Difference between revisions of "Berkshire County Police Departments"

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*Berkshire County will use the Great Barrington frequency to dispatch towns in far southern Berkshire County from atop Warner Mountain in Great Barrington. Great Barrington uses the frequency for local police dispatching, and to communicate with surrounding towns, however Great Barrington police operate from the roof of Fairview Hospital, and not the Warner Mountain site.
 
*Berkshire County will use the Great Barrington frequency to dispatch towns in far southern Berkshire County from atop Warner Mountain in Great Barrington. Great Barrington uses the frequency for local police dispatching, and to communicate with surrounding towns, however Great Barrington police operate from the roof of Fairview Hospital, and not the Warner Mountain site.
 
*Egremont has the ability to communicate with the nearby Columbia County Sheriff's Dispatch, and is identified on their frequency with the same ID as they use in Berkshire County. The Columbia County Sheriff also responds to calls in the town of Mount Washington.
 
*Egremont has the ability to communicate with the nearby Columbia County Sheriff's Dispatch, and is identified on their frequency with the same ID as they use in Berkshire County. The Columbia County Sheriff also responds to calls in the town of Mount Washington.
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*154.7400 was used as an intercity channel between departments in the county, and as a countywide BOLO channel, but appears to be repurposed to repeat the county primary.
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*154.7400 is now the county primary and is repeated.
 
*There are [[WMLEC]] repeaters in the area as well.
 
*There are [[WMLEC]] repeaters in the area as well.
 
*At one point, there was construction of a [[Berkshire Sheriff UHF system|new UHF radio system]], however it appears construction has stopped and the system is unused except for the BOLOs.
 
*At one point, there was construction of a [[Berkshire Sheriff UHF system|new UHF radio system]], however it appears construction has stopped and the system is unused except for the BOLOs.
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!'''Usage'''||'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
 
!'''Usage'''||'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
 
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|Countywide Dispatch||154.7400||R||D412||Repeats all comms of 153.9650||2020.09.25 DWyatt/W1KNE
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|Countywide Dispatch||154.7400||R||D412||Repeats all comms of 153.9650||2021.02.21 W1KNE
 
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|Countywide Dispatch||153.9650||S||107.2||||2020.01.21 W1KNE
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|Great Barrington PD||155.7750||S||107.2||See note above||2021.02.21 W1KNE
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|Great Barrington PD||155.7750||S||107.2||See note above||2020.01.21 W1KNE
 
 
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|Countywide UHF||460.3875||S||107.2||BOLOs, otherwise rarely used||2018.06.30 W1KNE
 
|Countywide UHF||460.3875||S||107.2||BOLOs, otherwise rarely used||2018.06.30 W1KNE
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|Hancock||Yes-B4||||
 
|Hancock||Yes-B4||||
 
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|Lanesborough||440 - 445||||2020.02.22 W1KNE
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|Lanesborough||440 - 445||||2021.02.21 W1KNE
 
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|Lee||900-910||||2020.02.22 W1KNE
 
|Lee||900-910||||2020.02.22 W1KNE
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|Savoy||Yes-B4||||
 
|Savoy||Yes-B4||||
 
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|Sheffield||401-403, 7244||||2020.02.22 W1KNE
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|Sheffield||401-404, 7244||||2021.02.21 W1KNE
 
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|Stockbridge||822-823||||2020.02.22 W1KNE
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|Stockbridge||822-823||||2021.02.21 W1KNE
 
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|Tyringham||Yes-B1||||
 
|Tyringham||Yes-B1||||
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|NORTH ADAMS||156.2100||R||118.8||Local Dispatch/Operations||2020.06.22 W1KNE
 
|NORTH ADAMS||156.2100||R||118.8||Local Dispatch/Operations||2020.06.22 W1KNE
 
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|PITTSFIELD||154.8000||R||D172||Local Dispatch/Operations TAC 1||2019.02.16 W1KNE
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|PITTSFIELD||154.8000||R||D172||Local Dispatch/Operations||2019.02.16 W1KNE
 
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|PITTSFIELD||155.0700||R||118.8||Secondary  TAC 2||2020.02.22 W1KNE
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|PITTSFIELD||155.0700||R||118.8||Alternate Dispatch/Operations||2020.02.22 W1KNE
 
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|SHEFFIELD||154.9500||S||107.2||Secondary Use (also by FD)||
 
|SHEFFIELD||154.9500||S||107.2||Secondary Use (also by FD)||

Revision as of 21:10, 21 February 2021

Countywide Information

  • Countywide dispatching is done from the "Berkshire Sheriffs Control" located in Pittsfield unless otherwise noted below
  • Not all towns have full time police. Police services may be provided by the Massachusetts State Police on the CoMIRS trunk. Low Band use has been pretty much phased out.
  • Berkshire County will use the Great Barrington frequency to dispatch towns in far southern Berkshire County from atop Warner Mountain in Great Barrington. Great Barrington uses the frequency for local police dispatching, and to communicate with surrounding towns, however Great Barrington police operate from the roof of Fairview Hospital, and not the Warner Mountain site.
  • Egremont has the ability to communicate with the nearby Columbia County Sheriff's Dispatch, and is identified on their frequency with the same ID as they use in Berkshire County. The Columbia County Sheriff also responds to calls in the town of Mount Washington.
  • 154.7400 is now the county primary and is repeated.
  • There are WMLEC repeaters in the area as well.
  • At one point, there was construction of a new UHF radio system, however it appears construction has stopped and the system is unused except for the BOLOs.
Usage Frequency Type Tone Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
Countywide Dispatch 154.7400 R D412 Repeats all comms of 153.9650 2021.02.21 W1KNE
Great Barrington PD 155.7750 S 107.2 See note above 2021.02.21 W1KNE
Countywide UHF 460.3875 S 107.2 BOLOs, otherwise rarely used 2018.06.30 W1KNE
Columbia County (NY) Sheriff 155.4300 R 146.2 Confirmation of radio traffic btwn Egremont and CCSO 2020.02.16 W1KNE
Countywide PD Intercity 154.7400 S 107.2 May be replaced by above change. 2014.08.06 W1KNE


Departments dispatched on above channels

Town Unit Numbers/MSP Patrol Notes Confirmation
Alford Yes-B1
Becket 847, 848
Cheshire 3130, 3131
Clarksburg
Egremont 538, 838, 1538
Florida Yes-B4
Hancock Yes-B4
Lanesborough 440 - 445 2021.02.21 W1KNE
Lee 900-910 2020.02.22 W1KNE
Lenox 872-874 2020.02.22 W1KNE
Monterey 1250, 1260, 1270 Occasional dispatch by Great Barrington 2020.02.22 W1KNE
Mount Washington Yes-B1
New Ashford Yes-B4
New Marlboro 2517, Yes-B1
Otis 476, 733, Yes-B1
Peru Yes-B4
Richmond Yes-B1
Sandisfield Yes-B1
Savoy Yes-B4
Sheffield 401-404, 7244 2021.02.21 W1KNE
Stockbridge 822-823 2021.02.21 W1KNE
Tyringham Yes-B1
Washington Yes-B4
West Stockbridge 305, 358

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Departments dispatched on local channels

Town Frequency Type Tone Notes Confirmation
ADAMS 155.1300 R 107.2 County/Self Dispatch 2020.02.22 W1KNE
DALTON 154.8750 S 107.2 Self Dispatched 2020.06.22 W1KNE
GREAT BARRINGTON 155.7750 S 107.2 Local Dispatch, Callsign "Central" 2020.02.22 W1KNE
HINSDALE 154.7250 R D413 DB:Dalton 2019.10.27 W1KNE
LEE 154.7550 R 107.2 Local Operations 2017.08.07 W1KNE
NORTH ADAMS 156.2100 R 118.8 Local Dispatch/Operations 2020.06.22 W1KNE
PITTSFIELD 154.8000 R D172 Local Dispatch/Operations 2019.02.16 W1KNE
PITTSFIELD 155.0700 R 118.8 Alternate Dispatch/Operations 2020.02.22 W1KNE
SHEFFIELD 154.9500 S 107.2 Secondary Use (also by FD)
SHEFFIELD 154.7850 S 107.2 Secondary Use (Occasional Use, also used by FD) 2020.02.22 W1KNE
WILLIAMSTOWN 155.2500 R 107.2 Self Dispatched 2017.11.25 MrSvenSven
WINDSOR 155.7150 R 192.8 DB:Dalton (Shared with FD) 2017.07.29 MrSvenSven



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