The old saying goes: Where’s a cop when you need one?

Well, Angela Richmond isn’t a cop, but she is an emergency dispatcher with the Niagara Falls Police Department.

And on Feb. 13, Richmond was the right person in the right place at the right time.

While off duty at a car wash on Niagara Falls Boulevard, Richmond came to the aid of a man who was suffering from cardiac arrest. She gave him cardiopulmonary resuscitation until paramedics from Rural Metro arrived on the scene.

For her efforts, the four-year veteran of the city’s police department earned citations from both the City Council and Mayor Paul Dyster.

She also got a pat on the back from her boss.

“Angela should be commended for using her training of CPR to save someone’s life,” said Police Superintendent John Chella, who joined city officials in honoring Richmond during a brief ceremony before last week’s council meeting.

Out of the running?

Economic Development Director Peter Kay told city lawmakers last week that it appears as though Niagara Falls isn’t exactly tops on the list of places being considered for the U.S. Border Patrol’s new Niagara County headquarters building.

The search for new local confines for the border patrol is being coordinated by the U.S. General Services Administration. Kay said the agency’s guidelines for suitable properties were rather specific as the border patrol needs at least 7 to 10 acres of property and enough space for a 32,000-square-foot office building, a helipad, dog kennels and parking. Kay said the city submitted five potential locations that it felt might meet the agency’s needs. He admitted that it appears as though the border patrol is leaning toward locations outside Niagara Falls, possibly in the Town of Lewiston or at the Niagara Falls International Airport.

Shoe vomiting

I thought about going with head in the oven, but shoe vomiting seemed to fit better.

The Empire Center for Public Policy, an Albany-based think tank that runs a government transparency Web site, last week released the findings of their latest New York state payroll examination.

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