ARRESTS [Editor's note: Hopkinton Independent policy for the arrests section is to remove the arrested individual's name after it has been posted for approximately one week.] POLICE LOG March 5 3:06 a.m. Officer Brennan Grimley came across multiple doors open and...
Police & Fire
Select Board calls for Special Town Meeting to request additional funding for key town projects
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkpJFKA4rME&ab_channel=HCAM Hopkinton Fire Chief Gary Daugherty Jr. and Town Engineer/Facilities Director Dave Daltorio appeared jointly before the Select Board on Tuesday night to request that a Special Town Meeting be held within...
Select Board suspends town investigation of HPD Chief Bennett until DA probe is completed
The Select Board decided in an executive session meeting on Wednesday to suspend its investigation into the conduct of Hopkinton Police Chief Joseph Bennett until an ongoing investigation by the Northwestern County District Attorney's Office is completed. In a...
Arrests/Police Log, March 6 edition
ARRESTS February 27 11:49 p.m. Sergeant William Burchard and Officers Shannon Beloin and Robert Ekross responded to a motor vehicle accident on Cedar Street where a driver struck a pole. A 58-year-old Weston Lane resident was arrested and charged with marked lanes...
Arrests/Police Log, Feb. 28 edition
ARRESTS None this week. [Editor's note: Hopkinton Independent policy for the arrests section is to remove the arrested individual's name after it has been posted for approximately one week.] POLICE LOG February 20 1:00 a.m. Officer Sean McKeon checked on Wood Street...
Kramer blasts police chief’s performance in scathing Select Board meeting report, calls for independent investigation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jiO7iVM-Rw&ab_channel=HCAM What began as a midyear performance review of Hopkinton Police Department Chief Joseph Bennett at Tuesday's Select Board meeting exploded into revelations by chair Muriel Kramer that she lacked confidence...
Arrests/Police Log, Feb. 21 edition
ARRESTS None this week. [Editor's note: Hopkinton Independent policy for the arrests section is to remove the arrested individual's name after it has been posted for approximately one week.] POLICE LOG February 13 8:17 a.m. Officer Nicholas Walker made checks of Sandy...
Arrests/Police Log, Feb. 14 edition
ARRESTS None this week. [Editor's note: Hopkinton Independent policy for the arrests section is to remove the arrested individual's name after it has been posted for approximately one week.] POLICE LOG February 6 12:13 a.m. Officer Tyler Staback made checks of the...
Northwestern DA’s Office to review circumstances regarding HPD’s release of unredacted transcript of Brennan interview
The Northwestern District Attorney's Office is reviewing the release last month of an insufficiently redacted transcript of an interview with embattled Sgt. Tim Brennan by the Hopkinton Police Department, according to a Middlesex County DA spokesperson's statement...
Select Board votes to dismiss Brennan from HPD
The Select Board on Thursday voted to fire Sgt. Tim Brennan from the Hopkinton Police Department, following the continuation of the Loudermill hearing that began last month. Meeting for about three hours in executive session in Town Hall — closed to the public — the...
Select Board approves police promotions, reviews budget requests
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNlNLiEhR40&t=2942s&ab_channel=HCAM The Select Board tackled a mammoth agenda Tuesday night, approving the promotion of two veteran Hopkinton Police Department officers to the rank of sergeant and reviewing fiscal year 2025...
Arrests/Police Log, Feb. 7 edition
ARRESTS February 2 8:58 p.m. A caller reported an erratic operator on Hayden Rowe Street. Officers Augusto Diaz and Robert Ekross responded and subsequently stopped and arrested a 23-year-old Hayden Rowe Street resident and charged him with OUI liquor. February 3 3:28...
Brennan supporters demand reinstatement, accuse police chief, Select Board members of misconduct
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNlNLiEhR40 Nearly a dozen supporters of suspended Hopkinton Police Sgt. Tim Brennan demanded his reinstatement at Tuesday night's Select Board meeting after picketing in front of Town Hall an hour before the meeting commenced. During...
Arrests/Police Log, Jan. 31 edition
ARRESTS None this week. [Editor's note: Hopkinton Independent policy for the arrests section is to remove the arrested individual's name after it has been posted for approximately one week.] POLICE LOG January 23 2:07 a.m. Officer Tyler Staback made checks of the...
Residents rally in support of Sgt. Brennan, rebuke town officials at Select Board meeting
Residents packed the Select Board chamber Tuesday night, spilling into the hallway to show their support for Hopkinton Police Sgt. Tim Brennan and stressing his competence and compassion. Brennan has been accused by the town of violating HPD policies for not...
Arrests/Police Log, Jan. 24 edition
ARRESTS None this week. [Editor's note: Hopkinton Independent policy for the arrests section is to remove the arrested individual's name after it has been posted for approximately one week.] POLICE LOG January 16 1:03 a.m. Officer Brennan Grimley checked on a vehicle...
HPD recalls document from misconduct investigation of Sgt. Brennan
The Hopkinton Police Department on Tuesday evening announced that it is recalling the interview transcript between Sgt. Tim Brennan and investigators from Kroll, the consultant hired by the town to review allegations of officer misconduct. The town was prompted to...
Update: Document released by town compromises anonymity of alleged sexual assault survivor; Kramer offers apology
After Friday night’s explosive hearing on the potential termination of Hopkinton Police Sgt. Tim Brennan, documents were released by the town that mistakenly included identifying information of the alleged sexual assault survivor in the case of the accused assailant,...
Emotions high, Brennan hearing continued so sides can negotiate agreement
An emotional and contentious meeting Friday ended with the Select Board deciding to continue the Loudermill hearing regarding Sgt. Tim Brennan’s future with the Hopkinton Police Department in order to give the parties time to try to find an amicable solution. Prior to...
Union support letter for Sgt. Brennan highlights ‘superlative career and personality’
As Hopkinton Police Sgt. Tim Brennan prepares to appear before the Select Board for a Loudermill hearing on his potential termination, Local 254, the Police/Fire Dispatchers Union, submitted a letter to the Select Board urging members to take Brennan's "superlative...