Berkshire County Sheriff's Office

Berkshire County Sheriff's Office Berkshire Sheriff's Office oversees inmates housed at the BCHC The Berkshire County Sheriff's Office is the largest law enforcement agency in Berkshire County.

Located in Pittsfield, MA., the Sheriff's Office oversees the county Jail and House of Correction and Regional 911 Dispatch Center. We currently hold dual accreditation with the American Correctional Association (ACA) as well as the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC). The 30 towns and 2 cities in Berkshire County are encompassed within 946 square miles of rural, mountainous terrain. The Sheriff offers an array of support services to all law enforcement agencies in the county to include: Mounted Unit, Underwater Search and Rescue Unit, K9 Training Program, Mobile Command Center, Traffic Control Trailer, Electronic sign-boards and portable light towers. Partnerships involving Sheriff's Deputies include: Berkshire County Law Enforcement Task Force, FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), US Marshalls Task Force, FBI Western MA Gang Task Force, Anti-Crime Unit, Special Response Team (SRT), and Pittsfield Student Resource Center (SRC). The Sheriff's Office is headed by Sheriff Thomas Bowler, who was elected Sheriff in 2010 after serving over 24 years with the Pittsfield Police Department as a detective. Please do not use this page to report any criminal activity. Call 911 or contact your local Police Department. Questions messaged to the Berkshire County Sheriff’s Office via this page will be processed by a page administrator and replied to in a timely manner. This page is an open and public forum. However, it is associated with a government entity and we take pride in assisting any Public Safety Office within Berkshire County. Therefore, we have a responsibility to ensure some degree of civility in the discourse. While you may offer comments and observations, any posts that are personally defamatory or targeting an individual may be reported as abusive. Additionally, any posts containing vulgarity will be reported and be removed from the page.

Partnerships like this is what truly makes a difference within a community. Great job by all involved.
08/26/2025

Partnerships like this is what truly makes a difference within a community. Great job by all involved.

Great job today by Sergeant Jason Turner who conducted a tour for Heart and Soil of Lanesboro of our amazing Aquaponics ...
08/25/2025

Great job today by Sergeant Jason Turner who conducted a tour for Heart and Soil of Lanesboro of our amazing Aquaponics Program. This program assists with the growing of vegetables and fruits that are donated to so many organizations within the community.

We had an amazing time today at the Christian Center Pittsfield Community Day. Such an amazing event that brings the com...
08/23/2025

We had an amazing time today at the Christian Center Pittsfield Community Day. Such an amazing event that brings the community together. Thank you to the Christian Center, volunteers and other agencies for allowing us to take part in this special day!

A huge congratulations to our very own Sergeant Martin Thompson for a second round knockout win last night at the Massac...
08/17/2025

A huge congratulations to our very own Sergeant Martin Thompson for a second round knockout win last night at the Massachusetts State Police Charity Boxing event.

We had a great time today partnering with the District Attorney’s Office at the Community Day event at the Common in Pit...
08/14/2025

We had a great time today partnering with the District Attorney’s Office at the Community Day event at the Common in Pittsfield. So many great organizations and staff, all together in one place all for one purpose, putting the community first!

Great job by our staff last night at the North Adams Downtown Celebration. We had a great time engaging with so many wit...
08/14/2025

Great job by our staff last night at the North Adams Downtown Celebration.
We had a great time engaging with so many within the community. A huge thank you to the City of North Adams and the many volunteers and agencies that came out and supported the community.

We had a great time this morning connecting with Downtown Pittsfield Inc. and local businesses at the Coffee on the Dunh...
08/13/2025

We had a great time this morning connecting with Downtown Pittsfield Inc. and local businesses at the Coffee on the Dunham Mall event! The Sheriff’s Office, Berkshire District Attorney’s Office, City of Pittsfield and the Mayor’s Office enjoyed having the opportunity to engage with our community over coffee, pastries and conversation.

The Berkshire County Sheriff’s Office wants to make the community aware of an ongoing scam that was reported today by ou...
08/12/2025

The Berkshire County Sheriff’s Office wants to make the community aware of an ongoing scam that was reported today by our staff through multiple phone calls. An individual is contacting some within the community to inform them that they have a warrant for their arrest. The caller is identifying as a random officer from the Berkshire County Sheriff’s Office. This individual is looking for money in return to clear the warrant and is requesting payment through various online services. Please do not engage and simply hang up. Please continue to be safe and healthy Berkshire County!

The Berkshire County Sheriff's Office wants to send our sincere condolences to the loved ones of Massachusetts Departmen...
08/12/2025

The Berkshire County Sheriff's Office wants to send our sincere condolences to the loved ones of Massachusetts Department of Correction Officer Marie Hunt and Sergeant Aaron Gill. We are keeping the DOC in our thoughts as they mourn the loss of their beloved colleagues and friends.

A huge thank you to our staff tonight who stuck it out in the rain for the Pittsfield National Night. Thank you to the C...
08/07/2025

A huge thank you to our staff tonight who stuck it out in the rain for the Pittsfield National Night. Thank you to the City of Pittsfield and the Pittsfield Police Department for inviting us!

We had such an amazing time tonight with the National Night Out event’s in North Adams, Cheshire and Dalton. Thank you t...
08/06/2025

We had such an amazing time tonight with the National Night Out event’s in North Adams, Cheshire and Dalton. Thank you to all of the community agencies and volunteers that made these events possible. A special thank you to our amazing staff who volunteered their time tonight representing the Sheriff’s Office within the community.

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467 Cheshire Road
Pittsfield, MA
01201

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(413) 443-7220

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