The State Police system in Massachusetts is used by a great many state and county agencies. Here's a list of the most important ID's on the system. The system is in a state of flux right now. Here's the latest. More to come shortly. See also this link for more info.
Troops A & H / Numerous state and county agencies
Frequencies:
856.7125 857.7125 858.7125 859.7125 860.7125
856.7375 857.7375 858.7375 859.7375 860.7375
856.9625 857.9625 858.9625 859.9625 860.9625
856.9875 857.9875 858.9875 859.9875 860.9875
Note: possible future frequency additions:
855.2125 857.2125 858.2125 859.2125 860.2125
859.2375 860.2375 859.4625 860.4625
This is a mammoth system with numerous sites, hundreds of talkgroups and thousands of users. Agencies using the system, along with the State Police, include:
Possible Fleet Map: b0-S0, b1-S0, b2-S4, b3-S4, B4 through 7 all S0
State Police Talkgroups:
33168 Tac 1A A Troop North
33200 Tac 2A A Troop South
33232 Tac 3A A Troop Special Events
33264 Tac 4A H Troop North
33296 Tac 5A H Troop South
33328 Tac 6A A/H Troop Emergency
33360 Tac 7A H Troop Special Events
Other Known Talkgroups (using default fleet map):
9200 Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency9264 Norfolk County Sheriff9328 Bristol County Sheriff9776 Radio Technicians9904 Southeast Expressway HOV Lane Operations23552 State House
The State Police utilize Type II talkgroups, while many other agencies operate with Type I or similar equipment. The proper fleet map has not been determined. Try using the default Type II fleet map, at least initially.
State Police Troop B (Western Massachusetts)
Frequencies: As found in the TrunkTracker Frequency Guide.
State Police Troop C (Central Massachusetts)
Frequencies: 856.2375, 857.2375, 860.4625
Fleet Map: Default Type II
Troop C Talkgroups:
8304 Tac 1C9808 Tac 2C10160 Tac 3C10320 Tac 4C10352 Tac 5C
State Police - Troop D (Southeastern Massachusetts)
Northern region frequency plan (at the moment; subject to change):
855.8875, 855.3625, 855.6375, 855.6625, 855.8875,
855.9125, 858.3625, 859.2875, 859.8375
Fleet Map: Default Type II
State Police Southeastern MA Talkgroups:
33968 Tac 1D State Police Primary
34000 Tac 2D State Police
34032 Tac 3D State Police
34064 Tac 4D State Police
State Police - Troop D (Cape Cod), local police & fire agencies
Frequencies:
854.2125, 857.2375, 857.2625, 858.2125, 859.2125,
859.2375, 860.2125, 860.2375, 860.4625
Lower Cape System Frequencies: 852.3625, 856.2125, 857.2125
Possible future additional frequencies: 852.3625, 853.0375, 856.2125, 856.2375, 857.2125
Notes: Many Cape Cod police departments already utilize conventional 800 Mhz radio systems and will not change to the trunking system. They will have access to the state/regional system through their current equipment. Cape fire departments will switch to 800 MHz and will simulcast, for a time, on their existing low-band systems. See this link for more Cape Cod info.
Cape Talkgroups:
34192 State Police Primary34224 State Police Tactical34256 State Police36464 Countywide Public Safety Network (all agencies)36496 Cape Intercity Police Network37328 Brewster Fire37424 Centerville-Osterville-Marstons Mills Fire37456 Cotuit Fire37520 Eastham Fire37552 Falmouth Fire37616 Hyannis Fire37648 Mashpee Fire37712 Provincetown Fire37744 Sandwich Fire37776 Truro Fire37808 Wellfleet Fire37840 West Barnstable Fire37904 Upper Cape Fire Network38000 Lower Cape Fire Network38032 Countywide Fire Intercity Network38064 Countywide Fireground38416 Provincetown Police38576 Upper Cape Police Network
Frequencies: 855.0625, 855-860.8125, 856-860.4375, 858-860.2625
Best Fleet Map: b0-S12, b1 through 5 all S0, b6-S4, b7-S0
Subfleets:
FLEET 000 PUBLIC SAFETY/OPS
000-1 Emergency000-2 Emergency 2000-3 Call in Communications000-4 Massport Tac 1000-5 State Police "F"000-6 Massport Tac 2000-7 Reserved000-8 Fire Operations000-9 Fireground000-10 Operations000-11 Construction000-12 Construction 2000-13 Facilities000-14 Facilities (airfield)000-15 ReservedFLEET 600 GROUND TRANSPORTATION
600-1 Moran Terminal Yard Operations600-2 Moran Terminal Crane 1600-3 Moran Terminal Crane 2600-4 Moran Terminal Maintenance600-5 Moran Terminal Security600-6 Moran Terminal Reserve600-7 Bridge Operations600-8 Bridge Reserve600-9 Fire training600-10 Taxis600-11 Buses600-12 Reserved600-13 Parking600-14 Parking Reserve600-15 Reserved
Frequencies: 851.5375,852.1875,856-860.7625,856-860.9375
Best Fleet Map: Try Default Map 15
Alternate Fleet Map: B0-S0, B1-S4, B2-S4, B3-S10, B4-S10, B5-S4, B6-S12
Subfleets/Talkgroups:
FLEET 100 TRAFFIC AND PARKING
100-1 Public Safety Emergency100-2 Operations100-3 Parking Enforcement100-4 Traffic Enforcement100-5 Tow and Hold100-6 Transportation Administration100-7 Transportation Investigation100-8 Reserved100-9 Reserved100-10 Boston Fire DepartmentFLEET 200 PUBLIC WORKS/PARK RANGERS
200-1 Public Safety Emergency200-2 Central Office
200-3 Highway Dept200-4 Snow Removal200-5 Sanitation200-6 Street Lighting200-7 Engineering200-8 Construction200-9 Reserved200-10 Reserved200-11 Unknown200-12 Reserved200-13 Park RangersFLEET 301 PUBLIC FACILITIES
301-1 Public Safety Emergency301-2 Dispatch301-3 Warrant Listing (F2)301-4 Technicians (F3)301-5 City Hall Security/Adm (F4)301-6 Regrouping (F5)301-7 ReservedFLEET 302 HOUSING AUTHORITY
302-1 Public Safety Emergency302-2 Housing Police302-3 Special Operations (F12)302-4 Supervisors (F13)302-5 Reserved302-6 Reserved302-7 ReservedFLEET 303 PARKS & RECREATION
303-1 Public Safety Emergency303-2 Park Maintenance303-3 Emergency Supervisors303-4 Park Programs303-5 Administrative303-6 Supervisors (F9)303-7 RegroupingFLEET 400 ELDER VANS/LI HOSP
400-1 Public Safety Emergency400-2 Shuttle Buses400-3 Supervisors400-4 Reserved400-5 Reserved400-6 Long Island Hospital Security (Primary)400-7 Long Island Hospital Security (Secondary)FLEET 401 PENAL (SOUTHBAY CORRECTIONAL)
401-1 Public Safety Emergency401-2 Transportation401-3 Security401-4 Administration401-5 Maintenance401-6 Tactical 401-7 Penal 6FLEET 402 INSPECTIONAL SERVICES
402-1 Public Safety Emergency402-2 Animal Control402-3 Building Inspectors402-4 Health Inspectors402-5 Electrical Inspectors402-6 Code Enforcement402-7 AdministrativeFLEET 403 BOSTON POLICE
403-1 Public Safety Emergency403-2 BPD Tac 1403-3 BPD Tac 2403-4 BPD Tac 3403-5 BPD Tac 4403-6 Supervisor403-7 CommandFLEET 500 CITY HALL (RESERVED)
FLEET 600 DYNAMIC REGROUPING (FUTURE)
Frequencies:
853.2625 856.7875 857.7875* 858.7875* 859.7875*
860.7875* 868.7875 867.3000
Fleet Map: b0-S4, b1-S4, b2-S0, b3-S4, b4-S12, b5-n/a, b6-S0, b7-S0
Subfleets/Talkgroups:
FLEET 0 FIRE
000-1 Fire F1 Dispatch (154.355 simulcast)000-2 Fire F2000-3 Fire F3 Metro Fire000-4 Fire EMS000-5 Fire F5 Metrofire red (483.3125)000-6 Fire EMS to Cambridge City Hospital000-7 Fire F7000-8 Fire F8 administration000-9 Fire Construction (Box repair)000-10 Fire F10000-11 Fire F11000-12 Fire F12 Investigation000-13 Fire F16 (854.4875)000-14 ?000-15 Fire F15FLEET 1 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
100-1 Unknown100-2 Unknown100-3 Unknown100-4 Unknown100-5 Unknown100-6 UnknownFLEET 2 TYPE II BLOCK (PUBLIC WORKS?)
15872 Unknown17408 Unknown17568 Unknown18432 Unknown19456 Unknown19760 Unknown20528 Unknown20880 Unknown20976 Unknown21504 Unknown22016 Unknown22464 Unknown22528 Unknown22624 Unknown23552 Unknown24352 UnknownFLEET 3 POLICE
300-1 F1 Operations (470.3125 simulcast)300-2 F2 Information300-3 F3 Bapern (470.7875 simulcast)300-4 F4 Bapern?300-5 F5 (471.3125 simulcast)300-6 F6 Inter-Agency300-7 F7 Supervisors300-8 F8 Admin?300-9 F9300-10 F10 Juvenile300-11 F11 Traffic300-12 F12 Investigatiors300-13 PD F13300-14 F14 Special Operations300-15 F15 Animal Control?FLEET 4 MUNICIPAL AGENCIES
400-1 Muni Traffic/Parking400-2 Muni Water/Sewer400-4 Muni400-5 Muni400-6 Muni Golf Course400-7 Muni400-8 Muni School Buses400-10 City Hospital Security400-11 Elder Vans400-14 ?
Thanks to Tom Hender (hndr01@gis.net) and Bill Dunn (ecps92@tiac.net) for the Cambridge info.
Frequencies: 856.4875, 857.4875, 858.4875, 860.4875
Fleet Map: Default Type II
Talkgroups:
16 Police144 Police (tactical)/Great Woods Events208 Fire
Frequencies: 855.4875, 855.9875, 859.4875, 860.4875
Fleet Map: Default Type II
Talkgroups:
128 Bristol County Sheriff672 Water Department688 Engineering
Thanks to Tim Caldwell and his web site for supplying portions of the above data: www.capecod.net/~tcaldwel/antenna.htm
Important Note: The State Police talkgroups have recently been also simulcast at +3 from their actual location, e.g. 8400 is also heard at 8403. These are believed to be patches of some sort so that other agencies or other zones, such as MSP in the central and southeastern parts of the state, can monitor the eastern Massachusetts groups. Any further information would be appreciated.
City Of Marlborough
856.4625 857.4625 858.4625
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
866.1750 866.2250 866.4250 866.4500 866.4750
866.9375 866.9625 866.9875 867.1750 867.2500
867.4750 867.6625 867.9750 868.4250 868.6625
868.7250 868.9000 868.9250 868.9500 868.9750
City of Quincy
866.1250 866.3250 866.3625 866.5625
866.6250 866.8500 868.6000 868.8250
City of Worcester (EDACS)
851.4625 851.9125 852.0375 852.3625 854.2125
855.4875 855.7125 855.7375 855.9625 855.9875
FIRE DEPARTMENT
04-041 Fire "Ops A" F-2
04-042 Fire "Ops B" F-3
04-043 Fire "Ops C" F-4
04-044 Fire Dispatch F-5
04-045 Fire Admin F-1
04-046 ?? F-12
04-081 Fire Prevention F-6
04-082 FD Training F-7
04-083 FD Chiefs F-8
04-084 Hazards F-11
04-085 Mutual Aid F-16
04-086 Mutual Police F-15
04-087 FD Officers F-13
POLICE DEPARTMENT
08-041 East Dispatch F-1
08-042 West Dispatch F-2
08-043 TAC - 1 F-6
08-044 Traffic Enforcement Traffic-4
08-045 Paid Details F-11
08-046 SWAT/HRT 12 HRT-12
08-048 Zero Tolerance F-16
08-081 CJIS F-3
08-082 PD Admin F-10
08-083 PD Top
08-084 Juvenile/SAU
08-085 Academy
08-121 Talkaround F-5
08-122 PD Maintenance
08-123 EMS/Fire Tie F-8
08-124 PD Op
08-125 BCI/Detective Det. 4
08-126 Internal Affairs
08-127 Arson
08-130 Lic. Board
08-131 Code/Health
08-132 Community Service
08-133 Garage/Supply
08-134 TAC - 2 F-7
08-135 Gang Unit 12 Gangs-12
08-136 Officials 12 Off-12
08-137 K-9
09-001 Operations F-4
09-002 Vice Encrypted
09-003 CSU
09-004 Courthouse
09-005 Court Liaison
09-006 Auto Theft AT THFT
09-007 Gang Task Force 12 GTF-12
09-008 Operations 12 Oper-12
OTHER CITY AGENCIES (Includes some Police Talkgroups)
12-041 Water Dept
12-042 Water Filtration
12-043 Sewer Dept
12-044 Sanitation Dept
12-045 Street Dept
12-046 DPW Engineers
12-047 Code Enforcement
12-050 Traffic Engineering
12-051 Parks/Cemetery
12-052 Forestry
12-053 Airport Admin/Emergency
12-054 CC Op
12-055 Food Services
12-056 Snow/Emergency
12-057 DPW Admin 2
12-060 DPW Admin 3
12-081 DPW Garage
12-082 Parking Garage
12-083 Traffic Signs/Signals
12-084 Parking Meter Maint
12-085 School Transport "A"
12-086 School Transport "B"
12-121 City Admin
12-122 City Executives
12-123 DPW Top
12-124 Health/Code
12-125 Meter Maids
12-126 Schools Admin
12-127 Parks Admin
12-130 Airport Admin
12-131 Cemetery Mgmt
12-132 OPCD
12-133 Mgr./Asst. Mgr
12-134 DPW Admin
12-135 Airport Tower
12-136 Airport Ground
12-137 Airport Unicom
13-001 Events "A" F-13
13-002 Events "B" F-14
13-003 P&W RR Police
13-004 E-911 F-9
13-005 Emergency Mgmt
13-006 PD Mobile Data Terminals
13-007 Communication Technicians
13-041 Building Security
13-042 School Maint
13-043 Park Maint
13-044 Park Security
13-045 Cemetery Security
13-046 Airport Police
13-047 Maint. "A"
13-050 Maint. "B"
13-051 Security 1
13-052 Security 2
13-053 Security 3
Special Thanks to Al Hayeck, N1EFR (a.hayeck@verizon.net)
Updated 12-31-2002