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<font size="+2">'''Boston Police Department'''</font><br><br>
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*'''Boston Police online radio feeds are located [https://radio.rapidsos.com/boston here] via RapidSOS.'''
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*(Click on "Off" indicator to start the feed. It will change from Disconnected to Connected)
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*'''All Police Communications are fully encrypted as of August 2025.'''
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*[https://www.boston.gov/departments/police City Run Page]
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*[https://bpdnews.com/ Official news site of the BPD]
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*Boston [https://www.boston.gov/departments/police Patrol Districts] listed in parenthesis.
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*Please visit the ongoing discussion [https://snewiki.com/forums/index.php?threads/boston-police-transition-thread-iii.16497/ at Scan New England] (Free membership required to see forum.)
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*Also see the [[Boston_-_Essex_Regional_Trunk|Boston - Essex Regional Trunk]] page for the trunked portion of Boston Police.
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*[http://www.cityofboston.gov/police/district.asp Boston Police Districts Map]
 
  
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=='''Current primary radio system'''==
 
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{{prettytable}}
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||<font color="#0033cc">'''Assignment'''||<font color="#0033cc">'''Frequency'''||<font color="#0033cc">'''Tone'''||<font color="#0033cc">'''Use'''
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!'''Channel'''
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!'''Frequency'''
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|Ch.1||460.3500||D315|| Special Events / Training
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!'''Type'''
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!'''Tone'''
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|Ch.2||460.4500||D331|| Downtown/Charlestown/E.Boston
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!'''Encrypted'''
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|- align="center"
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!'''Use'''
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|Ch.3||460.2250||D343|| Roxbury/Mattapan
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!'''Confirmation/Reconfirmations'''
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|Ch.4||460.4000||D346||Jamacia Plain/Hyde Park/W.Roxbury
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|Boston PD Ch.1||460.3500||R||N343||'''Yes'''||Special Events/Training ||2026.01.01 W1KNE
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|Ch.5||460.5000||D351|| Back Bay/South End/Allston/Brighton
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|Boston PD Ch.2||460.4500||R||N343||'''Yes'''||Downtown/Charlestown/East Boston (A1/A7/A15)||2026.01.01 W1KNE
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|Ch.6||460.1750||D364|| S. Boston/Dorchester
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|Boston PD Ch.3||460.2250||R||N343||'''Yes'''||Roxbury/Mattapan (B2/B3)||2026.01.01 W1KNE
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|Ch.7||460.3000||D365||Car to Car
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|Boston PD Ch.4||460.4000||R||N343||'''Yes'''||Jamaica Plain /Hyde Park/West Roxbury/Roslindale (E5/E13/E18)||2026.01.01 W1KNE
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|Ch.8||460.1250||D371||Nova Base / Listings
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|Boston PD Ch.5||460.5000||R||N343||'''Yes'''||Back Bay/South End/Allston/Brighton (D4/D14)||2026.01.01 W1KNE
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|Ch.9||460.0750||D411|| Detectives
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|Boston PD Ch.6||460.1750||R||N343||'''Yes'''||South Boston/Dorchester (C6/C11)||2026.01.01 W1KNE
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|Ch.10||460.2500||D412||Command
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|Boston PD Ch.7||460.3000||R||N343||'''Yes'''||Car/Car||2026.01.01 W1KNE
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|Ch.11||460.3750||DVP||Detectives Encrypted
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|Boston PD Ch.8||460.1250||R||N343||'''Yes'''||Nova Base / CJIS-NCIC||2026.01.08 W1KNE
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(also used for "direct" (non-rptr) communications between officers... assume on output freq -- DPL unknown)
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|Boston PD Ch.9||460.0750||R||N343||'''Yes'''||Detectives / Invest 1||2025.08.09 W1KNE
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|Ch.12||460.0500||D464||Special Ops
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|Boston PD Ch.10||460.2500||R||N343||'''Yes'''||Command / Invest 2||2026.01.01 W1KNE
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|Ch.13||460.1500||D465||Detectives
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|Boston PD Ch.11||460.3750||R||N343||'''Yes'''||Detectives||2026.01.01 W1KNE
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|Ch.14||460.2750||D466||Agency Interops. (Patched to Interop. Talkgroup on Boston TRS)
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|Boston PD Ch.12||460.0500||R||N343||'''Yes'''||Special Ops / MOP||2026.01.01 W1KNE
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|Ch.15||460.4750||DVP||Command Encrypted
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|Boston PD Ch.13||460.1500||R||N343||'''Yes'''||Detectives / DCU||2026.01.01 W1KNE
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|Ch.16||460.0250||D506||Telecommunications Divison, Boston Rptr
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|Boston PD Ch.14||460.2750||R||D466||||All City Agencies Interop||2024.04.12 ecps92
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|Ch.16||471.0875||D506||Telecommunications Division, Kingston Rptr
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|Boston PD Ch.15||460.4750||R||N503||||Command Encrypted||2015.09.11 N1BHH
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|Ch.17||470.7875||131.8||Area Wide 3
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|Boston PD Ch.16||460.0250||R||N506||||Telecommunications Division '''Mostly Encrypted'''||2025.05.19 W1KNE
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|Ch.18||470.5625||131.8||Area Wide 4
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|Area Wide Ch.17||470.7875||R||131.8||||Area Wide 3||See [[BAPERN]] for confirmation.
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|Ch.19||470.4875||131.8||North TAC
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|Area Wide Ch.18||470.5625||R||131.8||||Area Wide 4||See [[BAPERN]] for confirmation.
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|Ch.20||470.9125||131.8||South TAC
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|No. TAC Ch.19||470.4875||R||131.8||||North TAC||See [[BAPERN]] for confirmation.
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|Ch.21||470.7375||131.8||West TAC
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|So. TAC Ch.20||470.9125||R||131.8||||South TAC||See [[BAPERN]] for confirmation.
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|Ch.22||470.9875||D654||Central TAC
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|West TAC Ch.21||470.7375||R||131.8||||West TAC||See [[BAPERN]] for confirmation.
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|Ch.23||460.2000||D516||?
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|Cent. TAC Ch.22||470.9875||R||D654||||Central TAC||See [[BAPERN]] for confirmation.
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|Ch.24||460.4250||D546<br>D423||?<br>Unknown as of yet, courtesy of N1BHH and Scan Boston
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|Boston PD Ch.24||460.4250||R||N343||'''Yes'''||Unknown use||2024.03.06 W1KNE/ecps92
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|Ch.25||453.3500||D532||Housing Police
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|Boston PD Ch.25||453.3500||R||N343||'''Yes'''||Housing Police||2026.01.01 W1KNE
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|Ch.26||453.2000||D565||Facilities
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|Boston PD Ch.26||453.2000||R||N343||'''Yes'''||School Police||2026.01.08 W1KNE
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|Ch.27||453.3000||D565||EDIC / BHA
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|Boston PD Ch.27||453.3000||R||N343||'''Yes'''||Public Health Commission Police||2026.01.01 W1KNE
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|Ch.28||471.6875||D606||?
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|Ch.35||158.9100||R||N343||No||VHF Federal Interop||2026.01.01 ecps92
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|Ch.35||158.9100||D612||VHF InterOp
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|Ch.36||471.0125||R||131.8||||tie to Brookline PD||
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|Ch.36||471.0125||131.8||tie to Brookline PD
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|VHF Paging||159.2100||S||CSQ||||Boston PD Paging (Likely no longer used. Unheard for a few years now.)||2021.01.30 ecps92
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|Ch.??||470.6625||131.8||tie to Transit Police
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|Boston Harbor Maritime Response||154.1750||R||N606||||Patched VHF Boston Harbor Maritime Response Channel (MRC) with COMIRS TG:269||2022.04.27 ecps92/kennyblues
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|Boston Harbor Maritime Response||460.2000||R||N343||||Patched UHF Boston Harbor Maritime Response Channel (MRC) with COMIRS TG:269||2024.04.15 ecps92/kennyblues
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|Boston Police||854.5125||R||173.8||||Patch from Channel 5 (Patrol District D) - (Formerly Transport Division. Ch.11)||2024.04.18 W1KNE
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|Boston Police||856.4125||R||173.8||||Patch from Channel 2 (Patrol District A) ||2025.01.04 W1KNE
 
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*'''Chelsea, Revere & Winthrop are also in [[Suffolk_County_Police_Departments|Suffolk County.]]'''
  
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Latest revision as of 15:24, 11 January 2026

Boston Police Department

  • Boston Police online radio feeds are located here via RapidSOS.
  • (Click on "Off" indicator to start the feed. It will change from Disconnected to Connected)


Table of contents -


Current primary radio system

Channel Frequency Type Tone Encrypted Use Confirmation/Reconfirmations
Boston PD Ch.1 460.3500 R N343 Yes Special Events/Training 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Boston PD Ch.2 460.4500 R N343 Yes Downtown/Charlestown/East Boston (A1/A7/A15) 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Boston PD Ch.3 460.2250 R N343 Yes Roxbury/Mattapan (B2/B3) 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Boston PD Ch.4 460.4000 R N343 Yes Jamaica Plain /Hyde Park/West Roxbury/Roslindale (E5/E13/E18) 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Boston PD Ch.5 460.5000 R N343 Yes Back Bay/South End/Allston/Brighton (D4/D14) 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Boston PD Ch.6 460.1750 R N343 Yes South Boston/Dorchester (C6/C11) 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Boston PD Ch.7 460.3000 R N343 Yes Car/Car 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Boston PD Ch.8 460.1250 R N343 Yes Nova Base / CJIS-NCIC 2026.01.08 W1KNE
Boston PD Ch.9 460.0750 R N343 Yes Detectives / Invest 1 2025.08.09 W1KNE
Boston PD Ch.10 460.2500 R N343 Yes Command / Invest 2 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Boston PD Ch.11 460.3750 R N343 Yes Detectives 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Boston PD Ch.12 460.0500 R N343 Yes Special Ops / MOP 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Boston PD Ch.13 460.1500 R N343 Yes Detectives / DCU 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Boston PD Ch.14 460.2750 R D466 All City Agencies Interop 2024.04.12 ecps92
Boston PD Ch.15 460.4750 R N503 Command Encrypted 2015.09.11 N1BHH
Boston PD Ch.16 460.0250 R N506 Telecommunications Division Mostly Encrypted 2025.05.19 W1KNE
Area Wide Ch.17 470.7875 R 131.8 Area Wide 3 See BAPERN for confirmation.
Area Wide Ch.18 470.5625 R 131.8 Area Wide 4 See BAPERN for confirmation.
No. TAC Ch.19 470.4875 R 131.8 North TAC See BAPERN for confirmation.
So. TAC Ch.20 470.9125 R 131.8 South TAC See BAPERN for confirmation.
West TAC Ch.21 470.7375 R 131.8 West TAC See BAPERN for confirmation.
Cent. TAC Ch.22 470.9875 R D654 Central TAC See BAPERN for confirmation.
Boston PD Ch.24 460.4250 R N343 Yes Unknown use 2024.03.06 W1KNE/ecps92
Boston PD Ch.25 453.3500 R N343 Yes Housing Police 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Boston PD Ch.26 453.2000 R N343 Yes School Police 2026.01.08 W1KNE
Boston PD Ch.27 453.3000 R N343 Yes Public Health Commission Police 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Ch.35 158.9100 R N343 No VHF Federal Interop 2026.01.01 ecps92
Ch.36 471.0125 R 131.8 tie to Brookline PD
VHF Paging 159.2100 S CSQ Boston PD Paging (Likely no longer used. Unheard for a few years now.) 2021.01.30 ecps92
Boston Harbor Maritime Response 154.1750 R N606 Patched VHF Boston Harbor Maritime Response Channel (MRC) with COMIRS TG:269 2022.04.27 ecps92/kennyblues
Boston Harbor Maritime Response 460.2000 R N343 Patched UHF Boston Harbor Maritime Response Channel (MRC) with COMIRS TG:269 2024.04.15 ecps92/kennyblues
Boston Police 854.5125 R 173.8 Patch from Channel 5 (Patrol District D) - (Formerly Transport Division. Ch.11) 2024.04.18 W1KNE
Boston Police 856.4125 R 173.8 Patch from Channel 2 (Patrol District A) 2025.01.04 W1KNE


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