaker 8 (27:21):
Now, I think, listen, they got their work in. I
think the plan is to continue to come here. Let's
be efficient, let's be here. We don't need here, we
don't need to be here for two to three weeks
like they have in the past seven open practices. It
serves a great purpose and it's a short time. You
don't burn the players out here at camp, which I
think is smart by Joe Brady.
Speaker 1 (27:42):
Absolutely one hundred percent. Any big thing. As folks walked
past a few autographs, Scott gotten listen.
Speaker 5 (27:50):
You heard Rard.
Speaker 8 (27:51):
We've been hearing roars throughout camp. We were interviewing Skyler
Bell when people were calling for him. He's the rookie
out of Connecticut.
Speaker 2 (27:59):
It is great.
Speaker 8 (28:00):
And I look over and see who's asking for autographs.
I don't see grown men anymore. I think I they
saw them last week.
Speaker 1 (28:06):
It's basically kid.
Speaker 8 (28:07):
You may see some teenagers, but it's just so sweet and.
Speaker 1 (28:10):
The players do their best. I thought they would bolt, Bobby,
as we spoke earlier.
Speaker 2 (28:13):
They did not bolt.
Speaker 8 (28:14):
They did hang around and signed as many autographs as
they could, and I think that's great.
Speaker 1 (28:20):
It's great for the kids.
Speaker 8 (28:21):
That's something to always remember.
Speaker 1 (28:23):
That's outstanding. That's a great John Detulio and a whole
bunch more at noon on twelve eighty, sir.
Speaker 8 (28:27):
Yeah, Yeah, we're gonna have the rookie Skylar Bell on
from Connecticut. And during Mini camps back in May, Josh
Allen threw a ball excuse me, so hard at him.
He broke Skyler Bell's finger because.
Speaker 2 (28:40):
The ball came in with that much juice.
Speaker 8 (28:42):
But we're looking forward to running that interview we had
with the rookie out of Connecticut.
Speaker 1 (28:46):
When speaking of Josh throwing the ball, there's that press
conference a moment ago. He's talking about something. I think
he may be referenced yesterday or whatever. Whether was there
some kind of spectacular throw and catch.
Speaker 8 (28:57):
It was Josh to DJ Moore or who they traded
from with, you know, to get him from Chicago. It
was a great throw in Dj Moore, who was triple
covered by the Bill's best defensive back. You had that,
Christian Benford. He had Cole Bishop draped all over him,
and he was still able to not only get the
ball there.
Speaker 2 (29:17):
But it was a spectacular catch by Dj Moore.
Speaker 1 (29:20):
That's kind of given looking or giving us.
Speaker 8 (29:23):
A glimpse of what the possibilities could be between those
two in the upcoming season.
Speaker 1 (29:28):
And it gives you a glimpse into probably what was
a subsequent stern talk by the defensive coordinator.
Speaker 8 (29:34):
Right well, I mean, listen, I don't think you could
fault Bedford in Bishop on that at all. And I
think it was there was another player too. He was
basically triple team. It took a throw by the best
quarterback in football, and it took an incredible catch by
who should be the Bill's clearly a number one receiver.
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It was a great throw and catch. No fault on
the part of Cole Bishop and certainly Christian Benber that's standing.
Speaker 2 (30:02):
That's great.
Speaker 1 (30:02):
John Atulio, thank you, my friend. See you, buddy, you
bet you take care. Radio Mike Odin, I know that
we're about to walk out the door here. This is
the point where I inquire as to his plans for
the weekend. He will say something along the lines of, well, Bob,
I'm able to expand my radio experience by coming in
and helping out my dear friends at the radio station
(30:23):
this weekend.
Speaker 2 (30:24):
Is that about it, Radio Mic, something like that. All right,
you're working, oh yes, on Sunday.
Speaker 1 (30:29):
Okay. You know what, A lot of people try.
Speaker 10 (30:32):
To do that.
Speaker 1 (30:32):
If you have a weekend where one day is going
to rain like hell and the other day is going
to be really nice, a lot of people try to
go in and work on the nice day. That's a
good call, buddy. Yeah, you're a good man, You're you
know what. I try to look on the bright side.
At least you don't have that dang gazebo in the
backyard to worry about this show.
Speaker 2 (30:49):
No, no, no, at least there's that. No, we have
a pop up like like a pop up thing in
the place of where that was.
Speaker 1 (30:58):
That's probably handy, right are held up?
Speaker 5 (31:01):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (31:01):
Yeah, yeah, that's been good.
Speaker 1 (31:03):
Take it down when you don't yes, for concert planners,
you and your mom look anything cool down range?
Speaker 2 (31:09):
Not yet? Okay, there's nothing really entertaining coming to town
that I'm aware of.
Speaker 1 (31:14):
You guys ever go to the State Fair?
Speaker 2 (31:16):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (31:16):
Okay, you're going this year?
Speaker 8 (31:17):
You think.
Speaker 2 (31:19):
Probably an apple we'll see.
Speaker 1 (31:21):
Okay, Oh right, very good. How about if you've heard
the ads the Wayne County Fair? Probably not okay, probably
up because that's east side, your west side. Yes, Hilton
Fireman's Carnival.
Speaker 2 (31:35):
Did that it?
Speaker 7 (31:36):
Yep?
Speaker 1 (31:36):
Went pretty well.
Speaker 2 (31:37):
Yep, went well for the most part. Went down there
for Friday night.
Speaker 1 (31:41):
Okay, who has the uh? Who has the apple festival?
Speaker 2 (31:45):
That's also Hilton?
Speaker 1 (31:46):
Okay, Hilton's got it.
Speaker 2 (31:47):
That's in October.
Speaker 1 (31:47):
You think about, well, it's closer to apple harvest time.
You will go to that? Probably that's very good. That's
very good. Probably any other fruit or vegetable based festivals
you like to attend, Not that I can think of. Okay,
you ever go out like the concerts sometimes like there's
there's something called Rumble in the Valley or something I
can't remember. There's a little campgrounds sometimes I'll have bands playing.
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Do you ever go to a stuff like that?
Speaker 2 (32:12):
Occasionally? Not not a lot. If if it is a
music that will draw you to that usually yes, and
and and and who's playing that music?
Speaker 1 (32:23):
Okay, all right, very good and anything big tomorrow on
your official day off.
Speaker 2 (32:30):
No, I plan on doing absolutely nothing tomorrow.
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Another hour with Bob Lonsbury starting now.
Speaker 1 (00:02):
Honey's ready to wham. I love it, ay day, Thanks, sir,
I appreciate that, and troops like always. I appreciate you
showing up for a muster, and I hope all is
cool and copasetic on your end. It takes a lot
of things to be a police officer. Takes a lot
of things to look after the interests of your fellow officers,
things like dedication, hard work, compassion such along nose lines,
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I'll be joined by a gentleman who is wrapping up
a career which demonstrates all of those things. The outgoing
president of the Rochester Police Locust Club, Sergeant Jeff Waite, Sir,
good morning and welcome Waiter. Rather, I'm sorry, good morning,
and welcome to the broadcast.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
Good morning, Bob. How are you?
Speaker 1 (00:44):
I'm outstanding, sir, I'm outstanding. What is your status? When
do you officially retire? Please?
Speaker 3 (00:51):
So today officially is my last day employed by the
Rochester Police Department after thirty three plus years probly serving
the community of the City of Rochester.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
It's a dumb question, but how does that feel?
Speaker 3 (01:08):
Well, it's kind of odd, you know. I didn't know
how it was going to feel, because you know, you
hear from other guys and girls that that leave the department,
and some are angry and some are happy and some
are But I don't think it's settled in yet. I
don't think it's hit home how things are going to be.
This is a life changing event. You know. I'm used
to getting up every day and going to work and
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doing my job, and now all of a sudden, I'm
not gonna be doing that anymore. So after thirty three
years of that, it's taking time to settle in yet.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Jeff Waiter is the outgoing president of the Locust Club,
the union representing Rochester Police officers. A little under three
years in that position for that position over the past,
that's a relatively short tenure. How has that gone for you?
Speaker 3 (01:54):
Yeah, so it actually it went very well. I was
very proud to serve. There's probably my proudest moment is
is serving the Mental women as the president of the
Locust Club. But and people have asked me that, you
know why. So soon we went in there, my team
and my folks that were elected with me, and we
(02:16):
went in there with the idea that we kind of
set the table for the next group of people, and
Paul Vandor for my vice president. I knew he was
ready and I knew he was ready to take over.
And I had also served in so many different positions
over the course of my career. I was, you know,
(02:37):
served as platoon Rep. And Section Rep. And House chairman
and treasurer and vice president, and so I had done
all those roles. So when I finally got to the presidency,
we went in there. I think we did some very
good things for the men and women of the Rush
For Police Department, and it was just time.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
There was.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
A few things that happened in my personal life that
I was looking back, and you know, somebody pulled me
aside one day and said, listen, you can't buy time.
You can't buy time, and looking at that, and that
was kind of the Lieutenant John pre watsensact when he
passed away. That was kind of a catalyst, and I said,
you know what, I think it's time. And talking to
my family, we all agreed that I think I've served
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my purpose here. I think I've done my due diligence
for the men and women of the Locust Club. I
think I've done my due diligence for the citizens of
the City of Rochester, and it was time to spend
time with.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
My family who thirty three years have been historic change
for the City of Rochester and very significant change as
well for the police Department. Any thoughts on that, sir.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
Yeah, you know, you know, I think about her all
the time. And when I sent a letter out to
the or a message out to the membership, when I
finally decided that I was going to be retiring, and
I fear for the future of policing. There's been so
many changes in policing over that last few years, some
good but mostly not positive. And I remember when I
(04:05):
came on the job, and you know, some old timer
will pull me aside and say, kid, why do you
want to do this job? You know, things have changed,
not the same way anymore. And that was true then,
but it is significantly true now the way that things
have changed, and not so much for policing as as
it stands, but the political side of things. And you know,
(04:25):
they people complain and people say, you know, it took me.
It took six hours for police officers, police sort of
get there to take a report. Yeah, because we don't
have the staffing levels anymore because people have left this
profession because of the politics that are involved in it.
And it's it's but everyone knows this, but no one's
doing anything to change anything about it. And you know,
(04:48):
the the the amount of criticism that they take, the
amount of tests that are given to them, it's just
so significant. Now I just fear for the future of policing.
But what what happens with that is when you can't
hire people and you can't keep people, you can't retain people,
what happens is you lose people and you have fewer
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and fewer police officers out there. And now the citizens
of the City of Rochester are now affected by this,
and really it boils down to either a the politicians
that put these mandates in place or the people that
voted for them. And that's what happens, and they just
walk away. Nobody's doing anything to change it. And that's
(05:29):
my greatest fear is what's going to happen in the
future of policing. You know, I hate to say this.
As a conservative, I prefer smaller government, but I think
metro policing is probably the only thing that's going to
stave the city of Rochester, and hopefully that'll come sooner
rather than later, because I think the citizens of the
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City of Rochester deserve it, but also the the officers
need it for their officer safety and for their mental
health in their wellness.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
Jeff Waiter is retiring. He's the president of Rochester Police
Locust Club. You mentioned politics. I think there are three
members the Rochester City Council, for example, who are decidedly
anti police. When you see such candidates run and get elected,
how does.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
That feel, Well, you know, it's obviously a great concern
of ours. You know, we have people that are on
city council that are significantly anti police. And again, this
comes back to what happens when you have folks like
that that are on city council. They vote down every
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grant request, they vote down everything it has to do
with policing. But the only thing they're doing they're being
self serving. They're not thinking about the benefits that come
about from increasing staffing, increasing equipment, increasing technology for the
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benefit of the citizens of Rochester. They're self serving because
they have this thought in their head that they hate
cops and they want nothing to do with them. So
anything that has to do with policing. They're going to
vote it down, they're not gonna support it, and they're
gonna have nothing to do with it. And it's again
self serving and it's a detriment to the citizens of
the City of Rochester. And then the folks on the
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other side of the city Council that are looking for
this are the police department, and they're looking for this.
They're saying, why are you voting this down? What is
the purpose here? And then they get affected by that
as well, and it gets very, very frustrating on everybody's part.
But the people that come out to vote, when they
come out to vote, they vote for them because they've
got one issue, one grand standing issue, which is defund
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the police or anti police or whatever. And folks that
do come out to vote, they vote for them. And
this is what you get as a result. And we've
all seen that.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
There are no doubt. And Jeff Waiters, the outgoing president
of the Rochester Police Locust Club, could you hold on
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Three years. He has since November twenty three been the
president of the Rochester Police Locust Club, which serves the
uniform officers, non command officers of the Rochester Police Department.
And not wanting you to betray confidences or you know,
offend anybody, but how do things stand right now? How
has City Hall served the officer? How officers? How has
(08:51):
the sixth floor, Sir served the officers?
Speaker 3 (08:55):
Well, I think we've we've done in very good job
of building relationships. And I'll share this with your listeners
that Chief Dave Smith and I Chief Smith was came
on the class before me and he actually when I
got promoted, he was an officer of mine back in
(09:16):
Genesee midnights, and so we have a long history together.
We have a very good relationship. Every it was every
two weeks and it came down to every month just
because of our schedules conflicting that we get together for
coffee and we go off site and just sit down
and kind of hash out things. But if he called
me right now, I pick up the phone immediately. If
I if I called him, I know he would pick
(09:38):
up the phone or at least text me back and
say I can't I'll call you back as soon as
I can. That also equally applies to the mayor and
the Deputy mayor. We've built good relationships with them. We
have good communication. We don't always agree on everything, but
at least we can have good talks and good communication.
The same thing with Corporation Council Patrick Beate. We've built
(10:01):
good relationships there where we can pick up the phone
and have discussions working the best interests of our members
to get things done. And again we don't always agree
on things, but at the end of the day, we
can have good quality conversations to try to get things
done on the benefit of their employees.
Speaker 4 (10:21):
But our members.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
Malik believes in you guys. He values the officers.
Speaker 3 (10:27):
Yeah, he does. And I'll tell you when we walked
in obviously we were fresh faces and a new group,
and we came in there and within five months we
got a new contract on it, got it ratified, and
you know, the mayor was great. We sat down and
signed it together and he was very happy. We were
(10:47):
very happy with the end results. So we were able
to get things done for the benefit of our members,
his employees. But it was it was a good working
relationship and I know that Paul Bounder is going to
continue that that working relationship as president of the organization.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
It's outstanding. Jeff Waiter as the retiring president of the
Rochester Police Locust Club, the community, whatever that means, the
people who you serve, how has that attitude evolved over time?
And where does it stand now, please sir?
Speaker 3 (11:18):
As far as the residence of the City of Rochester, Yes, sir, Yeah,
so nothing's changed. And I'll tell you this that the
reality is. I tell all our recruits when they come in,
you know, there's a thousand different things that are happening,
you know, through through their training and all the things
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that go along with it, signing this form and that form,
all the other stuff. But we come in, we get
about fifteen minutes fifteen minutes with them, initially and then
we get four hours with them in post academy. But
my message to all of them is this, just be professional.
And when I say be professional, I mean be professional
in your.
Speaker 4 (12:03):
Professional life, but I'll also.
Speaker 3 (12:05):
Be professional in your personal life. And you will never
have a problem. And when you're there to serve, you're
there to serve the residents of the city of Rochester,
and it doesn't matter what they look like, doesn't matter
how they act, doesn't matter how old they are or
how young they are. Just be professional with them. And
if you do that, you will always be respected, and
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you will never have a problem or an issue, and
you will be doing your job as a professional police officer.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
He's Jeff who.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
When people don't do that, then we have a problem.
But that's always been my I was told that many
many years ago. I've tried to maintain that and be
true to that and be a professional not only to
the citizens, but as a elected union official, be professional
to my members. And so I think I've been kind
of successful in that aspect.
Speaker 1 (12:57):
A lot of talk Jeff Water, retiring president Chester Police
Locus Club, A lot of talk over the last handfull
of years about criminal justice reform from the standpoint of
police officers. Has how big a deal has that been
to you or has it not been a problem?
Speaker 3 (13:12):
No, it's been a very big deal. The problem is
is that we can stand up at a podium and
yell and scream and point fingers and do all kinds
of other things, but we don't have the ability to
change those things. It was the politicians that did that
in the first place, and I've heard from upstate politicians
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it wasn't us, it was the downstate folks. I've heard
from the downstad folks say it wasn't us, it was
being generated from the upstate folks. But no one has
done anything to change it. Everybody addresses it, everybody looks
at it. Everybody says, well, I can't believe they're stealing
all these cars. I can't believe you didn't make a
physical arrest. I can't believe that all these things happen
are happening. What's going on here, Well, that's because the
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people that were elected to be in power have made
these changes and they're doing nothing to change it. And
like I said, I can stand up with a podium
all day long, I can get in front of a
TV camera, I can point fingers, I can say all
these things.
Speaker 4 (14:12):
And guess what.
Speaker 3 (14:13):
Ten minutes later, the rest of the world will forget
about what I just said and everybody will move on
with their lives. It's not going to be until enough
people get in front of the camera, enough people get
behind the legislation say we need to do something to
protect this community. We need to do something to protect
the police officers. We need to do something to make
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this a safer community. And I know Todd Baxter has
been out there. I know that other leaders in this
community have been out there. But it takes more than that.
It takes people on the ground pushing the agenda, standing
up and saying we need to make these changes. We
need to go back to the way we were before.
We need to be able to make physical rests. I mean,
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look what happened last weekend when we had all the
violence that occurred in the Northeast section there, there was
very few physical arrest made whatsoever because everyone knows you
can't do anything. I give them a ticket and they
walk away.
Speaker 4 (15:15):
That's it.
Speaker 3 (15:16):
That's the end of it, and maybe they show up
the court, maybe they don't. But it used to be
that people that had issues or problems or concerns. You
could take them, you could arrest them, you could bring
them to the jail and then they got the assessment
and the medical attention that they needed or the mental
health assessment that they needed. But we don't do that anymore.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
As Jeff Waiter, who's retiring after thirty three years as
a Rochester Police officer, he's a sergeant by rank in
that organization and the presidence of the Rochester Police Locust Club. Sir,
thanks for the life you've lived. Thanks for talking to
us today. We very much appreciate you.
Speaker 3 (15:51):
Bob, thank you so much. Thank you for your time,
and thank you for your listeners. Give me the opportunities
to be on your show today.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
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Speaker 4 (16:31):
Hey Bob, Good morning Justice. Listening in on the conversation
that you were having. So I guess my question is
to ask, does bail reform prevent officers from making arrests?
Speaker 1 (16:48):
I think it may, unconsciously or psychologically or something like
that discourage them, because like, if an officer thinks what's
going to come of this anyway? I think that you
might say, what's the point, And I think that that
might My guess would be that it probably does reduce
what do you think, Well.
Speaker 4 (17:10):
I don't think that should be left up to the officer.
I thought they'll reform only affects the post arrest. I mean,
like what happens in the court system, not what happens
at the scene of a crime. I think that's a
way that they've used a way to deflect and disregard
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what's happening in these communities because they don't want to
take the time and do the work. They can easily
issue appearance tickets, but in most times they elect to
not even do that. So I think that's a pop
out and I think it's done purposely.
Speaker 1 (17:51):
I think part of it is that I think that
the and I don't know, but I think that the
police boss is want to discourage, like arrest. You know,
there's a large gathering, a lot of bad stuff happens,
and they like never charge anybody. Clearly, somebody made that
decision somewhere, right. It's not a decision I agree with,
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because you lose your chance to send a message if
you're trying to send a message exactly exactly.
Speaker 4 (18:20):
It's I think wanted to give them. I just wanted
to give some clarity because you hear this all the
time from police officers. Oh well we can't arrest them,
we can't arrest them. Well, laws are still laws. I mean,
crimes are still crimes. I mean even the simplest things.
Like one of the biggest things you see now is
you know, like with all of the mopeds and motorcycles
(18:43):
and things on the road. My guess is nine out
of ten of those motorcycles are illegal. But they violate
every motor vehicle woo and laws of the road, and
nobody gets arrested, and they'll do it right in front
of the police officers. Yeah, So I'm just curious to
know what is I wonder.
Speaker 1 (19:05):
So I think this is not a defense because I
don't really know. But I think one of the part
of the challenge also is one they're understaffed, and two,
any of these actions requires a significant number of man hours.
Like writing someone up for that appearance ticket, I think
is about a two hour task, and that takes that officer.
(19:27):
And for two hours you're engaged in that paperwork, even
though it's on a little computer, and those are two
hours you aren't taking calls, you aren't on the road,
And I think that that creates an additional disincentive for
them to do it well.
Speaker 4 (19:45):
We can definitely have discussions about that at length, but
I'm a firm believer man is Daddy Bounce. A prevention
beats a pound of cure. And if you were to
start with some of these small things that are taking
place in our mute him, I think a much louder.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
I got to run here like ire. But the best
way to fight big crime is by fighting a bit
small crime. Here's a Josh Allen.
Speaker 9 (20:11):
Is by doing those things, breaking bread together and you know,
sitting outside by the fire pit eating dinner like it's
there's just a lot of a lot of love on
this team, and that'll show on the field. I think
(20:36):
the guys that we brought in have been awesome. I think,
you know, you get a guy like Bradley Chubb who's
been around the league, He's played at a very high
level for a very long time. Now, you know, he's
that type of leader that gets guys together and pulls
people in and and wants to have a good time.
(20:56):
I think TV has done such a good job too
of adapting throughout the years, and I think he's into
a spot now where he's very comfortable with who he
is as a player and as a person. But yeah,
I mean it's the it's the guys that we brought in,
you know, just gelling and mess with the guys that
we've had, and uh, it's it's beautiful to see.
Speaker 7 (21:13):
Brandon said, it's sad your deal was pretty much done.
Speaker 5 (21:16):
He said that a lot of the guys were really
happy for him.
Speaker 8 (21:19):
I can see you're he's the smile of it or
just thinking about it a little bit.
Speaker 7 (21:22):
What does it mean We're one of your guys up
front is able to get rewarded in that way.
Speaker 9 (21:27):
It's it's awesome you know it's not the reason you
should play this game, but it doesn't hurt, you know,
to to make sure that the effort, the energy that
you've put into something for so long to get rewarded
and to feel like you're taking care of big big,
you know, weight.
Speaker 7 (21:47):
Off your shoulders when that happens.
Speaker 9 (21:50):
He deserves every penny he's He's been so steady for
us the last few years.
Speaker 7 (21:54):
He's going to continue to.
Speaker 9 (21:55):
Get better and against Iel was just that guy in
the team where you ask anybody there, I don't think
anybody could say a bad thing about Cyrestaurants, And he's
the ultimate teammate. He works extremely hard and like I said,
he deserves every penny. And it's just awesome when you
know our front office and being included fine guys and
(22:17):
reward those same guys through the draft process and and
development and the investment that he's put into our offensive line.
Uh is something that makes me extremely happy because I
love those guys. What do you see from Josh paulmer
Fears He's feeling healthy and doing well there. Yeah, he's
moving very well, you know, getting in there and and
and really trusting the guys. And I've got a lot
(22:40):
of trust in him. You know, he continues to to
get better and uh, just continue building that relationship with
him through routes on air and then live live reps.
As you saw to Dave going out there making making
big plays when we need it.
Speaker 7 (22:53):
So we're gonna need to see more of that. And
you know, he's been doing a great.
Speaker 1 (22:57):
Job's yours a skylark.
Speaker 8 (22:58):
He's got out of here paid for.
Speaker 7 (23:01):
An hour almost after practice, sign up fans and.
Speaker 1 (23:03):
To get down the Gus machine.
Speaker 4 (23:05):
But that's pretty our presses him.
Speaker 9 (23:07):
Yeah, man, he's he's a kid that really wants he
wants it. You know, he works extremely hard. He doesn't
say a whole lot. He's got a really fun personality
too when you're around him. You know, a lot of
success in college, and he knows, you know, the opportunity
that he has and the role that he's gonna play
on this team this year.
Speaker 7 (23:26):
But he's got to go out there and earn it.
And I think that that's what he's doing right now.
Speaker 9 (23:29):
And I know that we've been putting a lot on
his plate intentionally and he's been handling it extremely well.
So you know, as we get closer to the season,
you know, that kind of dies down. You kind of
figure out, you know what you're good, but you're not
so good at what we're gonna ask you to do.
And but he's he's been excelling really in any spot
that we've put him in so far. So he's just
(23:52):
going to continue to learn.
Speaker 2 (23:53):
What you've seen slid the outside.
Speaker 6 (23:56):
What do you what do you like?
Speaker 10 (23:57):
What do you think he does the best to get
this one?
Speaker 7 (24:00):
I mean, I think it's tough to say.
Speaker 9 (24:01):
I think playing outside, he's got enough speed to do it,
and I think in the side he's got enough wiggle
to do it. So, uh, he runs extremely crispro outes,
you know, some of the downfield stuff he's really good at,
and that probably pushes him a little more outside. And
then you have a guy like Khalil, Like, uh, that's
fine too, but if you can interchange, you know, guys
(24:23):
running in different spots now, Like I think that makes
it hard for defenses where you can't really get to
tell of, Hey, it's Clill inside.
Speaker 7 (24:28):
Or he's the outside, Where's where'skyther Bell, where's DJ Moore?
Speaker 9 (24:31):
Like those guys can all play inside outside you move
Dalton kind and Dawnson around too.
Speaker 7 (24:37):
So it doesn't hurt to have options you.
Speaker 10 (24:41):
Too, and trust butcher Kate on as they think, you know,
you just threw it out there and d j k
one kind of butcher kate on love with trust just
that play alone.
Speaker 9 (24:56):
Yeah, he just continues to to be the guy that
he thought we thought he would be. And that's kind
of as simple as it is. You know, we brought
him here for a reason is to be that guy,
and he's he's going out there and he's being that
guy right now. And the relationship that we have off
(25:17):
the field is awesome and it continues to grow and
I do, like I said for a long time now
that pays dividends on the field, but just be able
to talk about, you know, certain route concepts and body
language and like, hey, maybe try it this way next time,
and if it works, let's roll with it. If not,
let's just keep workshopping it. And there's been a couple
of times where that's happened, and we feel like we
can get on the same page extremely quickly the way
(25:39):
that we talk to each other. But that throw and
catch is I wish we could save that. We saved
that for game day because that was one of the better,
more impressive catches.
Speaker 7 (25:51):
And throws that I've made.
Speaker 4 (25:54):
You know it was.
Speaker 9 (25:55):
It was pretty cool and the type of guy that
can go make a play like that's pretty special.
Speaker 1 (25:59):
It's just Allen and this is news Radio Wham eleven
eighty at the top.
Speaker 5 (26:05):
Ten thirty minutes past the hour, we get to the
bottom now, time to actually get down the business of
today's top stories. So we're gonna be taking some very
tough actions for top of the mind awareness use Radio
Wham eleven eighty.
Speaker 1 (26:20):
There's a name for that feeling that you can only
find at home, for knowing, no matter what's happening outside, your.
Speaker 5 (26:27):
Safety is held.
Speaker 1 (26:27):
But to Josh Allen, now the man he goes to
for advice, the Great John Detulio. Welcome, sir, Bobby.
Speaker 2 (26:34):
What's top buddy?
Speaker 8 (26:35):
I be with you again, you.
Speaker 1 (26:36):
As well, my friend. It's always a delight. I'm a
keen admirer. I'm forever told you, but I'm a huge fan, huge,
big big fan, big fan.
Speaker 2 (26:43):
Listen.
Speaker 8 (26:43):
I've been a long time listener. It's my first time,
first time caller, first time call.
Speaker 1 (26:49):
First time caller. So it's pretty much it's done. Huh,
It's done. It's over. The trucks are here.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
They're loading up the moving trucks.
Speaker 8 (26:59):
So fast camp. I mean, listen, only seven open practices
under first year head coach Joe Brady.
Speaker 2 (27:06):
They go back.
Speaker 8 (27:06):
They'll continue camp, but in Orchard Park starting tomorrow with
the annual Blue Red practice and scrimmage at the new stadium.
Speaker 1 (27:15):
Well, listen, they've taken care of us. Now they'll go
take care of the home folks. There's nothing wrong with that.
We all win in that scenario.
Speaker 8 (27:21):
Now, I think, listen, they got their work in. I
think the plan is to continue to come here. Let's
be efficient, let's be here. We don't need here, we
don't need to be here for two to three weeks
like they have in the past seven open practices. It
serves a great purpose and it's a short time. You
don't burn the players out here at camp, which I
think is smart by Joe Brady.
Speaker 1 (27:42):
Absolutely one hundred percent. Any big thing. As folks walked
past a few autographs, Scott gotten listen.
Speaker 5 (27:50):
You heard Rard.
Speaker 8 (27:51):
We've been hearing roars throughout camp. We were interviewing Skyler
Bell when people were calling for him. He's the rookie
out of Connecticut.
Speaker 2 (27:59):
It is great.
Speaker 8 (28:00):
And I look over and see who's asking for autographs.
I don't see grown men anymore. I think I they
saw them last week.
Speaker 1 (28:06):
It's basically kid.
Speaker 8 (28:07):
You may see some teenagers, but it's just so sweet and.
Speaker 1 (28:10):
The players do their best. I thought they would bolt, Bobby,
as we spoke earlier.
Speaker 2 (28:13):
They did not bolt.
Speaker 8 (28:14):
They did hang around and signed as many autographs as
they could, and I think that's great.
Speaker 1 (28:20):
It's great for the kids.
Speaker 8 (28:21):
That's something to always remember.
Speaker 1 (28:23):
That's outstanding. That's a great John Detulio and a whole
bunch more at noon on twelve eighty, sir.
Speaker 8 (28:27):
Yeah, Yeah, we're gonna have the rookie Skylar Bell on
from Connecticut. And during Mini camps back in May, Josh
Allen threw a ball excuse me, so hard at him.
He broke Skyler Bell's finger because.
Speaker 2 (28:40):
The ball came in with that much juice.
Speaker 8 (28:42):
But we're looking forward to running that interview we had
with the rookie out of Connecticut.
Speaker 1 (28:46):
When speaking of Josh throwing the ball, there's that press
conference a moment ago. He's talking about something. I think
he may be referenced yesterday or whatever. Whether was there
some kind of spectacular throw and catch.
Speaker 8 (28:57):
It was Josh to DJ Moore or who they traded
from with, you know, to get him from Chicago. It
was a great throw in Dj Moore, who was triple
covered by the Bill's best defensive back. You had that,
Christian Benford. He had Cole Bishop draped all over him,
and he was still able to not only get the
ball there.
Speaker 2 (29:17):
But it was a spectacular catch by Dj Moore.
Speaker 1 (29:20):
That's kind of given looking or giving us.
Speaker 8 (29:23):
A glimpse of what the possibilities could be between those
two in the upcoming season.
Speaker 1 (29:28):
And it gives you a glimpse into probably what was
a subsequent stern talk by the defensive coordinator.
Speaker 8 (29:34):
Right well, I mean, listen, I don't think you could
fault Bedford in Bishop on that at all. And I
think it was there was another player too. He was
basically triple team. It took a throw by the best
quarterback in football, and it took an incredible catch by
who should be the Bill's clearly a number one receiver.
(29:55):
It was a great throw and catch. No fault on
the part of Cole Bishop and certainly Christian Benber that's standing.
Speaker 2 (30:02):
That's great.
Speaker 1 (30:02):
John Atulio, thank you, my friend. See you, buddy, you
bet you take care. Radio Mike Odin, I know that
we're about to walk out the door here. This is
the point where I inquire as to his plans for
the weekend. He will say something along the lines of, well, Bob,
I'm able to expand my radio experience by coming in
and helping out my dear friends at the radio station
(30:23):
this weekend.
Speaker 2 (30:24):
Is that about it, Radio Mic, something like that. All right,
you're working, oh yes, on Sunday.
Speaker 1 (30:29):
Okay. You know what, A lot of people try.
Speaker 10 (30:32):
To do that.
Speaker 1 (30:32):
If you have a weekend where one day is going
to rain like hell and the other day is going
to be really nice, a lot of people try to
go in and work on the nice day. That's a
good call, buddy. Yeah, you're a good man, You're you
know what. I try to look on the bright side.
At least you don't have that dang gazebo in the
backyard to worry about this show.
Speaker 2 (30:49):
No, no, no, at least there's that. No, we have
a pop up like like a pop up thing in
the place of where that was.
Speaker 1 (30:58):
That's probably handy, right are held up?
Speaker 5 (31:01):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (31:01):
Yeah, yeah, that's been good.
Speaker 1 (31:03):
Take it down when you don't yes, for concert planners,
you and your mom look anything cool down range?
Speaker 2 (31:09):
Not yet? Okay, there's nothing really entertaining coming to town
that I'm aware of.
Speaker 1 (31:14):
You guys ever go to the State Fair?
Speaker 2 (31:16):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (31:16):
Okay, you're going this year?
Speaker 8 (31:17):
You think.
Speaker 2 (31:19):
Probably an apple we'll see.
Speaker 1 (31:21):
Okay, Oh right, very good. How about if you've heard
the ads the Wayne County Fair? Probably not okay, probably
up because that's east side, your west side. Yes, Hilton
Fireman's Carnival.
Speaker 2 (31:35):
Did that it?
Speaker 7 (31:36):
Yep?
Speaker 1 (31:36):
Went pretty well.
Speaker 2 (31:37):
Yep, went well for the most part. Went down there
for Friday night.
Speaker 1 (31:41):
Okay, who has the uh? Who has the apple festival?
Speaker 2 (31:45):
That's also Hilton?
Speaker 1 (31:46):
Okay, Hilton's got it.
Speaker 2 (31:47):
That's in October.
Speaker 1 (31:47):
You think about, well, it's closer to apple harvest time.
You will go to that? Probably that's very good. That's
very good. Probably any other fruit or vegetable based festivals
you like to attend, Not that I can think of. Okay,
you ever go out like the concerts sometimes like there's
there's something called Rumble in the Valley or something I
can't remember. There's a little campgrounds sometimes I'll have bands playing.
(32:10):
Do you ever go to a stuff like that?
Speaker 2 (32:12):
Occasionally? Not not a lot. If if it is a
music that will draw you to that usually yes, and
and and and who's playing that music?
Speaker 1 (32:23):
Okay, all right, very good and anything big tomorrow on
your official day off.
Speaker 2 (32:30):
No, I plan on doing absolutely nothing tomorrow.
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