Hopkinton Police Department Chief Joseph Bennett shared on Friday an update on the department’s five new officers, who were hired after an extensive months-long hiring process.

HPD received more than 30 applicants for new officer positions. Five officers were given hiring offers after multiple rounds of interviews and competency tests.

Officer Kyle Quinzani was hired on April 15 and has completed police academy training at Merrimack College. He is working as a night shift patrolman on the night shift.

The following patrol officers will be sworn in upon their graduation from police academies and completion of field training:

• Justin Cappuccio, who was hired on May 20 and will graduate from Fitchburg University Police Academy on Sept. 19;
• Benjamin Vaz, who was hired on June 10 and will graduate from the Randolph Police Academy on Nov. 15;
• Aline Matos, who was hired on July 8 and will graduate from the Boylston Police Academy on Dec. 6;
• Adam Rowe, who was hired on July 8 and will graduate from the Boylston Police Academy on Dec. 6.

Bennett thanked the three members of the town’s Human Resources Department who assisted the Police Department during the hiring process, as well as Lt. Scott van Raalten, who served with HR on the hiring and recruitment team.

“The efforts of the HR members — Director Jessica Lewerenz, Kristin Merrill and Mary Zeinieh — absolutely do not go unnoticed,” Bennett stated. “On behalf of the department, I thank them for their diligence towards ensuring that we have the most qualified recruits and officers serving and protecting the Hopkinton community.”

Van Raalten also thanked Sgt. Matthew Santoro, Officer Cody Normandin and Officer Shannon Beloin “for their efforts in identifying these future officers” as part of the hiring and recruitment team.

Added van Raalten: “We continue to recruit and interview new applicants and hope to fill our ranks in 2025.”

The new officers will complete a 12-week field training developed by the Hopkinton Police Department and led by Sgt. William Burchard. They will learn department-specific policies and applied patrol procedures, as well as education on the Hopkinton community that these officers will serve. The field training program team members include Officers Robert Ekross, Cody Normandin, Shannon Beloin, Matthew LaTour and Tyler Staback.

Within their first year of employment, officers will also complete training developed by federal, state and local law enforcement on Boston Marathon procedures, as the world-renowned race begins in Hopkinton each Patriots’ Day.