A message from Chief Walsh: The safety of our community and employees is our highest priority. In consideration and cooperation of the Town of Great Barrington’s declaration of the State of Emergency, the Great Barrington Police Department is instituting operational changes and restrictions aimed at protecting the health and safety of our police officers, civilian […]

A Dalton woman was charged with motor vehicle offenses after striking a person walking on the side of the road on Vandeusenville Road this morning and leaving the scene. Around 10:45 police received a call that a woman on the side of the road by Bridget’s Cemetery that had been struck by a car. Officer […]

Adolescents and Marijuana

On February 4, 2020, the Great Barrington Police Department received state re-accreditation from the Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission. Accreditation is a self-initiated evaluation process by which police departments strive to meet and maintain standards that have been established for the profession, by the profession. These carefully selected standards reflect critical areas of police management, operations, […]