Select Board approves two new police officers

Select Board · Meeting of October 15, 2026

HOPKINTON — The Hopkinton Select Board voted to approve hiring two new police officers. Kevin Sager, a Hopkinton native who previously worked for the department starting in 2021 before a stint in the private sector, and Derek Mendez, who came from Quincy Community College, were approved in a 4-0 roll call vote of Joe Clark, Matt Kizner, Amy Ritterbusch and Shahidul H. Mannan. Sager said he missed "the community, the people, fellow coworkers" during his time away from municipal work.

Mendez described active shooter training that "run simulation rounds and we do live scenarios with actual bad guys and wear full gear," which board members linked to the town's concentration of schools.

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Source: the Select Board meeting of October 15, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.