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.
