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== '''Countywide Information''' ==
 
== '''Countywide Information''' ==
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*Countywide Dispatch on 153.9650 to all medium sized towns.
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*Countywide Dispatch on 153.9650 to all medium sized towns, except as noted here.
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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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*Countywide Dispatching is done from the "Berkshire Sheriffs Control" located in Pittsfield.
 
*Small Towns are patrolled by MSP Small Town (B1-Lee, B4-Cheshire, B5-Russell)
 
*Small Towns are patrolled by MSP Small Town (B1-Lee, B4-Cheshire, B5-Russell)
 
*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)
 
*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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*Egremont, Monterey, New Marlborough, and Sheffield are dispatched Primarily from both Berkshire Sheriff's Control and occasionally from Great Barrington Local Police Dispatch. Berkshire County will dispatch these towns on the countywide frequency and Great Barrington the local Great Barrington frequency. Berkshire Sheriff's control is the primary dispatch for these towns, however.
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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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*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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|Countywide Dispatch||153.9650||S||107.2||Small town||2012.05.24  jeffkett
 
|Countywide Dispatch||153.9650||S||107.2||Small town||2012.05.24  jeffkett
 
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|Countywide PD Intercity||154.7400||S||107.2|| ||
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|Countywide Dispatch||155.7750||S||107.2||"South Tower"||2012.08.03 W1KNE
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|Countywide PD Intercity||154.7400||S||107.2||-||2012.08.03 W1KNE
 
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|Countywide WMLEC tie||153.9650||S||206.5||WMLEC Tie||
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|Countywide WMLEC tie||153.9650||S||206.5||WMLEC Tie (Maybe offline)||
 
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|MSP B Patrol||42.4600||S||141.3||Small town||
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|MSP B Patrol||42.4600||S||141.3||Small town||2012.08.03 W1KNE
 
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|MSP B Patrol 1(Lee) "High Band"||868.9500||R||141.3||Used Occasionally||
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|MSP B Patrol 1(Lee) "High Band"||851.1750||R||141.3||Used frequently||2012.08.03 W1KNE
 
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|ALFORD||ALFORD PD||42.4600||S||141.3||MSP Small Town Patrol||
 
|ALFORD||ALFORD PD||42.4600||S||141.3||MSP Small Town Patrol||
 
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|BECKET||BECKET PD||153.9650||S||107.2||County "847, 848"||
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|BECKET||BECKET PD||153.9650||S||107.2||County "847, 848"||2012.08.03 W1KNE
 
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|CHESHIRE||CHESHIRE PD ||42.4600||S||141.3||MSP Small Town Patrol||
 
|CHESHIRE||CHESHIRE PD ||42.4600||S||141.3||MSP Small Town Patrol||
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|EGREMONT||EGREMONT PD-C||153.9650||S||107.2||County Dispatch "1538, 838"||
 
|EGREMONT||EGREMONT PD-C||153.9650||S||107.2||County Dispatch "1538, 838"||
 
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|EGREMONT||EGREMONT PD-G||155.7750||S||107.2||County Dispatch / Great Barrington Tower||
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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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|EGREMONT||EG COL CTY TIE||155.4300||R||146.2||Tie to Columbia County||
 
|EGREMONT||EG COL CTY TIE||155.4300||R||146.2||Tie to Columbia County||
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|LEE||LEE PD||154.7550||R||107.2||Local Dispatch/Operations||2012.06.18 W1KNE
 
|LEE||LEE PD||154.7550||R||107.2||Local Dispatch/Operations||2012.06.18 W1KNE
 
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|LENOX||LENOX PD||153.9650||S||107.2||County "872-874"||
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|LENOX||LENOX PD||153.9650||S||107.2||County "872-874"||2012.08.03 W1KNE
 
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|MONTEREY||MONTEREY PDC||153.9650||S||107.2||County Dispatch "1270"||
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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||
 
|MONTEREY||MONTEREY PDGB||155.7750||S||107.2||Great Barrington Dispatch||
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|NEW ASHFORD||NEW ASHFORD PD ||42.4600||S||141.3||MSP Small Town Patrol||
 
|NEW ASHFORD||NEW ASHFORD PD ||42.4600||S||141.3||MSP Small Town Patrol||
 
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|NEW MARLBOROUGH||NEW MARLBORO PDC ||153.9650||S||107.2||County Dispatch "2517"||
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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||
 
|NEW MARLBOROUGH||NEW MARLBORO PDG||155.7750||S||107.2||Great Barrington Dispatch||
 
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|NORTH ADAMS||NORTH ADAMS PD ||159.2550||R||107.2||Local Dispatch/Operations||
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|NORTH ADAMS||NORTH ADAMS PD ||159.2550||R||107.2||Local Dispatch/Operations||2012.08.03 W1KNE
 
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|OTIS||OTIS PD||153.9650||S||107.2||County "733, 476"||
 
|OTIS||OTIS PD||153.9650||S||107.2||County "733, 476"||
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|PERU||PERU PD||42.4600||S||141.3||MSP Small Town Patrol||
 
|PERU||PERU PD||42.4600||S||141.3||MSP Small Town Patrol||
 
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|PITTSFIELD||PITTSFIELD PD1||154.8000||R||131.8||Local Dispatch/Operations||
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|PITTSFIELD||PITTSFIELD PD1||154.8000||R||131.8||Local Dispatch/Operations||2012.08.03 W1KNE
 
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|PITTSFIELD||PITTSFIELD PD2||155.0700||S||118.8||Secondary (occasional scrambling)||
 
|PITTSFIELD||PITTSFIELD PD2||155.0700||S||118.8||Secondary (occasional scrambling)||
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|SAVOY||SAVOY ||42.4600||S||141.3||MSP Small Town Patrol||
 
|SAVOY||SAVOY ||42.4600||S||141.3||MSP Small Town Patrol||
 
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|SHEFFIELD||SHEFFIELD PDC||153.9650||S||107.2||County Dispatch "7244"||
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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||
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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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|SHEFFIELD||SHEFFIELD PD3||154.9500||S||107.2||Secondary Use (also by FD)||
 
|SHEFFIELD||SHEFFIELD PD3||154.9500||S||107.2||Secondary Use (also by FD)||
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|SHEFFIELD||SHEFFIELD PD4||154.7850||S||107.2||Secondary Use (Occasional Use)||
 
|SHEFFIELD||SHEFFIELD PD4||154.7850||S||107.2||Secondary Use (Occasional Use)||
 
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|STOCKBRIDGE||STOCKBRIDGE PD ||153.9650||S||107.2||County "832-833"||
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|STOCKBRIDGE||STOCKBRIDGE PD ||153.9650||S||107.2||County "832-833"||2012.08.03 W1KNE
 
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|TYRINGHAM||TYRINGHAM PD ||42.4600||S||141.3||MSP Small Town Patrol||
 
|TYRINGHAM||TYRINGHAM PD ||42.4600||S||141.3||MSP Small Town Patrol||
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|WASHINGTON|| - || - || - || - || No Local . Covered by Becket/MSP Small Town.||
 
|WASHINGTON|| - || - || - || - || No Local . Covered by Becket/MSP Small Town.||
 
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|WEST STOCKBRIDGE||W STOCKBRIDGE PD||153.9650||S||107.2||County "305"||
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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||
 
|WILLIAMSTOWN||WILLIAMSTOWN PD||155.2500||S||107.2||Local Operations||

Revision as of 21:22, 23 August 2012

Countywide Information

  • Countywide Dispatch on 153.9650 to all medium sized towns, except as noted here.
  • 154.7400 is used as an intercity channel between departments in the county, and as a countywide BOLO channel.
  • Countywide Dispatching is done from the "Berkshire Sheriffs Control" located in Pittsfield.
  • Small Towns are patrolled by MSP Small Town (B1-Lee, B4-Cheshire, B5-Russell)
  • B4/Small Town patrols in the northern part of the county can also be heard on MSP B-PTL-2, Smartzone 7 (Mt Greylock)
  • 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.
  • 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)
Usage Frequency Type Tone Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
Countywide Dispatch 153.9650 S 107.2 Small town 2012.05.24 jeffkett
Countywide Dispatch 155.7750 S 107.2 "South Tower" 2012.08.03 W1KNE
Countywide PD Intercity 154.7400 S 107.2 - 2012.08.03 W1KNE
Countywide WMLEC tie 153.9650 S 206.5 WMLEC Tie (Maybe offline)
MSP B Patrol 42.4600 S 141.3 Small town 2012.08.03 W1KNE
MSP B Patrol 1(Lee) "High Band" 851.1750 R 141.3 Used frequently 2012.08.03 W1KNE


Department Frequency Information

Town Name Alpha Tag Frequency Type Tone/TG Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
ADAMS ADAMS PD 155.1300 S 107.2 Local Operations
ALFORD ALFORD PD 42.4600 S 141.3 MSP Small Town Patrol
BECKET BECKET PD 153.9650 S 107.2 County "847, 848" 2012.08.03 W1KNE
CHESHIRE CHESHIRE PD 42.4600 S 141.3 MSP Small Town Patrol
CLARKSBURG CLARKSBURG PD 42.4600 S 141.3 MSP Small Town Patrol
DALTON DALTON PD 154.8750 S 107.2 Dalton Operations
EGREMONT EGREMONT PD-C 153.9650 S 107.2 County Dispatch "1538, 838"
EGREMONT EGREMONT PD-G 155.7750 S 107.2 County Dispatch / Great Barrington Tower 2012.08.03 W1KNE
EGREMONT EG COL CTY TIE 155.4300 R 146.2 Tie to Columbia County
FLORIDA FLORIDA PD 42.4600 S 141.3 MSP Small Town Patrol
GREAT BARRINGTON PD GT BARRINGTON 155.7750 S 107.2 Local Dispatch/Operations "Central" 2012.06.18 W1KNE
HANCOCK HANCOCK PD 42.4600 S 141.3 MSP Small Town Patrol
HINSDALE HINSDALE PD 154.7250 S 107.2 Local Operations
LANESBOROUGH LANESBOROUGH PD 153.9650 S 107.2 County "440-444"
LEE LEE PD 154.7550 R 107.2 Local Dispatch/Operations 2012.06.18 W1KNE
LENOX LENOX PD 153.9650 S 107.2 County "872-874" 2012.08.03 W1KNE
MONTEREY MONTEREY PDC 153.9650 S 107.2 County Dispatch "1270" 2012.08.03 W1KNE
MONTEREY MONTEREY PDGB 155.7750 S 107.2 Great Barrington Dispatch
MOUNT WASHINGTON - - - - No Local . Covered by Egremont/MSP Small Town
NEW ASHFORD NEW ASHFORD PD 42.4600 S 141.3 MSP Small Town Patrol
NEW MARLBOROUGH NEW MARLBORO PDC 153.9650 S 107.2 County Dispatch "2517" 2012.08.03 W1KNE
NEW MARLBOROUGH NEW MARLBORO PDG 155.7750 S 107.2 Great Barrington Dispatch
NORTH ADAMS NORTH ADAMS PD 159.2550 R 107.2 Local Dispatch/Operations 2012.08.03 W1KNE
OTIS OTIS PD 153.9650 S 107.2 County "733, 476"
PERU PERU PD 42.4600 S 141.3 MSP Small Town Patrol
PITTSFIELD PITTSFIELD PD1 154.8000 R 131.8 Local Dispatch/Operations 2012.08.03 W1KNE
PITTSFIELD PITTSFIELD PD2 155.0700 S 118.8 Secondary (occasional scrambling)
RICHMOND RICHMOND PD 42.4600 S 141.3 MSP Small Town Patrol
SANDISFIELD SANDISFIELD PDSP 42.4600 S 141.3 MSP Small Town Patrol
SANDISFIELD SANDISFIELD PDGB 155.7750 S 107.2 Local Operations (occasional)
SAVOY SAVOY 42.4600 S 141.3 MSP Small Town Patrol
SHEFFIELD SHEFFIELD PDC 153.9650 S 107.2 County Dispatch "7244" 2012.08.03 W1KNE
SHEFFIELD SHEFFIELD PDG 155.7750 S 107.2 County Dispatch / Great Barrington Tower 2012.08.03 W1KNE
SHEFFIELD SHEFFIELD PD3 154.9500 S 107.2 Secondary Use (also by FD)
SHEFFIELD SHEFFIELD PD4 154.7850 S 107.2 Secondary Use (Occasional Use)
STOCKBRIDGE STOCKBRIDGE PD 153.9650 S 107.2 County "832-833" 2012.08.03 W1KNE
TYRINGHAM TYRINGHAM PD 42.4600 S 141.3 MSP Small Town Patrol
WASHINGTON - - - - No Local . Covered by Becket/MSP Small Town.
WEST STOCKBRIDGE W STOCKBRIDGE PD 153.9650 S 107.2 County "305" 2012.08.03 W1KNE
WILLIAMSTOWN WILLIAMSTOWN PD 155.2500 S 107.2 Local Operations
WINDSOR WINDSOR 155.7150 R 192.8 Local Dispatch/Operations (Shared with FD)



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