D.J. Granville, the embattled Erie County Sheriff’s chief of Narcotics and Intelligence, is set to retire at the end of this month, according to Sheriff John Garcia.
Granville announced plans to submit his retirement paperwork Wednesday morning, Garica said.
Garcia commended Granville for decades of work, seizing kilos of drugs and hundreds of illegal weapons over his career.
Granville, the sheriff’s office and the Buffalo Police Department have come under fire since an incident in April 2024 when he crashed a county-owned truck into several parked cars on the city’s West Side, causing nearly $60,000 in damage.
BPD internal affairs documents released last week show Granville contacted a family member working as a Buffalo police lieutenant who then responded to the scene. Department leaders say that family member was later demoted and four other officers received disciplinary action.
Granville pleaded guilty to reckless driving and leaving the scene of a crash and was later sentenced to 50 hours of community service and a $550 fine. In January, he agreed to pay $75,000 in restitution to Erie County.