Greenfield - a great place to live, work, and play! 

Enjoy the Green River Festival and many other exciting events in Greenfield!

Greenfield is home to a wide array of businesses ranging from eclectic shops to tech startups. Don't forget - you help your neighbors when you shop local!

The City of Greenfield has a mayoral form of government with a mayor and city council.

The staff of the City of Greenfield is ready to help you!

This is an editable field.

Public Records Requests

You can initiate a public records request with the Greenfield Police Department through NextRequest.

GREENFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT RECORDS RELEASE POLICY

  • Records may not be immediately available. Under Massachusetts Public Records Law c. 4, § 7, the Greenfield Police Department has 10 business days to respond to requests. For complex requests, the initial response may only be an estimate of fees required to process that request. After payment is made, it can take up to 10 more business days to provide the records for that request.
  • All requests are subject to approval by the chief of police.
  • Records may be requested online (preferred), in person, or via USPS mail. Telephone requests cannot be accepted.
  • We release records considered public, while applying exemptions required by law to protect personal privacy and public safety.
  • Exempted material may include, but may not be limited to:
    • Cases under investigation.
    • Criminal records protected by CORI (Criminal Offender Record Information) statute.
    • Cases involving juveniles (under age 18).
    • Information indicating the ownership or location of firearms.
    • Information regarding an individual's health issues (HIPAA).
    • Confidential witness, victim, or informant data.
    • Social Security numbers, dates of birth, phone numbers, etc.
    • Information that could compromise public safety or effective law enforcement.

PRESS LOGS AND DAILY POLICE LOGS

  • The majority of our calls for service do not require a written report and are documented with a simple entry in our police logs. 
  • Daily logs are public information (with legal exemptions). Press Logs are a slightly modified version of our police logs which are readily available. They typically encompass the last 24 to 72 hours and may be reviewed at GPD anytime, free of charge upon request. Please allow our staff time to print the logs.
  • Press logs made immediately available for public inspection must remain in the station at all times.
  • Full daily police logs or complex requests for multiple entries are subject to the 10-business-day work time allotted by Massachusetts Public Records Law and legal exemptions.

OBTAINING A POLICE CRASH REPORT

You can get a free copy of GPD crash reports by visiting crashdocs.org. This is a third-party service and it may take several days before a report is available. When a report is needed sooner, please contact the GPD Records Department.

Please email records requests to police.records@greenfield-ma.gov or contact the following (in preferred order):

  • Records Clerk & Records Access Officer:
    Gillian Halkett
    321 High St.
    Greenfield, MA 01301
    413-773-5411, ext. 1321
  • Court Records:
    Attorney Jeffrey Bengtson
    321 High St.
    Greenfield, MA 01301
    413-773-5411, ext. 1301
  • Supervisor of Records:
    William R. Gordon
    Deputy Chief of Police
    321 High St.
    Greenfield, MA 01301
    413-773-5411, ext. 1313
    413-773-5411, ext. 1304