Berkshire County Police Departments

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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 used as an intercity channel between departments in the county, and as a countywide BOLO channel.
  • 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.
Usage Frequency Type Tone Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
Countywide Dispatch 153.9650 S 107.2 2020.01.21 W1KNE
Great Barrington PD 155.7750 S 107.2 See note above 2020.01.21 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 2014.08.06 W1KNE


Department Frequency Information

Town Name Frequency Type Tone/TG Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
ADAMS 155.1300 R 107.2 County/Self Dispatch 2019.10.27 W1KNE
ALFORD County Dispatch
BECKET County "847, 848" 2017.08.27 MrSvenSven
CHESHIRE County Dispatch "3130, 3131" 2017.09.19 MrSvenSven
CLARKSBURG County Dispatch
DALTON 154.8750 S 107.2 Self Dispatched 2018.06.30 W1KNE
EGREMONT County Dispatch "1538, 538, 838", also uses GB channel 2017.08.26 MrSvenSven
FLORIDA County Dispatch
GREAT BARRINGTON 155.7750 S 107.2 Local Dispatch, Callsign "Central" 2019.02.16 W1KNE
HANCOCK County Dispatch
HINSDALE 154.7250 R D413 DB:Dalton 2019.10.27 W1KNE
LANESBOROUGH County "440-445" 2017.08.27 MrSvenSven
LEE - County "900-910". 2020.01.21 W1KNE
LEE 154.7550 R 107.2 Local Operations 2017.08.07 W1KNE
LENOX County "872-874" 2017.07.30 MrSvenSven
MONTEREY County Dispatch "1250, 1260, 1270", also uses GB channel 2017.08.26 MrSvenSven
MOUNT WASHINGTON State Police, Columbia County (NY) Sheriff, Egremont PD
NEW ASHFORD County Dispatch
NEW MARLBOROUGH County Dispatch "2517" 2017.07.30 MrSvenSven
NORTH ADAMS 156.2100 R 118.8 Local Dispatch/Operations 2018.06.30 W1KNE
OTIS County "733, 476" 2017.07.30 MrSvenSven
PERU County Dispatch
PITTSFIELD 154.8000 R D172 Local Dispatch/Operations TAC 1 2019.02.16 W1KNE
PITTSFIELD 155.0700 R 118.8 Secondary (occasional scrambling) TAC 2 2018.09.06 W1KNE
RICHMOND County Dispatch
SANDISFIELD County Dispatch
SAVOY County Dispatch
SHEFFIELD County Dispatch, "7244" "401-403", also uses GB channel 2019.02.16 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) 2019.08.10 W1KNE
STOCKBRIDGE County "832-833", also uses GB channel 2019.02.16 W1KNE
TYRINGHAM County Dispatch
WASHINGTON County Dispatch
WEST STOCKBRIDGE County "305" 2017.07.30 MrSvenSven
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