Select Board appoints Lt. Ricardo Lima as next police chief, effective November 2026.
The Hopedale Select Board unanimously appointed Lieutenant Ricardo Lima as Chief of Police, effective November 2026, after interviews and succession planning. Chair Scott Savage, Bernard Stock, and Glenda Hazard voted 3-0 to advance the appointment following the current chief's retirement notice.
Administrator - Select Board · Meeting of January 12, 2026
HOPEDALE — The Hopedale Select Board unanimously appointed Lieutenant Ricardo Lima as Chief of Police, effective November 2026, after interviews and succession planning. Chair Scott Savage, Bernard Stock, and Glenda Hazard voted 3-0 to advance the appointment following the current chief's retirement notice. The board also unanimously approved a contract with The Collins Center at UMass for an efficiency study of all town departments except schools, with a final deliverable due in November 2026, and adopted a new Select Board Policy on Access to Town Counsel to establish consistent parameters for board and committee chairs seeking counsel assistance and improve tracking of legal expenses.
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Source: the Administrator - Select Board meeting of January 12, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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