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== '''Countywide Information''' ==
 
== '''Countywide Information''' ==
 
*Some Middlesex County Police Departments belong to Boston Area Police Emergency Radio Network ([[NEMLEC & BAPERN|BAPERN]]) and others belong to the Northeast Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council ([[NEMLEC & BAPERN|NEMLEC]])
 
*Some Middlesex County Police Departments belong to Boston Area Police Emergency Radio Network ([[NEMLEC & BAPERN|BAPERN]]) and others belong to the Northeast Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council ([[NEMLEC & BAPERN|NEMLEC]])
*All Middlesex County Towns are Self-Dispatched 24/7 with the exception of Dunstable who's Dispatch is handled by the Groton 9-11 Center
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*Devens is Census Desginated Place, located in the towns of Ayer, Shirley (Middlesex County) and Harvard (Worcester County), it was a Military base that was redeveloped into an "enterprise zone". The nearby Devens Reserve Forces Training Area is located in Lancaster. Devens is provided police protection from [[Massachusetts State Police#Troop_C|Massachusetts State Police]] Barracks C-9, and operates on C-PTL-4
*Devens is not an Incorporated Massachusetts Town, it is a Military base and is located in the towns of Ayer, Harvard and Shirley. The nearby Devens Reserve Forces Training Area is located in Lancaster.
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*Hanscom is also not an Incorporated Massachusetts Town, it is an Air Force Base located in Bedford, [[Mass.Military#US_Air_Force_Hanscom_Air_Force_Base_.28KBED.29_-_Bedford.2C_Mass|Police Provided by the Military]]
*Devens Police Protection for its Residents is Provided by Mass State Police: Devens Barracks (C-9)
 
*Hanscom is also not an Incorporated Massachusetts Town, it is an Air Force Base located in Bedford, Police Provided by the Military
 
 
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== '''Department Frequency Information''' ==
 
== '''Department Frequency Information''' ==
 
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||<font color="blue">'''Department'''||<font color="blue">'''Frequency'''||<font color="blue">'''Tone'''||<font color="blue">'''Notes'''
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!'''Frequency'''
|Acton||154.8150||PL 173.8||
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!'''Type'''
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!'''Tone'''
|Arlington||471.1625||PL 131.8||
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!'''Notes/Comments'''
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!'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
|Ashby||155.7150||PL 94.8||Police and Fire Operations
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|Acton||154.8150||R||173.8||||2026.01.01 W1KNE/MassBusMark
|Ashland||483.1125||PL 123.0||  
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|- align="center"
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|Arlington||471.1625||R||N643||||2026.01.01 W1KNE
|Ayer||158.8950||PL 167.9||  
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|- align="center"  
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|Ashby||453.6875||R||91.5||||2025.09.07 Matt0691
|Bedford||482.7125||PL 146.2||
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|- align="center"
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|Ashland||483.1125||R||123.0||||2026.01.01 W1KNE
|Belmont||471.4125||PL 131.8||  
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|-  
|- align="center"
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|Ayer||158.8950||R||N895||Primary channel, AKA "Alpha" or "942"||2026.02.16 MassBusMark
|Billerica||483.0875<BR>484.0250||PL 146.2<BR>PL 146.2 ||Police Dispatch<BR>Emergency Management
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|- align="center"
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|Ayer||158.7900||R||151.4||Backup/secondary, AKA "Charlie" or "802"||2019.05.15 MrSvenSven
|Boxborough||155.6475||PL 136.5||
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|- align="center"
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|Ayer||154.8300||S||151.4||Detail / Roadwork Channel AKA "Bravo"||2024.04.07 wltrsf
|Burlington||482.4875||PL 146.2||  
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|- align="center"
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|Bedford||482.7125||R||N262||Ch-1 Patrol||2026.01.01 W1KNE
|Cambridge||Ops: [[City_of_Cambridge|Trunked]]<br>470.3125||---<br>PL 131.8||Motorola Type II<br>Simulcast
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|- align="center"
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|Bedford||482.1125||R||N275||Ch-2 Events (Partial Encryption)||2025.04.20 BFrederi
|Carlisle||460.2875||DPL 411||  
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|- align="center"
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|Belmont||471.4125||R||131.8||||2026.01.01 W1KNE
|Chelmsford||482.5125||PL 146.2||
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|- align="center"
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|Billerica||483.0875||R||N671||Ch-01||2026.01.01 W1KNE/MASSBUSMARK
|Concord||482.3375||PL 146.2||
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|-  
|- align="center"
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|Billerica||472.4250||R||N425|Encrypted|Ch-02||
|Devens||453.2500||PL 118.8||Primary PD Coverage MSP C-9
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|- align="center"
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|Billerica||471.8000||S||N671||Ch-3||
|Dracut||482.8875||PL 146.2||
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|- align="center"
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|Boxborough||155.6475||R||N263||Primary||2026.01.01 W1KNE
|Dunstable||155.5800||PL 151.4||Dispatched by Groton (50's)
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|- align="center"
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|Burlington||482.4875||R||N272||Primary||2026.01.01 W1KNE
|Everett||470.8125||PL 131.8||
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|- align="center"
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|Cambridge||470.3125||R||131.8||Patched to/from TRS||2026.01.01 W1KNE
|Framingham||471.7625||PL 131.8||  
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|- align="center"
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|Cambridge||470.1250||R||127.3||Patched to TRS Channel 16||2025.12.02 W1KNE
|Groton||155.5800||PL 151.4||
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|Cambridge||[[City of Cambridge|Cambridge City Trunk]]||T|| ||Patched to/from UHF||See Trunk page for confirmation(s).
|Hanscom||173.5625||NAC 1AF||P25- Hanscom AFB Military Police
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|- align="center"
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|Carlisle||460.2875||R||N369||Dual Mode||2025.09.07 Matt0691
|Holliston||471.3375||PL 123.0||
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|- align="center"
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|Carlisle||460.2875||R||D411||Dual Mode||2024.05.02 W1KNE
|Hopkinton||471.6125||PL 123.0||  
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|-  
|- align="center"
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|Chelmsford||482.5125||R||N256||||2026.01.01 MASSBUSMARK
|Hudson||470.6000||DPL 411||P25 Digital Capable
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|- align="center"
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|Concord||482.3375||R||146.2||Ch-1||2026.01.01 W1KNE/MassBusMark
|Lexington||471.1875||NAC 775||P25 Digital
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|-  
|- align="center"
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|Concord||482.5500||R||146.2||Ch-2||2024.05.03 Lex998
|Lincoln||483.0000||PL 131.8||  
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|- align="center"
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|Dracut||482.8875||R||N957||Ch-1 DB: NMRCC||2026.01.01 MassBusMark
|Littleton||155.8500R||PL 151.4||
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|Dracut||483.7500||R||N957||Ch-02||2025.09.09 Matt0691/TheDoza79
|[[City of Lowell|Lowell]]||TAC 1: 482.4125<BR>TAC 5: 484.9500||PL 146.2<BR>PL 146.2||Dispatch<BR>Secondary
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|Dunstable||155.5800||R||94.8||DB: Patriot RECC - Shared with Groton||2026.01.01 W1KNE/MASSBUSMARK
|Malden||470.7625||PL 131.8||
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|- align="center"
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|Everett||470.8125||R||131.8||||2026.01.01 W1KNE
|Marlborough||856.4625||DPL 023||  
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|- 
|- align="center"
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|Framingham||471.7625||R||131.8||||2026.01.01 W1KNE
|Maynard||155.0100||PL 107.2||
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|- align="center"
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|Groton||155.5800||R||94.8||DB: Patriot RECC - Shared with Dunstable||2026.02.16 MassBusMark
|Medford||470.5875||PL 131.8||  
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|- align="center"
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|Holliston||471.3375||R||N312||Digital Clear||2026.01.05 W1KNE
|Melrose||471.0375||PL 131.8||
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|- align="center"
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|Hopkinton||471.6125||R||123.0||||2026.01.01 W1KNE
|Natick||472.7375||PL 131.8||  
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|- align="center"
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|Hudson||470.6000||R||D411||||2025.04.17 N1ZYY
|Newton||470.8375||PL 131.8||
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|- align="center"
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|Lexington||471.1875||R||N775||||2026.01.01 W1KNE
|North Reading||482.7375||PL 146.2||
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|- align="center"
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|Lincoln||483.0000||R||N259||||2025.09.07 Matt0691
|Pepperell||482.8000||PL 127.3||
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|- align="center"
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|Littleton||155.8500||R||N540||Also dispatches EMS||2026.01.01 W1KNE
|Reading||483.6625||PL 146.2||  
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|- align="center"
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|Lowell||482.4125||R||N366||Primarily P25 - Partial Encryption||2025.01.03 MASSBUSMARK
|Sherborn||471.6375||PL 114.8||
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|- align="center"
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|Lowell||484.9500||R||N366||TAC 2 - Fulltime ENC||2025.01.26 MASSBUSMARK
|Shirley||155.5350||PL 131.8||  
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|- align="center"
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|Lowell||453.1250||R||192.8||Fire-PD Interop (11). (Patched to 155.4000)||
|Somerville||470.5375||PL 131.8||  
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|- align="center"
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|Malden||470.7625||R||N263|| ||2026.01.01 W1KNE
|Stoneham||482.5375||PL 146.2||  
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|- align="center"
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|Marlborough||856.4625||R||N485||Ch-01/02 (Simplex)||2024.11.21 SNE Forums
|Stow||155.5950||PL 123.0||  
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|- align="center"
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|Marlborough||857.4625||R||N508||Ch-03/04 (Simplex)||2024.11.21 SNE Forums
|Sudbury||852.9125||DPL 023||  
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|Marlborough||857.4625||R||162.2||Ch-03/04 (Simplex) - Analog||2025.08.14 ecps92
|Tewksbury||482.6625||PL 146.2||
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|- align="center"
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|Maynard||453.7000||R||D065||||2021.03.22 W1KNE
|Townsend||453.8250||PL 186.2||  
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|- align="center"
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|Maynard||155.0100||R||107.2||Dual Mode||2019.04.28 ecps92
|Tyngsborough||484.8750||PL 146.2||  
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|- align="center"
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|Maynard||155.0100||R||N312||Dual Mode||
|Wakefield||471.7875||PL 131.8||
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|- align="center"
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|Medford||470.5875||R||N396||Digital Ops||2026.01.01 W1KNE
|Waltham||470.5125||PL 131.8||  
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|- align="center"
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|Medford||470.5875||R||131.8||Analog Backup||2024.01.02 W1KNE
|Watertown||470.7125||PL 131.8||  
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|- 
|- align="center"
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|Melrose||471.0375||R||N665||||2026.02.20 pdurf
|Wayland||484.4375||PL 131.8||  
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|- 
|- align="center"
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|Natick||472.7375||R||N823||||2026.01.08 W1KNE
|Westford||483.1250||PL 146.2||
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|- align="center"
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|Natick||472.8250||R||D654||Special Events||
|Weston||472.2375||PL 203.5||
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|- align="center"
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|Newton||470.8375||R||131.8||Ch-01||2026.01.01 W1KNE
|Wilmington||482.3125||PL 146.2||  
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|- align="center"
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|Newton||470.3875||R||131.8||Ch-02||2024.01.02 W1KNE
|Winchester||471.3625||PL 131.8||  
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|- align="center"
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|North Reading||482.7375||R||N664||DB:ECRECC||2026.01.01 W1KNE
|Woburn||482.8125||PL 146.2||  
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|Pepperell||482.8000||R||N125||Primary||2026.01.17 MASSBUSMARK
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|Pepperell||482.8000||R||127.3||||2022.02.24 MASSBUSMARK
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|- 
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|Reading||483.6625||R||N944||||2026.01.01 W1KNE
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|Sherborn||471.6375||R||N653||DB:Holbrook RECC||2026.01.01 W1KNE
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|- 
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|Shirley||155.5350||R||131.8||||2025.03.26 PDurf
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|- 
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|Somerville||470.5375||R||131.8||Ch-01||2026.01.01 W1KNE
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|Somerville||453.5500||R||141.3||Ch-02||2026.01.01 W1KNE
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|Somerville||453.4000||R||D125||Ch-05||2016.02.16 N1BHH
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|Stoneham||482.5375||R||N438||Primary||2026.01.01 W1KNE
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|Stow||155.5950||R||C04||SL: 1 TG: 305 - Operations||2026.01.01 W1KNE
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|Sudbury||852.9125||R||N443||DB: Holbrook RECC - Partial Encryption||2026.01.01 W1KNE
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|- 
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|Sudbury||852.9125||R||D023||Back-up use||2019.04.19 GaryS
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|Tewksbury||482.6625||R||N851||DB: NMRCC Ch-01||2026.01.01 W1KNE/MASSBUSMARK
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|Tewksbury||483.5000||R||N226||DB: NMRCC Ch-02||2026.01.01 W1KNE
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|Townsend||453.8250||R||186.2||DB: NVRDD||2026.01.17 MassBusMark
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|Tyngsboro||484.8750||R||N649|||||2026.01.17 MassBusMark
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|Wakefield||471.7875||R||131.8||||2026.02.20 pdurf
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|- 
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|Waltham||470.5125||R||N512||Ch-01||2026.01.01 W1KNE
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|Waltham||460.1875||R||N837||Ch-02||2025.06.26 GraniteScanner
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|Watertown||470.7125||R||N972||||2026.01.08 W1KNE
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|Wayland||484.4375||R||131.8||||2026.01.01 W1KNE
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|- 
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|Westford||483.1250||R||N692||||2026.01.01 MassBusMark
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|Westford||483.1250||R||146.2||Dual Mode||2024.07.25 KA5SCP (SNE Submitter)
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|Weston||472.2375||R||203.5||||2026.01.01 W1KNE
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|- 
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|Wilmington||482.3125||R||146.2||||2026.01.01 W1KNE/MASSBUSMARK
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|- 
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|Winchester||471.3625||R||N729||||2026.01.01 W1KNE
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|Woburn||482.8125||R||N933||Primary||2026.02.20 pdurf
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|Woburn||482.8125||R||146.2||Dual Mode||2017.01.02 MrSvenSven
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|Woburn||471.7125||R||146.2||Simulcast of dispatcher only, rarely used||2015.12.18 N1BHH
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|Woburn||471.7125||R||N732||Dual Mode||2015.12.18 N1BHH
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|Woburn||471.6500||R||N732||Talk-Around - Dual Mode||
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|Woburn||471.6500||R||146.2||Talk-Around - Dual Mode||2013.04.09 N1BHH
 
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Latest revision as of 09:49, 21 February 2026

Countywide Information

  • Some Middlesex County Police Departments belong to Boston Area Police Emergency Radio Network (BAPERN) and others belong to the Northeast Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council (NEMLEC)
  • Devens is Census Desginated Place, located in the towns of Ayer, Shirley (Middlesex County) and Harvard (Worcester County), it was a Military base that was redeveloped into an "enterprise zone". The nearby Devens Reserve Forces Training Area is located in Lancaster. Devens is provided police protection from Massachusetts State Police Barracks C-9, and operates on C-PTL-4
  • Hanscom is also not an Incorporated Massachusetts Town, it is an Air Force Base located in Bedford, Police Provided by the Military

Department Frequency Information

Department Frequency Type Tone Notes/Comments Confirmation/Reconfirmation
Acton 154.8150 R 173.8 2026.01.01 W1KNE/MassBusMark
Arlington 471.1625 R N643 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Ashby 453.6875 R 91.5 2025.09.07 Matt0691
Ashland 483.1125 R 123.0 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Ayer 158.8950 R N895 Primary channel, AKA "Alpha" or "942" 2026.02.16 MassBusMark
Ayer 158.7900 R 151.4 Backup/secondary, AKA "Charlie" or "802" 2019.05.15 MrSvenSven
Ayer 154.8300 S 151.4 Detail / Roadwork Channel AKA "Bravo" 2024.04.07 wltrsf
Bedford 482.7125 R N262 Ch-1 Patrol 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Bedford 482.1125 R N275 Ch-2 Events (Partial Encryption) 2025.04.20 BFrederi
Belmont 471.4125 R 131.8 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Billerica 483.0875 R N671 Ch-01 2026.01.01 W1KNE/MASSBUSMARK
Billerica 472.4250 R Encrypted|Ch-02
Billerica 471.8000 S N671 Ch-3
Boxborough 155.6475 R N263 Primary 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Burlington 482.4875 R N272 Primary 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Cambridge 470.3125 R 131.8 Patched to/from TRS 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Cambridge 470.1250 R 127.3 Patched to TRS Channel 16 2025.12.02 W1KNE
Cambridge Cambridge City Trunk T Patched to/from UHF See Trunk page for confirmation(s).
Carlisle 460.2875 R N369 Dual Mode 2025.09.07 Matt0691
Carlisle 460.2875 R D411 Dual Mode 2024.05.02 W1KNE
Chelmsford 482.5125 R N256 2026.01.01 MASSBUSMARK
Concord 482.3375 R 146.2 Ch-1 2026.01.01 W1KNE/MassBusMark
Concord 482.5500 R 146.2 Ch-2 2024.05.03 Lex998
Dracut 482.8875 R N957 Ch-1 DB: NMRCC 2026.01.01 MassBusMark
Dracut 483.7500 R N957 Ch-02 2025.09.09 Matt0691/TheDoza79
Dunstable 155.5800 R 94.8 DB: Patriot RECC - Shared with Groton 2026.01.01 W1KNE/MASSBUSMARK
Everett 470.8125 R 131.8 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Framingham 471.7625 R 131.8 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Groton 155.5800 R 94.8 DB: Patriot RECC - Shared with Dunstable 2026.02.16 MassBusMark
Holliston 471.3375 R N312 Digital Clear 2026.01.05 W1KNE
Hopkinton 471.6125 R 123.0 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Hudson 470.6000 R D411 2025.04.17 N1ZYY
Lexington 471.1875 R N775 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Lincoln 483.0000 R N259 2025.09.07 Matt0691
Littleton 155.8500 R N540 Also dispatches EMS 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Lowell 482.4125 R N366 Primarily P25 - Partial Encryption 2025.01.03 MASSBUSMARK
Lowell 484.9500 R N366 TAC 2 - Fulltime ENC 2025.01.26 MASSBUSMARK
Lowell 453.1250 R 192.8 Fire-PD Interop (11). (Patched to 155.4000)
Malden 470.7625 R N263 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Marlborough 856.4625 R N485 Ch-01/02 (Simplex) 2024.11.21 SNE Forums
Marlborough 857.4625 R N508 Ch-03/04 (Simplex) 2024.11.21 SNE Forums
Marlborough 857.4625 R 162.2 Ch-03/04 (Simplex) - Analog 2025.08.14 ecps92
Maynard 453.7000 R D065 2021.03.22 W1KNE
Maynard 155.0100 R 107.2 Dual Mode 2019.04.28 ecps92
Maynard 155.0100 R N312 Dual Mode
Medford 470.5875 R N396 Digital Ops 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Medford 470.5875 R 131.8 Analog Backup 2024.01.02 W1KNE
Melrose 471.0375 R N665 2026.02.20 pdurf
Natick 472.7375 R N823 2026.01.08 W1KNE
Natick 472.8250 R D654 Special Events
Newton 470.8375 R 131.8 Ch-01 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Newton 470.3875 R 131.8 Ch-02 2024.01.02 W1KNE
North Reading 482.7375 R N664 DB:ECRECC 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Pepperell 482.8000 R N125 Primary 2026.01.17 MASSBUSMARK
Pepperell 482.8000 R 127.3 2022.02.24 MASSBUSMARK
Reading 483.6625 R N944 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Sherborn 471.6375 R N653 DB:Holbrook RECC 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Shirley 155.5350 R 131.8 2025.03.26 PDurf
Somerville 470.5375 R 131.8 Ch-01 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Somerville 453.5500 R 141.3 Ch-02 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Somerville 453.4000 R D125 Ch-05 2016.02.16 N1BHH
Stoneham 482.5375 R N438 Primary 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Stow 155.5950 R C04 SL: 1 TG: 305 - Operations 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Sudbury 852.9125 R N443 DB: Holbrook RECC - Partial Encryption 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Sudbury 852.9125 R D023 Back-up use 2019.04.19 GaryS
Tewksbury 482.6625 R N851 DB: NMRCC Ch-01 2026.01.01 W1KNE/MASSBUSMARK
Tewksbury 483.5000 R N226 DB: NMRCC Ch-02 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Townsend 453.8250 R 186.2 DB: NVRDD 2026.01.17 MassBusMark
Tyngsboro 484.8750 R N649 2026.01.17 MassBusMark
Wakefield 471.7875 R 131.8 2026.02.20 pdurf
Waltham 470.5125 R N512 Ch-01 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Waltham 460.1875 R N837 Ch-02 2025.06.26 GraniteScanner
Watertown 470.7125 R N972 2026.01.08 W1KNE
Wayland 484.4375 R 131.8 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Westford 483.1250 R N692 2026.01.01 MassBusMark
Westford 483.1250 R 146.2 Dual Mode 2024.07.25 KA5SCP (SNE Submitter)
Weston 472.2375 R 203.5 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Wilmington 482.3125 R 146.2 2026.01.01 W1KNE/MASSBUSMARK
Winchester 471.3625 R N729 2026.01.01 W1KNE
Woburn 482.8125 R N933 Primary 2026.02.20 pdurf
Woburn 482.8125 R 146.2 Dual Mode 2017.01.02 MrSvenSven
Woburn 471.7125 R 146.2 Simulcast of dispatcher only, rarely used 2015.12.18 N1BHH
Woburn 471.7125 R N732 Dual Mode 2015.12.18 N1BHH
Woburn 471.6500 R N732 Talk-Around - Dual Mode
Woburn 471.6500 R 146.2 Talk-Around - Dual Mode 2013.04.09 N1BHH