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== '''Countywide Information''' ==
 
== '''Countywide Information''' ==
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*Countywide Dispatch on 153.9650 to all medium sized towns, except as noted here.
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*Countywide dispatching is done from the Massachusetts State Police.
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*154.7400 is used as an intercity channel between departments in the county, and as a countywide BOLO channel.
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*Not all towns have full time police. Police services may be provided by the [[Massachusetts_State_Police_Project_25|Massachusetts State Police]] on the CoMIRS trunk. [[MA_State_Police_Low-Band|Low Band]] use has been pretty much phased out.
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*Countywide Dispatching is done from the "Berkshire Sheriffs Control" located in Pittsfield.
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*All towns dispatched via county are on the county frequency below, except for a couple of South County towns that use both that and the 155.775 frequency.
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*Small Towns are patrolled by MSP Small Town (B1-Lee, B4-Cheshire, B5-Russell)
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*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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*B4/Small Town patrols in the northern part of the county can also be heard on [[Massachusetts State Police|MSP]] B-PTL-2, Smartzone 7 (Mt Greylock)
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*154.7400 was repeating the 153.9650 but has seemed to stop. It may have been a transition used frequency.
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*Berkshire County will use 155.7750 to dispatch towns in far southern Berkshire County from atop Warner Mountain in Great Barrington. This frequency is also used by the county dispatch and Great Barrington Police to dispatch the Southern Berkshire Volunteer Ambulance Squad located at Fairview Hospital 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.
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*There are [[WMLEC]] repeaters in the area as well.
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*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. (1538, 838)
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*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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*(* Below). Some towns have a repeater on 153.9650 such as Stockbridge and Lanesborough.
  
 
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|'''Usage'''||'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
 
 
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|Countywide Dispatch||153.9650||S||107.2||Small town||2017.07.12 jeffkett
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!'''Usage'''||'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmations'''
 
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|Countywide Dispatch||155.7750||S||107.2||"South Tower (Gt. Barrington)"||2017.08.07 W1KNE
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|Countywide Operations||153.9650||S*||107.2||Primary Operations||2025.07.12 W1KNE
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|Countywide PD Intercity||154.7400||S||107.2||-||2014.08.06 W1KNE
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|Countywide Dispatch Repeater||154.7400||R||D412||Primary Operations (No longer active 07/12/25)||2025.01.01 W1KNE
 
|-align="center"  
 
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|Countywide WMLEC tie||153.9650||S||206.5||WMLEC Tie (Maybe offline)||
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|South County Operations||155.7750||S||107.2||See note above||2025.01.01 W1KNE
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|MSP B Patrol||42.4600||S||141.3||Small town||2012.08.03 W1KNE
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|Countywide UHF||460.3875||S||107.2||BOLOs, otherwise rarely used||2018.06.30 W1KNE
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|MSP B Patrol 1(Lee) "High Band"||851.1750||R||141.3||Used frequently/TRS Simulcast||2017.07.12 jeffkett
 
 
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|Columbia County (NY) Sheriff||155.4300||R||146.2||<b>Confirmation of radio traffic between Egremont and CCSO only</b>||
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|Countywide PD Intercity||154.7400||S||107.2||May be replaced by above change.||2014.08.06 W1KNE
 
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== '''Department Frequency Information''' ==
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== '''Departments dispatched on above channels''' ==
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!'''Town'''
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||<font color="#990000">'''Town Name'''||<font color="#990000">'''Alpha Tag'''||<font color="#990000">'''Frequency'''||<font color="#990000">'''Type'''||<font color="#990000">'''Tone/TG'''||<font color="#990000">'''Notes'''||<font color="#990000">'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
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!'''Unit Numbers/MSP Patrol'''
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!'''Notes'''
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!'''Confirmation'''
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|Alford||Yes-B1||||
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|- align="center"
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|Becket||847, 848||||
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|- align="center"
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|Cheshire||3130, 3131||||2025.01.01 W1KNE
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|- align="center"
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|Clarksburg||||MSP Small Town Patrol by Cheshire State Police||
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|- align="center"
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|Egremont||538, 838, 1538||||2025.07.12 W1KNE
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|ADAMS||ADAMS PD||155.1300||S||107.2||DB: BCSO - Local Operations||2017.08.07 W1KNE
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|Florida||Yes-B4||||
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|-align="center"
 
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|ALFORD||ALFORD PD||42.4600||S||141.3||MSP Small Town Patrol||
 
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|BECKET||BECKET PD||153.9650||S||107.2||County "847, 848"||2012.08.03 W1KNE
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|Hancock||Yes-B4||||2024.01.31 sawyer100 (SNE Submitter)
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|- align="center"
 
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|CHESHIRE||CHESHIRE PD ||42.4600||S||141.3||MSP Small Town Patrol||
 
 
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|CLARKSBURG||CLARKSBURG PD ||42.4600||S||141.3||MSP Small Town Patrol||
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|Lanesborough||440 - 445||||2025.01.01 W1KNE
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|- align="center"
 
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|DALTON||DALTON PD||154.8750||S||107.2||Dalton  Operations||2014.08.07 W1KNE
 
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|EGREMONT||EGREMONT PD-C||153.9650||S||107.2||County Dispatch "1538, 838"||
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|Lee||900-910||||2025.01.01 W1KNE
 
|- align="center"
 
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|EGREMONT||EGREMONT PD-G||155.7750||S||107.2||County Dispatch / Great Barrington Tower||2012.08.03 W1KNE
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|Lenox||872-874||||2025.01.01 W1KNE
 
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|EGREMONT||EG COL CTY TIE||155.4300||R||146.2||Tie to Columbia County||
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|Monterey||1250, 1260, 1270||Occasional dispatch by Great Barrington||2020.02.22 W1KNE
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|FLORIDA||FLORIDA PD ||42.4600||S||141.3||MSP Small Town Patrol||
 
 
|- align="center"
 
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|GREAT BARRINGTON PD||GT BARRINGTON ||155.7750||S||107.2||Local Dispatch/Operations "Central"||2017.08.07 W1KNE
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|Mount Washington||Yes-B1||||
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|- align="center"
 
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|HANCOCK||HANCOCK PD ||42.4600||S||141.3||MSP Small Town Patrol||
 
 
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|- align="center"
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|HINSDALE||HINSDALE PD ||154.7250||S||107.2||Local Operations||
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|New Ashford||Yes-B4||||
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|-align="center"
 
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|LANESBOROUGH||LANESBOROUGH PD||153.9650||S||107.2||County "440-444"||
 
 
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|LEE||LEE PD||154.7550||R||107.2||Local Dispatch/Operations||2017.08.07 W1KNE
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|New Marlboro||2517, Yes-B1||||2023.09.26 W1KNE
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|LENOX||LENOX PD||153.9650||S||107.2||County "872-874"||2015.07.19 W1KNE
 
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|MONTEREY||MONTEREY PDC||153.9650||S||107.2||County Dispatch "1270"||2012.08.03 W1KNE
 
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|MONTEREY||MONTEREY PDGB||155.7750||S||107.2||Great Barrington Dispatch||
 
 
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|MOUNT WASHINGTON|| - || - || - || - || No Local . Covered by Egremont/MSP Small Town||
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|Otis||476, 733, Yes-B1||||2025.01.01 W1KNE
 
|- align="center"
 
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|NEW ASHFORD||NEW ASHFORD PD ||42.4600||S||141.3||MSP Small Town Patrol||
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|Peru||Yes-B4||||
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|- align="center"
 
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|NEW MARLBOROUGH||NEW MARLBORO PDC ||153.9650||S||107.2||County Dispatch "2517"||2012.08.03 W1KNE
 
 
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|NEW MARLBOROUGH||NEW MARLBORO PDG||155.7750||S||107.2||Great Barrington Dispatch||
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|Richmond||Yes-B1||||
 
|- align="center"
 
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|NORTH ADAMS||NORTH ADAMS PD ||156.2100||R||118.8||Local Dispatch/Operations||2016.07.17 W1KNE
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|Sandisfield||Yes-B1||||
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|OTIS||OTIS PD||153.9650||S||107.2||County "733, 476"||
 
 
|- align="center"
 
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|PERU||PERU PD||42.4600||S||141.3||MSP Small Town Patrol||
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|Savoy||Yes-B4||||
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|PITTSFIELD||PITTSFIELD PD1||154.8000||R||D172||Local Dispatch/Operations TAC 1||2017.02.18 W1KNE
 
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|PITTSFIELD||PITTSFIELD PD2||155.0700||R||118.8||Secondary (occasional scrambling) TAC 2||
 
 
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|RICHMOND||RICHMOND PD||42.4600||S||141.3||MSP Small Town Patrol||
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|Sheffield||401-404, 7244||||2025.07.12 W1KNE
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|SANDISFIELD||SANDISFIELD PDSP||42.4600||S||141.3||MSP Small Town Patrol||
 
 
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|SANDISFIELD||SANDISFIELD PDGB||155.7750||S||107.2||Local Operations (occasional)||
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|Stockbridge||822-823||||2025.07.12 W1KNE
 
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|SAVOY||SAVOY ||42.4600||S||141.3||MSP Small Town Patrol||
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|Tyringham||Yes-B1||||
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|SHEFFIELD||SHEFFIELD PDC||153.9650||S||107.2||County Dispatch "7244"||2012.08.03 W1KNE
 
 
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|SHEFFIELD||SHEFFIELD PDG||155.7750||S||107.2||County Dispatch / Great Barrington Tower||2012.08.03 W1KNE
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|Washington||Yes-B4||||
 
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|SHEFFIELD||SHEFFIELD PD3||154.9500||S||107.2||Secondary Use (also by FD)||
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|West Stockbridge||305, 358||||2025.07.12 W1KNE
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== '''Departments dispatched on local channels''' ==
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!'''Town'''
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!'''Frequency'''
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!'''Tone'''
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!'''Notes'''
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!'''Confirmation'''
 
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|SHEFFIELD||SHEFFIELD PD4||154.7850||S||107.2||Secondary Use (Occasional Use)||
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|Adams||152.4200||R||D754||County/Self Dispatch||2025.01.24 MrSvenSven
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|-align="center"
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|Adams||155.1300||R||107.2||County/Self Dispatch||2024.01.31 sawyer100 (SNE Submitter)
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|Dalton||154.8750||S||107.2||Self Dispatched||2025.07.12 W1KNE
 
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|STOCKBRIDGE||STOCKBRIDGE PD ||153.9650||S||107.2||County "832-833"||2017.08.07 W1KNE
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|Great Barrington||155.7750||S||107.2||Local Dispatch, Callsign "Central"||2025.07.12 W1KNE
 
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|TYRINGHAM||TYRINGHAM PD ||42.4600||S||141.3||MSP Small Town Patrol||
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|Hinsdale||154.7250||R||D413||DB:Dalton||2025.01.06 sawyer100 (SNE Submitter)
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|-align="center"
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|Lee||154.7550||R||107.2||Local Operations||2017.08.07 W1KNE
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|- align="center"
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|North Adams||156.2100||R||118.8||Local Dispatch/Operations||2025.01.01 W1KNE
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|- align="center"
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|Pittsfield||154.8000||R||D172||Ch.1 - Local Dispatch/Operations ||2025.01.01 W1KNE
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|-align="center"
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|Pittsfield||155.0700||R||118.8||Ch.2 - Alternate Dispatch/Operations||2025.01.01 W1KNE
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|Sheffield||154.9500||S||107.2||Secondary Use (also by FD)||
 
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|WASHINGTON|| - || - || - || - || No Local . Covered by Becket/MSP Small Town.||
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|Sheffield||154.7850||S||107.2||Secondary Use (Occasional Use, also used by FD)||2024.03.11 W1KNE
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|WEST STOCKBRIDGE||W STOCKBRIDGE PD||153.9650||S||107.2||County "305"||2012.08.03 W1KNE
 
 
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|WILLIAMSTOWN||WILLIAMSTOWN PD||155.2500||S||107.2||Local Operations||2017.08.07 W1KNE
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|Williamstown||155.2500||R||107.2||Self Dispatched||2025.01.06 sawyer100 (SNE Submitter)
 
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|WINDSOR||WINDSOR ||155.7150||R||192.8||Local Dispatch/Operations (Shared with FD)||2014.08.05 W1KNE
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|Windsor||155.7150||R||192.8||DB:Dalton (Shared with FD)||2023.12.12 Sawyer100 (SNE Submitter)
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Latest revision as of 22:33, 12 July 2025

Countywide Information

  • Countywide dispatching is done from the Massachusetts State Police.
  • 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.
  • All towns dispatched via county are on the county frequency below, except for a couple of South County towns that use both that and the 155.775 frequency.
  • 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 was repeating the 153.9650 but has seemed to stop. It may have been a transition used frequency.
  • 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.
  • (* Below). Some towns have a repeater on 153.9650 such as Stockbridge and Lanesborough.
Usage Frequency Type Tone Notes Confirmation/Reconfirmations
Countywide Operations 153.9650 S* 107.2 Primary Operations 2025.07.12 W1KNE
Countywide Dispatch Repeater 154.7400 R D412 Primary Operations (No longer active 07/12/25) 2025.01.01 W1KNE
South County Operations 155.7750 S 107.2 See note above 2025.01.01 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 between Egremont and CCSO only
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 2025.01.01 W1KNE
Clarksburg MSP Small Town Patrol by Cheshire State Police
Egremont 538, 838, 1538 2025.07.12 W1KNE
Florida Yes-B4
Hancock Yes-B4 2024.01.31 sawyer100 (SNE Submitter)
Lanesborough 440 - 445 2025.01.01 W1KNE
Lee 900-910 2025.01.01 W1KNE
Lenox 872-874 2025.01.01 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 2023.09.26 W1KNE
Otis 476, 733, Yes-B1 2025.01.01 W1KNE
Peru Yes-B4
Richmond Yes-B1
Sandisfield Yes-B1
Savoy Yes-B4
Sheffield 401-404, 7244 2025.07.12 W1KNE
Stockbridge 822-823 2025.07.12 W1KNE
Tyringham Yes-B1
Washington Yes-B4
West Stockbridge 305, 358 2025.07.12 W1KNE

Departments dispatched on local channels

Town Frequency Type Tone Notes Confirmation
Adams 152.4200 R D754 County/Self Dispatch 2025.01.24 MrSvenSven
Adams 155.1300 R 107.2 County/Self Dispatch 2024.01.31 sawyer100 (SNE Submitter)
Dalton 154.8750 S 107.2 Self Dispatched 2025.07.12 W1KNE
Great Barrington 155.7750 S 107.2 Local Dispatch, Callsign "Central" 2025.07.12 W1KNE
Hinsdale 154.7250 R D413 DB:Dalton 2025.01.06 sawyer100 (SNE Submitter)
Lee 154.7550 R 107.2 Local Operations 2017.08.07 W1KNE
North Adams 156.2100 R 118.8 Local Dispatch/Operations 2025.01.01 W1KNE
Pittsfield 154.8000 R D172 Ch.1 - Local Dispatch/Operations 2025.01.01 W1KNE
Pittsfield 155.0700 R 118.8 Ch.2 - Alternate Dispatch/Operations 2025.01.01 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) 2024.03.11 W1KNE
Williamstown 155.2500 R 107.2 Self Dispatched 2025.01.06 sawyer100 (SNE Submitter)
Windsor 155.7150 R 192.8 DB:Dalton (Shared with FD) 2023.12.12 Sawyer100 (SNE Submitter)



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