Pittsfield Police Department

As the Berkshire Eagle reported this month, public records show the city of Pittsfield, Mass., started on plans to convert an elementary school building into a police department months before the school's closure. Blueprints for the project were delivered to the city in February, well before any public discussion. Now, WAMC has obtained the preliminary floorplan for the proposed facility and is publishing it for the first time.

Two months after the last police chief of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, resigned, the city has named his permanent replacement.

The two candidates running for mayor of Pittsfield, Massachusetts discussed policing, panhandling, and crime in the city’s downtown in a debate hosted by the Berkshire NAACP chapter this week.

Berkshire County police officers are included in a disciplinary records database released by the Massachusetts Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission this week.

Saturday marks the end of Michael Wynn’s 16-year stint as police chief of Pittsfield, Massachusetts — the largest department of its kind in Berkshire County.

An interview with Mayor Linda Tyer.

The Pittsfield, Massachusetts police department is implementing a new collaborative model for responding to individuals in crisis.

Staffing changes are afoot inside the largest police department in Berkshire County.

The Pittsfield, Massachusetts police chief discussed police reform, his department’s spending and how it screens recruits for involvement in extremist…