Massachusetts police scanner feeds

317 live feeds across 15 counties

A free Massachusetts police scanner: live police, fire, and EMS radio streaming from Massachusetts, with no radio hardware and no account. Counties with several feeds have their own page listing every channel; the rest are shown here with their feed count. All of it plays free in the Police Scanner app.

Busiest feeds in Massachusetts

All areas in Massachusetts

How coverage is spread across Massachusetts

Massachusetts's 317 feeds are spread over 15 counties: 1 has a single feed, 2 have two to four, and 12 have five or more. The 5 largest listings — Worcester (63), Middlesex (61), Norfolk (33), Bristol (29) and Essex (26) — carry 67% of everything streaming from the state.

Of the 12 counties with their own page, 12 carry a police or sheriff channel, 12 carry fire and 10 carry EMS; there are also aviation in 2, railroad in 5, weather in 6 and amateur radio in 9.

Feeds are filed by county, not by town. If your town is not in the tables above, look for the county it sits in — city police and fire channels are listed under it. The guide to finding your local feed covers the rest.

Nearby states

Connecticut · New Hampshire · New York · Rhode Island · Vermont

Massachusetts State Police Troop Coverage

Listeners tuning in to a live police scanner can follow Massachusetts State Police dispatch across five primary geographic troop commands. Dispatch talkgroups are organized regionally to coordinate highway patrol units and major incident response alongside local municipal departments.

• Troop A: Covers northeastern Massachusetts, including Essex and northern Middlesex counties.
• Troop B: Covers western Massachusetts across Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, and Hampshire counties.
• Troop C: Covers central Massachusetts throughout Worcester County.
• Troop D: Covers southeastern Massachusetts, Bristol and Plymouth counties, Cape Cod, and the Islands.
• Troop H: Covers the Greater Boston metropolitan area and surrounding urban highway corridors.

Listening to Local Town and EMS Scanner Feeds

Searchers looking for a free police scanner covering towns like Hudson, Medford, or Acushnet can tune in through local fire, police, and EMS scanner channels. When municipal police frequencies migrate to encrypted digital channels on the statewide CoMIRS network, dispatch transmissions for fire protection and emergency medical services usually stay accessible on open frequencies.

To listen to police scanners in your area free, select your county and choose between municipal dispatch or regional combined fire and EMS streams. In communities where primary law enforcement channels are scrambled, mutual aid fire networks and ambulance dispatches provide the most reliable real-time updates.

Massachusetts scanner questions

Can I listen to a free police scanner in Massachusetts online?

Yes, you can listen to free police scanner streams online through public web feeds and scanner apps. Broadcasts carry unencrypted emergency dispatch audio from municipal police, regional fire departments, and EMS agencies across the state.

Why are some Massachusetts police departments silent?

Some local agencies switch their dispatch communications to encrypted talkgroups on digital networks such as CoMIRS. In those municipalities, scanner streams cannot broadcast the encrypted audio, though local fire and EMS transmissions generally remain unencrypted.

Before you listen

Scanner listening is legal across the United States, with narrow exceptions — the rules by state. If your local police channel is missing, it has most likely been encrypted; fire and EMS usually remain open in the same area.